succession (ecological) |
The process whereby communities of plants, animals and microorganisms are replaced by others, usually more complex, over time as an area is colonized. Primary succession occurs on bare ground (after a volcanic eruption); secondary succession follows the interruption of a primary succession, e.g. after disturbances such as logging, ploughing or burning.
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Sustainable use assessment |
summary for policymakers |
A component of any report, providing a policy-relevant but not policy prescriptive summary of that report.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment, Americas assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment, Sustainable use assessment, Africa assessment, Europe and Central Asia assessment |
summary for policymakers |
Is a component of any report, providing a policy-relevant but not policy prescriptive summary of that report.
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supporting material |
Consists of four categories: Intercultural and inter-scientific dialogue reports that are based on the material generated at the eco-regional level by discussions between members of academic, indigenous and social organizations and that take into account the different approaches, visions and knowledge systems that exist as well as the various views and approaches to sustainable development; Workshop proceedings and materials that are either commissioned or supported by the Platform; Software or databases that facilitate the use of the Platform's reports; Guidance materials (guidance notes and guidance documents) that assist in the preparation of comprehensive and scientifically sound Platform reports and technical papers.
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Africa assessment |
supporting material |
Consists of four categories:(a) Intercultural and interscientific dialogue reports that are based on the material generated at the ecoregional level by discussions between members of academic, indigenous and social organizations and that take into account the diff erent approaches, visions and knowledge systems that exist as well as the various views and approaches to sustainable development;(b) Workshop proceedings and materials that are either commissioned or supported by the Platform;(c) Software or databases that facilitate the use of the Platform's reports;(d) Guidance materials (guidance notes and guidance documents) that assist in the preparation of comprehensive and scientifically sound Platform reports and technical papers.
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
surface mining |
Includes strip mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal mining, is a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
surveillance |
actions, including extended programme of surveys and general surveillance (capturing unstructured and untargeted surveillance data and information from a wide range of sources), undertaken in order to directly or indirectly detect the presence of one or many invasive alien species over time
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Invasive alien species assessment |
sustainability transitions |
A transformation process that is multidimensional, multistakeholder, and often operates in the long-term, by which conventional systems shift to more sustainable modes of production and consumption.
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Americas assessment |
sustainability |
The endurance of systems and processes. The organizing principle for sustainability in ecology and sociology includes the co-functioning and evolution of four interconnected domains: ecology, economics, politics and culture.
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Pollination assessment |
sustainability |
A characteristic or state whereby the needs of the present and local population can be met without compromising the ability of future generations or populations in other locations to meet their needs.
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Europe and Central Asia assessment, Land degradation and restoration assessment, Africa assessment, Americas assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment |
sustainable community forestry |
Forestry management strategies and practices designed to meet present needs without compromising the needs of future generations.
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
sustainable development |
Development that meets the needs and aspirations of the current generation without compromising the ability to meet those of future generations (Hesselink et al., 2007).
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
sustainable development goals |
A set of goals adopted by the United Nations on September 25, 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years.
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Scenarios and models assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment, Sustainable use assessment |
sustainable development goals |
Also, the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These 17 Goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, while including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities. The goals are interconnected; often the key to success on one will involve tackling issues more commonly associated with another.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
sustainable development goals |
A set of goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Americas assessment, Africa assessment, Europe and Central Asia assessment |
sustainable development |
Development that meets the needs and aspirations of the current generation without compromising the ability to meet those of future generations.
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Sustainable use assessment |
sustainable forest management |
Can mean many things to many people - yet a common thread is the production of forest goods and services for the present and future generations. The concept provides guidance on how to manage forests to provide for today’s needs (as best as possible) and not compromise (i.e. reduce) the options of future generations.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
sustainable intensification |
A process or system where agricultural yields are increased without adverse environmental impact and without the conversion of additional non- agricultural land.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment |
sustainable intensification |
The goal of sustainable intensification is to increase food production from existing farmland while minimizing pressure on the environment. It is a response to the challenges of increasing demand for food from a growing global population, in a world where land, water, energy and other inputs are in short supply, overexploited and used unsustainably.
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sustainable intensive agriculture |
Process or system where agricultural yields are increased without adverse environmental impact and without the conversion of additional non-agricultural land.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
sustainable land management |
The use of land resources, including soils, water, animals and plants for the production of goods to meet changing human needs while ensuring the long- term productive potential of these resources and the maintenance of their environmental functions.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
sustainable land use |
The land use that serves the needs (for food, energy, housing, recreation etc.) of all human beings living on Earth today and in the future, respecting the boundaries and the resilience of ecological systems.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
sustainable livelihood |
Sustainable livelihoods is defined as the ability of the users to cope with and respond to the stresses and shocks related to fluctuations in the Nature’s contribution to people that adversely impact their material, relational and subjective dimensions of life and create vulnerabilities, develop their capabilities to strengthen access and entitlements to the variety of livelihood resources, without unnecessarily undermining the natural resource base (the wild species and its natural environment), so as to achieve a desirable standard of living that befits them as humans and also approved by the measures of wellbeing and human development.
