Movement of individuals (and in some species, their gametes) that has the potential for moving genes through space.

The concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.

One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of healthy life. The sum of these DALYs across the population, or the burden of disease, can be thought of as a measurement of the gap between current health status and an ideal health situation where the entire population lives to an advanced age, free of disease and disability.

Natural direct drivers are those that are not the result of human activities and are beyond human control (e.g. natural climate and weather patterns, geological events). Anthropogenic direct drivers result from human decisions.

Direct drivers are those natural and anthropogenic factors that affect biodiversity directly. Anthropogenic direct drivers can be conceptualized as the set of activities performed by humans that result in biodiversity loss (e.g. land clearance, intensific.

Drivers (both natural and anthropogenic) that operate directly on nature (sometimes also called pressures).

Plausible future options either arising from or forming scenario assessments, often presented as narratives that explore or articulate possibilities for human economic development.

Land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities. Desertification does not refer to the natural expansion of existing deserts.

Land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities.

see exploratory scenarios.