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Allotments, smallholdings and orchards
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->Areas that provide space to restore locally-sourced food production and connect urban populations with rural economy, as w…
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Aquifer recharge
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->The process by which rainwater seeps down through the soil into an underlying aquifer.
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Artificial connectivity elements
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->Features designed specifically to assist species movement such as green bridges, eco-ducts, wildlife passages, etc
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Biodiversity
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->The process of renewal, restoration and growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms and ecosystems resilient to natural fl…
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Biodiversity Strategy (EU)
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The European Commission has adopted an ambitious new strategy to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU by 2020. There are six main targets, and 20 actions to help Europe …
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Bioswale
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->vegetated, mulched, or xeriscaped channels that provide treatment and retention as they move stormwater from one place to …
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Bottom-up approach
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->A process that gives priority to the initiatives and will of the general public instead of decisionmakers.
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Buffer zones
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->The areas surrounding core areas and corridors that protect them from possible disruptive external influences.
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Carbon sequestration
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->The process of capture and long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to mitigate global war…
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Carbon sink
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<!-- td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} -->A natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite p…
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