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Sustainable use assessment |
sustainable soil management |
Sets of activities that maintain or enhance the supporting, provisioning, regulating and cultural services provided by soils without significantly impairing either the soil functions that enable those services or biodiversity.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
sustainable use |
The use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations (CBD, 1992).
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
sustainable use (of biodiversity and its components) |
The use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment, Americas assessment, Africa assessment, Europe and Central Asia assessment |
sustainable use |
Sustainable use is defined by the Convention on Biological Diversity since 1992 as “the use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.” This assessment notes that sustainable use is also an outcome of social-ecological systems that aim to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem functions in the long term, while contributing to human well-being. It is a dynamic process as wild species, the ecosystems that support them and the social systems within which uses occur, change over time and space. This assessment notes the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability as identified by the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
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Sustainable use assessment |
sustainably-intensified agriculture |
Any system that is designed to produce high yields but with careful management and selection of inputs to reduce harm to the environment. It includes development and use of crop and animal varieties better suited to their environment, use of new technology for pest and disease control and for input management.
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Pollination assessment |
swidden |
See Shifting cultivation.
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Asia-Pacific assessment |
swidden agriculture |
See 'Shifting cultivation'.
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
swidden |
Swidden farming, also known as shifting cultivation or milpa in Latin America, is conventionally defined as an agricultural system in which temporary clearings are cropped for fewer years than they are allowed to remain fallow.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
symbiosis |
A long-term interaction between two species that can often have mutual benefit for both species (IUCN, 2012a).
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
synergies |
See trade-off.
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Europe and Central Asia assessment, Americas assessment |
synergy |
The interaction or cooperation of two or more organisms, organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
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Pollination assessment |
synthesis report |
Synthesis reports further distil and integrate materials drawing from assessment reports, are written in a non‑technical style suitable for policymakers and address a broad range of policy-relevant questions. They are to be composed of two sections: a summary for policymakers, and a full report.
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synthesis report |
Synthesis reports further distil and integrate materials drawing from assessment reports, are written in a nontechnical style suitable for policymakers and address a broad range of policy-relevant questions. They are to be composed of two sections: a summary for policymakers, and a full report.
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Asia-Pacific assessment |
synthetic biology |
Adopted as a working definition definition by the Convention on Biological Diversity AHTEG on Synthetic Biology, Synthetic biology was defined as “a further development and new dimension of modern biotechnology that combines science, technology, and engineering to facilitate and accelerate the understanding, design, redesign, manufacture and/or modification of genetic materials, living organisms and biological systems”.
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Sustainable use assessment |
systematic review |
Collation and critical analysis of multiple research studies or papers, using a structured methodology.
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Sustainable use assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment |
systems of life |
The complex, integrated interactions of living beings (including humans), such as the cultural attributes of communities, socio-economic conditions and biophysical variables.
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Scenarios and models assessment |
taboo |
A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or behavior.
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Sustainable use assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme) |
target |
A choice by people of a desired contemporary or future outcome.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
target condition |
A condition that maximizes the desired mix of ecosystem services.
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Land degradation and restoration assessment |
target-seeking scenario |
Scenarios that start with the definition of a clear objective, or a set of objectives, specified either in terms of achievable targets, or as an objective function to be optimized, and then identify different pathways to achieving this outcome (e.g. through backcasting).
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Scenarios and models assessment |
target-seeking scenario |
See “scenarios”.
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Americas assessment, Sustainable use assessment |
taxon |
A category applied to a group in a formal system of nomenclature, e.g. species, genus, family etc. (plural: taxa).
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Global assessment (1st work programme), Sustainable use assessment, Americas assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment, Europe and Central Asia assessment |
taxonomic diversity |
Variety of species or other taxonomic categories (IUCN, 2012a).
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |
technical paper |
Technical papers are based on the material contained in the assessment reports and are prepared on topics deemed important by the Plenary.
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technical summary |
A Technical Summary is a longer detailed and specialized version of the material contained in the summary for policymakers.
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telecoupling |
Tele-coupling refers to socioeconomic and environmental interactions over distances. It involves distant exchanges of information, energy and matter (e.g. people, goods, products, capital) at multiple spatial, temporal and organizational scales.
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Africa assessment |
tele-grabbing |
Transboundary acquisition of land.
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Global assessment (1st work programme) |