IUCN - GMO-free Regions
IUCN - GMO-free Regions
IUCN - GMO-free Regions
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DEFINITIONS OF SELECTED<br />
TERMS<br />
DEFINICJE WYBRANYCH<br />
TERMINÓW<br />
abandoned land (grunt odłogowany)<br />
– farm land that has been left lying<br />
abandoned for the period longer than<br />
two years without agricultural use<br />
and cultivation.<br />
abandonment (zaniechanie, opusz−<br />
czenie, porzucenie) – the possibility<br />
of farmland no longer being ma−<br />
naged for agriculture or any other<br />
purpose.<br />
absorption capacity (absorpcyjna<br />
zdolność) – the capacity of the given<br />
region for effective utilisation of the<br />
flowing external financial resources<br />
(primarily concerns assistance funds<br />
and credits). The absorption capacity<br />
generally depends on the conditions,<br />
on which these resources are made<br />
available and on the level of the<br />
social−economic development of the<br />
region.<br />
acquis communautaire – the entire<br />
acquis communautaire of the Euro−<br />
pean Communities, which consist of<br />
all treaty provisions, executive legis−<br />
lation to the treaties, verdicts of the<br />
Court of Justice of European Com−<br />
munities and the Court of First<br />
Instance, international agreements<br />
and declarations and resolutions.<br />
Each country applying for member−<br />
ship in the European Union is obliged<br />
to unconditionally accept the acquis<br />
communautaire.<br />
afforestation, forestry planting (zale−<br />
sianie) – the establishment of forest<br />
by natural succession or by the<br />
application window<br />
planting of trees on land where they<br />
did not grow formerly.<br />
Agency for Restructuring and Moder−<br />
nisation of Agriculture, ARMA<br />
(Agencja Restrukturyzacji i Moder−<br />
nizacji Rolnictwa, ARiMR) – a pay−<br />
ment institution in Poland whose<br />
mission is to support actions aimed<br />
at accelerating structural changes in<br />
agriculture and rural areas.<br />
agri−environmental activity (działal−<br />
ność rolnośrodowiskowa) – agricul−<br />
tural activity for nature and environ−<br />
ment protection and maintenance of<br />
rural heritage.<br />
agri−environment incentives (zachęty<br />
rolnośrodowiskowe) – payments to<br />
farmers for environmentally−friendly<br />
practices or land use changes.<br />
agri−environment measures (działa−<br />
nia rolnośrodowiskowe) – the set of<br />
measures associated with agri−<br />
culture that have a positive impact<br />
on man's natural environment. The<br />
measures are aimed at balancing the<br />
circulation of natural elements in the<br />
agricultural ecosystem, reducing the<br />
negative impact of the economy on<br />
the environment, increasing biolo−<br />
gical diversity, maintenance of typi−<br />
cal agricultural landscapes etc.<br />
agri−environmental package (pakiet<br />
rolnośrodowiskowy) – complex of<br />
conditions and activities leading to<br />
realisation of the package goal.<br />
allelopathy (allelopatia) – the sup−<br />
pression of the growth of one plant<br />
species by another.<br />
application window („okno aplika−<br />
cyjne”, okres składania wniosków)<br />
– the period of time (several weeks<br />
to the whole year) during which appli−<br />
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