Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Definition(s)
Biomass refers [...] to the total weight of all the living things in an ecosystem. However, it has come to refer to the amount of plant and crop material that could be produced in an ecosystem for making biofuels and other raw materials used in industry, for example. (Source: GEMET/WRIGHT)
Hierarchy
Broader: ecosystem
In other languages
French
biomasse
Russian
биомасса
Spanish
biomasa
Chinese, Simplified
生物量
Arabic
الكتلة الحيوية
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with biomass
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Basel Convention | 2 documents |
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Stockholm Convention | 15 documents |