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A

abiotic pollination

abundance (ecological)

access and benefit sharing

acclimatization

acid deposition

acid sulfate soil

active restoration

adaptation response

adaptive capacity

adaptive co-management

adaptive management

adaptive radiation

agri-environmental scheme

agricultural commodity

agricultural extensification

agricultural extension

agricultural intensification

agricultural orientation index

agricultural production landscapes

agrisilvicultural system

agrisilvipastoral system

agro-deforestation

agro-ecological zone

agrobiodiversity

agroecological agriculture

Aichi (biodiversity) targets

alien invasive species

alliance for zero extinction sites

alpha diversity

alternative futures

alternative trajectories

ameliorative policy arrangements

anthropocentric

anthropocentric value

anthropogenic assets

anthropogenic biome

anthropogenic drivers

anthropogenic impact

anthropogenic landscape

anthropogenic pressure

anthropogenic value

aqueous slurries

article 8(j) of the CBD

asia-pacific region

assessment report

assisted colonization

asymmetry (in plant-pollinator networks (q.v.))

available water capacity

average genetic variation

avoided deforestation in conjunction with afforestation and reforestation

B

behaviour change

behavioural economics

benchmarking (of models)

beneficiary pays principle

benefit sharing

bio-prospectors

bio-technical stabilization

bioaccumulation

biocentric perspectives

biocentric worldview

biochemical oxygen demand

biocultural approaches to conservation

biocultural diversity

biocultural refugia

biodiversity conservation

biodiversity dilution effect

biodiversity footprint hotspot

biodiversity hotspot

biodiversity intactness index

biodiversity loss

biodiversity offset

biodynamic agriculture

bioenergy with carbon capture and storage

biogenic volatile organic compound

biogeochemical cycle

biogeochemistry

biological conservation

biological control

biological diversity

biological oxygen demand

biological pump

biological resource

biological sustainable level (fished within)

biomass (ecology)

biomass (for production)

biophysical system

biophysical value

biotechnology (modern)

biotic homogenization

bottom-up control of the food web

boundary object

buffer (ecology)

buffer zones (protected areas)

built environment

bush encroachment

bushmeat hunting

business-as-usual

C

c3 photosynthesis

c4 photosynthesis

calibration (of models)

capacity development

capacity dimensions

capacity-building

carbon dioxide equivalent

carbon footprint

carbon sequestration

carbon-lock-in phase

carrying capacity

Catalogue of policy support tools and methodologies

ceremonial uses (of wild species)

certainty terminology

certification (environmental)

certification principles and standards

charismatic species

chemosynthetic ecosystem

circular economy

citizen science

clean development mechanism

climate change adaptation

climate change mitigation

climate envelope

climate regulation

climate smart agriculture

climate variability

climatic driver

co-benefit strategies

co-production (of contributions between nature and people)

coastal squeeze

collaborative governance

collapse (socioecological system)

common pool resource

common property theory

community (ecological)

community (social)

community forestry

community-based conservation

community-based forest management

community-based monitoring

community-based monitoring and information systems

community-based natural resource management

community-based tourism

community-managed forest

conceptual framework

connectance (in plant-pollinator networks (q.v.))

conservation agriculture

conservation benefit

conservation biology

conservation easement

conservation tender

consumer surplus

continental shelf

continental slope

contingent valuation

convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora

conventional agricultural

coral bleaching

correlative model

cost-benefit analysis

country of origin of genetic resources

country providing genetic resources

coupled social-ecological systems

crop intensification

crop wild relative

cropping system

cross pollination

cross-scale analysis

cultural change