L
Data and Resources
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La niña
La Niña episodes represent periods of below- average sea surface...
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Land accretion
Deposition of finely divided sediment, consisting of rock and clay particles.
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Land cover
The physical coverage of land, usually expressed in terms of vegetation cover...
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Land degradation
a long-term loss of ecosystem function and services, caused by disturbances...
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Land degradation neutrality
A state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to...
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Land facet
A land unit with climate, land forms, soils and vegetation characteristics...
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Land grabbing
Large-scale land grabbing is defined as “acquisitions or concessions that are...
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Land levelling
The process of measuring the difference in elevation between two or more points.
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Land reclamation
The restoration of productivity or use to lands that have been degraded by...
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Land sharing
Conserving biodiversity within agricultural landscapes.
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Land sparing
Maximizing the land area available only for conservation purposes through...
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Land tenure
The relationship, whether legally or customarily defined, among people, as...
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Land titling
Land titling is a form of privatization in that public assets are transferred...
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Land unit
An area of land defined in terms of land qualities and characteristics which...
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Land use
The functional dimension of land for different human purposes or economic...
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Land use planning
The systematic assessment of land and water potential, alternative patterns...
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Land use/land-use change and forestry (LULUCF)
A greenhouse gas inventory sector that covers emissions and removals of...
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Land-use planning
Land-use planning involves the systematic assessment of environmental,...
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Landform
Any physical, recognizable form or feature on the earth's surface, having a...
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Landscape aesthetics
The term landscape aesthetics is meant to indicate the pleasure people gain...
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Landscape domestication
A process of landscape manipulation which was initiated by early humans all...
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Landscape permeability
The premise that within a heterogeneous landscape species movement between...
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Landslide
A slope mass earth movement where a soil or substrata mass slides over a...
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Large marine ecosystem
Large marine ecosystems are natural regions of ocean space encompassing...
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Leaching
The removal of soluble salts by water percolating through the soil.; The...
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Legitimacy
Measure of political acceptability or perceived fairness. State law has its...
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Leishmaniasis
A disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania parasites which are transmitted...
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Leptospirosis
A bacterial disease affecting humans and animals caused by bacteria of the...
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Leverage point
A place in a system’s structure where a relatively small amount of force can...
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Life cycle inventory
Phase of life cycle assessment involving the compilation and quantification...
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Life-cycle analysis
A technique to assess the environmental impacts associated with all the...
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Lifetime (in the atmosphere)
The approximate amount of time it takes for concentrations of an atmospheric...
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Light clay soil
Soil texture class characterized by the following features: Fine-textured...
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Light emitting diode (LED)
A semiconductor diode that converts electric energy into electromagnetic...
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Light pollution
Excessive or obtrusive artificial light. It obscures the stars in the night...
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Likely chance
A likelihood greater than 66 percent chance. Used in this assessment to...
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Limestone
Any rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate.
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Limnic material
Coprogenous earth or sedimentary peat, diatomaceous earth, marl or gyttja.
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Lineage
It refers to documenting the original sources for the data and the processing...
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Liquid petroleum gas
LPG is the generic name for commercial propane and commercial butane. These...
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Listeria monocytogenes
Opportunistic pathogen that most often affects those with a severe underlying...
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Listeriosis
Foodborne listeriosis, caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, is one...
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Literacy
The ability to read and write.
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Lithofacies
A term used to describe the physical mechanic and organic features of local...
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Lithological discontinuity
A layer with rock fragments without weathering rinds overlying a layer with...
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Livelihood
(the way someone earns) the money people need to pay for food, a place to...
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Living planet index
A measure of the state of the world's biological diversity based on...
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Loamy sand
Soil texture class characterized by the following features: contains a high...
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Loamy soil
Soil texture class characterized by the following features: Has a relatively...
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Locally-managed marine area
Protected areas that are largely or wholly managed by coastal communities...
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Lock-in
Lock-in occurs when a market is stuck with a standard even though...
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Lockdown
A state of isolation or restricted access instituted as a security measure.
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Lotic
Pertaining to swift-water communities.
Additional Info
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| Author | UNEP GEO |
| Maintainer | UNEP GEO |
| Last Updated | January 26, 2023, 06:31 (UTC) |
| Created | September 13, 2022, 18:25 (UTC) |
| GUID | unep-geo-glossary-letter-l |
| Issued | 2022-08-31 14:01:54 |
| Language | en |
| Modified | 2022-11-09 17:41:18 |
| Publisher name | UNEP GEO |
| Theme | Glossary |
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| spatial | Global |