| Title | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pasture Management |
The application of practices to keep pasture plants growing actively over as long a period as possible so that they will provide palatable feed of high nutritive value; to encourage the growth of... read more |
| Pasture, Annual |
A pasture consisting of introduced forage species planted for only one year or season's duration. |
| Pasture, Native |
Land used for grazing on which the climax (natural potential) plant community is forest but which is used and managed primarily to produce native or naturalized plants for forage. Includes cutover... read more |
| Pasture, Permanent |
A pasture (usually created) consisting mainly of introduced perennial plants which are permitted to remain for a number of years. |
| Pasture, Rotation |
A pasture of introduced perennial and/or self-seeding annual species, comprising a unit in a rotation (deferred, rest, etc.) of 5 years duration or less. |
| Pastureland |
Land used and managed primarily for producing adapted domesticated forage plants to be grazed by livestock. Management practices usually include one or more treatments such as reseeding,... read more |
| Pollution |
an undesirable contaminate (gas, liquid, noise, solid) which has been released into, and is now a part of, the environment. [fn]Source: (IISD 2005) from IISD website; http://www.iisd.org/sd/... read more |
| Questionnaire |
A set of questions for obtaining useful information about or from a person or group. |
| Reclamation |
(1) The process of converting disturbed lands or mined land to its former (or other) productive uses or form, e.g., filling in of open pits, grading of the mined area, reducing high walls,... read more |
| Reforestation |
(1) Natural or artificial restocking or reestablishing an area with forest trees (natural regeneration as well as tree planting and seeding); renewing forest cover by planting... read more |
| Salinity |
(1) The relative concentration of dissolved salts, usually sodium chloride, in a given water. (2) A measure of the concentration... read more |
| Salinization |
The buildup of salts in soils |
| Soil |
(1) The loose top layer of the Earth, usually consisting of disintegrated rock with an admixture of organic matter and soluble salts, dynamic in nature, and serving as a natural medium for the... read more |
| Soil and Water Mitigation |
Measures applied that significantly reduce the amount of potential soil erosion and sedimentation from resource management activities |
| Soil fertility |
The potential of the soil to supply nutrient elements in the quantity, form, and proportion required to support optimum plant growth. |
| Soil Reaction |
The degree of acidity or alkalinity of the soil mass expressed in pH values or in words as follows: - extremely acid, below 4.5; - very strongly acid, 4.5-5.0;... read more |
| Soil salinity |
Measurement of the quantity of mineral salts found in a soil. Many semi-arid and arid areas are naturally salty. By definition they are areas of substantial water deficit where evapotranspiration... read more |
| Standards (environmental, performance) |
the levels of expected performance used as criteria against which actual performance is evaluated and judged. Often take the form of a regulation (see also "criteria"). [fn]Source: (IISD 2005... read more |
| Surface water |
water located above ground (e.g., rivers, lakes). |
| Sustainable development (SD) |
a concept that has emerged in recent years, based on the premise that development must meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their... read more |