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To help you navigate the world of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and International Environmental Law, this section offers you definitions and related information on the term concepts common to all or several Multilateral Environmental Agreements.

144 glossary terms sorted alphabetically

A

Adverse effects

Agricultural land

Agricultural practice

Agro-ecosystems

Agrobiodiversity

Artisanal mining

Atmospheric ozone

B

Benefit sharing

Biological contamination

Biological weapons

C

Chlorofluorocarbons

Common heritage of mankind

Contaminated sites

Conventional energy

Cooperative farming

Critically endangered species

Cultural heritage

D

Desertification

Drift net fishing

E

Energy efficiency

Environmental damage

Environmental footprint

Environmental migration

F

Fisheries management

Fishing licence

Fishing methods

G

Genetic resources

Genetic resources for food and agriculture

Geothermal energy

H

Hazardous substances

Hydroelectric energy

I

Illegal logging

Indigenous knowledge

Intensive farming

Invasive alien species

L

Land acquisition

Land degradation

Land Degradation Neutrality

Land reclamation

Land rehabilitation

Land restoration

Light pollution

Livestock farming

M

Marine genetic resources

Marine spatial planning

Marine wetlands

Maximum Sustainable Yield

Microplastic pollution

Military activity

Mineral resources

N

Natural heritage

Noise pollution

Non-timber product

O

Organic farming

Ozone depleting potential

P

Phytosanitary measures

Plant genetic resources

Plant production

Plant protection

Plant varieties

Plastic pollution

Population growth

R

Radioactive contamination

Renewable energy

Rural development

S

Semi-arid zones

Small-scale farming

Soil degradation

Soil improvement

Spatial planning

Sub-humid zones

T

Total Allowable Catch

Traditional medicine

Tropospheric ozone

U

Urban agriculture

V

W

Wildlife trafficking

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