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Inter-cropping
The cultivation of two or more crops simultaneously on the
same field.
Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
An area designated to protect marine ecosystems, processes,
habitats and species, which can contribute to the restoration
and replenishment of resources for social, economic and
cultural enrichment.
Mono-cropping
Agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop or plant
species over a wide area and for a number of consecutive years.
Reforestation
Planting of forests on lands that previously contained forest,
but had since been converted to other uses.
Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
The stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way,
and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity,
regeneration capacity, vitality and potential to fulfill, now
and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social
functions, at local, national and global levels, and that does not
cause damage to other ecosystems.