Arquivos: Glossário

Economic value of a standing tree, equivalent to the amount concessionaires earn when a log is sold to the sawmill or the exporter, less the cost of logging. It is used as the net-price valuation in environmental accounting.

Sub-national actors include state/provincial, regional, metropolitan and local/municipal governments as well as non-party stakeholders, such as civil society, the private sector, cities and other sub-national authorities, local communities and indigenous peoples.

Change of a solid to a vapor (or the reverse) without the appearance of a liquid state.

A plant that lies entirely beneath the water surface, except for flowering parts in some species.

A mitigation project is considered “submitted” when all the appropriate formshave been completed, uploaded, and submitted to Climate Forward.

A Project listed on the Capturiant Website as a that has not yet been Validated or Verified.

An administrative- or other sub-unit within a country, such as a state, province, region, department, district, or an eco-region or other defined area, specified in the jurisdictional program description

Sinking of an area of the earth’s surface due to compaction of the underlying material.

Favored treatment that a government gives to selected private enterprise. Examples are reduced taxes, direct financial or technical assistance, and guaranteed minimum output price levels.

Developed and undeveloped reserves of mineral deposits located on or below the earth’s surface.