Glossary
Conservation Agriculture
"Approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resources base and the environment. It is characterized by three linked principles, namely: 1) continuous minimum mechanical soil disturbance; 2) permanent organic soil cover; and 3) diversification of crop species grown in sequences and/or associations. This covers a wide range of approaches from minimum till to permaculture/"mimicking nature". -IPBES Glossary
Conservation Development
"Conservation development permanently protects a portion of the project site (typically anywhere from 40% to 99%), frequently at little or no net up‐front cost to public or private conservation organizations. Thus, it effectively generates an additional source of funds that can supplement public and philanthropic funding streams on which conservation efforts have historically relied. When supported or mandated by zoning or other regulations, conservation development can also encourage developers to take an ecologically based approach to site design and real‐estate development" - Milder, Jeffrey C., Story Clark. "Conservation Development Practices, Extent, and Land Use Effects." Conservation Biology, vol.25, no. 4, 2011, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01688.x
Eco-Services
"Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. These include provisioning services such as food and water; regulating services such as regulation of floods, drought, land degradation, and disease; supporting services such as recreational, spiritual, religious and other nonmaterial benefits" -Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Ecosystem
"An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal, and microorganism communities and the nonliving environment interacting as a functional unit. Humans are an integral part of ecosystems. Ecosystems vary enormously in size; a temporary pond in a hollow tree and an ocean basin can both be ecosystems" - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Open Space
"Open space is an open piece of land that is undeveloped (has no buildings or other built structures) and is accessible to the public. Open space can include:
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Green space (land that is partly or completely covered with grass, trees, shrubs, and or other vegetation). Green space includes parks, community gardens, and cemeteries.
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Schoolyards
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Playgrounds...
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Vacant lots...
Open space provides recreational areas for residents and helps to enhance the beauty and environmental quality of neighborhoods." - EPA New England
Stakeholders
A person, group, or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization's actions, objectives and policies... Not all stakeholders are equal." -Business Dictionary
Taxpayer
A person who pays taxes to their particular governing body.
Well-Being
"Human well-being has multiple constituents, including basic material for a good life, freedom and choice, health, good social relations, and security. Well-being is at the opposite end of a continuum from poverty, which has been defined at a "pronounced deprivation in well-being." The constituents of well-being, as experienced and perceived by people, are situation-dependent, reflecting local geography, culture, and ecological circumstances." - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Working Landscape
"A working landscape is ... a cohesive unit of land that is ecologically, socially, and economically connected." - Global Rangelands