Harvest
The total number or weight of fish caught and kept from an area over a period of time.
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Pre-Harvest Interval: The time between the last pesticide application and harvest of the treated crops.
Harvesting all the trees in one area at one time, a practice that can encourage fast rainfall or snowmelt runoff, erosion, sedimentation of streams and lakes, and flooding, and destroys vital habitat.
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Rainwater Harvesting Guide
In many parts of the world, there is an approaching shortage of clean, usable water. That problem could be solved in many cases by harvesting and using rainwater that now goes to waste.
These two harvests were very poorly done, with puddled soil, ruts, exposed mineral soil and standing residual trees. This can occur in any type of regeneration method not just clearcutting if proper care is not taken.
Rainwater Harvesting - The collection, storage, and reuse of rainwater.
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Harvesting all the trees in one area at one time, a practice that destroys vital habitat and biodiversity and encourages rainfall or snowmelt runoff, erosion, sedimentation of streams and lakes, and flooding. ...
stormwater harvesting = the process of the collection and re-use of rain water ...
Sustainably-harvested: A renewable resource that as been harvested in a way that allows it's inherent regeneration and continued ongoing supply.
Clear-cutting:the logging practice of harvesting all trees from vast forest tracts. Climate:the weather experienced by a given location, averaged over several decades.
Rapidly Renewable Materials that are not depleted when used, but are typically harvested from fast growing sources and do not require unnecessary chemical support. Examples include bamboo, flax, wheat, wool and certain types of wood.
Catch per unit effort Usually applied to the harvesting of a natural resource (e.g. marine fish), the total catch (in terms of numbers or biomass) divided by the total harvesting effort (e.g.
Geothermal Energy Geothermal energy is a form of energy produced through drilling and harvesting heat trapped deep within the earth.
clear cutting A forest-management technique that involves harvesting all the trees in one area at one time.
It can be harvested from decomposing manure or vegetation piles, and burned as fuel to form CO₂ , a much less problematic greenhouse case. methanol Wood alcohol or rubbing alcohol. It is created by fermenting and distilling wood.
the contaminant from the soil, through its roots and takes the contaminants above soil-level to its leaves and stems, or the plant will absorb the contaminant and will store it in its roots in which case the plant has to be completely harvested, ...
Currently plans and programmes are under way to train and educate traditional healers to harvest their herbs more carefully to avoid wiping out stocks in the areas from which they harvest.
A Land cover/use category that includes areas used for the production of adapted crops for harvest. Two subcategories of cropland are recognized: cultivated and noncultivated.
Raw materials (like trees, metals, and oil) are harvested or extracted from the Earth.
Raw materials are transported and processed in a factory.
The materials are used to manufacture and package a product.
Non-renewable resources: Natural resources that are not naturally replenished once they have been harvested.
The amount of pesticide residue allowed by law to remain in or on a harvested crop. EPA sets these levels well below the point where the compounds might be harmful to consumers.
Source: Terms of the Environment
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Land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need no be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee and rubber; this category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees and vines, ...
forest certification - a process of labeling wood that has been harvested from a well-managed forest.
forests - lands on which trees are the principal plant life, usually conducive to wide biodiversity.
Renewable Energy - Energy harvested from sources - like wind or the sun - that cannot be depleted, minimizing environmental impact.
pesticide tolerance The amount of pesticide residue allowed by law to remain in or on a harvested crop.
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petri dish A glass or plastic dish with cover used to culture microorganisms.
FSC Products - Forest Steward Council wood bearing the FSC logo guarantees that it was sustainably harvested from a certified, well managed forest.
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desiccant
Drying agent.
In agriculture, a substance used for drying up plants and facilitating their mechanical harvesting.
desorption
Opposite of adsorption; a decrease in the amount of adsorbed substance.
The total amount of energy used in the production of a fuel or product . For woodfuel this may include contributions from land preparation, planting, fertilizer and pesticide inputs, thinning, harvesting, comminution, processing, and transport.
Agricultural Waste: Poultry and livestock manure, and residual materials in liquid or solid form generated from the production and marketing of poultry, livestock or fur-bearing animals; also includes grain, vegetable, and fruit harvest residue.
The index provides a calculated numerical value for each dwelling unit, derived from the number and kind of water-saving features present, including indoor and outdoor water savers and water harvesting or recycling systems.
Members also share in the risks of farming, including poor harvests due to unfavorable weather or pests.
and water erosion after harvest, during preparation of a seedbed for the next crop, and during the early growing period of the
new crop.
Subsoil - technically, the B horizon; roughly, the part of the solum below plow depth.
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