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Data and Resources
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Nanomaterial
A natural, incidental or manufactured material containing particles, in an...
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National park
Protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation....
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Nationally determined contribution (NDC)
Submissions by countries that have ratified the Paris Agreement which...
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Native tree species
A tree species occurring within its natural range (past or present) and...
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Natric horizon
The natric horizon (from the Dutch "natrium", sodium) is a dense subsurface...
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Natural capital
Natural assets in their role of providing natural resource inputs and...
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Natural environment
All the living and non-living things that are naturally present (rather than...
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Natural hazard
Natural process or phenomenon that may cause loss of life, injury or other...
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Natural heritage
Natural features consisting of physical and biological formations or groups...
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Natural infrastructure
strategically planned and managed network of natural lands, such as forests...
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Natural regeneration
Re-establishment of a forest stand by natural means, i.e. by natural seeding...
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Natural renewable water resources
The total amount of a country’s water resources (internal and external...
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Natural resource management
Natural resource management refers to the management of natural resources...
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Natural resources
materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land...
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Naturalized population
Animals are considered to be feral if they or their ancestors were formerly...
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Naturalized species
An intentionally or unintentionally introduced species that has adapted to...
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Nature-based solution
Actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified...
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Nature’s contribution to people
Nature’s contribution to people (NCP are all the contributions, both positive...
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Nature’s contributions to people
All the contributions, both positive and negative, of living nature...
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Needs assessment
A systematic process to acquire an accurate, thorough picture of the...
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Neglected zoonotic diseases
include anthrax, brucellosis, foodborne trematodiases, human African...
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Neonicotinoid
Neonicotinoids are an acetylcholine-interfering neurotoxic class of...
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Net primary production (NPP)
The rate at which all the plants in an ecosystem produce net useful chemical...
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Net primary productivity
The rate of storage of energy as food matter i.e. excluding the energy...
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Net salt load
Monthly net salt load (NSL) originating inside each irrigation basin is...
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Net worth
The value of all the assets owned by an institutional unit or sector less the...
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Neurotoxin
A poison which acts on the nervous system.
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Niche
The way of life of species; includes the habitat, food, nest sites, and so on...
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Nitic horizon
A nitic horizon (from Latin nitidus, shiny) is a clay-rich subsurface...
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Nitrate pollution
Water contamination caused by the presence of excessive amounts of nitrates...
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Nitrate vulnerable zone
All areas of land where the corresponding surface water or groundwater...
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Nitrogen deposition
The input of reactive nitrogen, mainly derived from nitrogen oxides and...
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No-till (zero tillage)
A technique of drilling (sowing) seed with little or no prior land...
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Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
Any of a large group of cancers of lymphocytes (white blood cells). Non-...
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Non-indigenous species
A species, subspecies, or lower taxon occurring outside of its natural range...
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Non-random and random sampling
In random data collection, every individual observation has equal probability...
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Non-state actors
Non-state actors are categorized as entities that (i) participate or act in...
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Non-state and subnational actors
‘Non-state and subnational actors’ includes companies, cities, subnational...
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Normalized difference vegetation index
To determine the density of green on a patch of land, researchers must...
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Novic qualifier
Recent sediments above the soil that is classified at the Reference Soil...
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Nutrient cycling
Biogeochemical cycle, in which inorganic nutrients move through soil, living...
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Nutrient imbalance
Refers to an excess or a lack of nutrients (mainly nitrogen, phosphorus and...
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Nutrient pollution
Contamination of water resources by excessive inputs of nutrients.
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Nutrient use efficiency
Refers to getting the maximum amount of nutrients applied to soils and crops...
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Nutrients
The approximately 20 chemical elements known to be essential for the growth...
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Nutrients cycle
A nutrient cycle is a repeated pathway of a particular nutrient or element...
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
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| Source | https://wesr-staging.azurewebsites.net/glossary/ajax/ajax.searchbyindex.php?q=N |
| Author | UNEP GEO |
| Maintainer | UNEP GEO |
| Last Updated | January 26, 2023, 06:32 (UTC) |
| Created | September 13, 2022, 18:27 (UTC) |
| GUID | unep-geo-glossary-letter-n |
| Issued | 2022-08-31 15:14:00 |
| Language | en |
| Modified | 2022-11-09 17:41:18 |
| Publisher name | UNEP GEO |
| Theme | Glossary |
| data_type | webpage |
| spatial | Global |