wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group

176 GLOSSARY OF CONCEPTS AND TERMSTerrestrialTerrestrialisationTerrestrialisationmireTertiaryThallasogenousTheismThinningsTopogenousTopographyTrace elementTransformationfunctionsTransgressionTranslocationTranspirationTrophic conditionsTroposphereTypologyLiving or growing on land.The accumulation of sediments and peats in open water.Mire formed by peat formation in open water.The era from 65-3 million years ago.Stemming from the sea.The argument that all beings are God, the image of God, or createdto glorify God.Trees cut at various stages in the growth of a forest to allow spacefor adjacent trees to grow.Originated as a result of the features of an area.Physical features of an area.A chemical element required in minute quantities by an organism tomaintain proper physical functioning.Functions related to the provision of the possibility to modifyingand changing preferences, e.g. the development of other tastes,the improvement of social skills, and the growing awarenessof existence values.The spread of an open water body over adjacent land.Removal of things or activities from one place to another;The emission of water vapour by plants (or animals).Nutrient availability.The lower portion of the earth’s atmosphere in which humanbeings live.Listing and explanation of types.Upper Carboniferous Era from 320-290 million years ago.UseThe application or employment of an entity for a purpose. Thatentity is therefore useful. Use is the complement of function, i.e.the same action (relation, factor) can be seen as a function (fromthe perspective of the provider) or as a use (from the perspectiveof the recipient). The words ‘use’ and ‘utilisation’ are usedinterchangeably in this document.Utilisation Use in any way, including conservation.Utility discounting A method of estimating the present value of future benefits orbenefits to future generations. It assumes that future well-beingis given less weight than present well-being.ValueThe worth attached to entities.Vascular plants The higher plants, characterised by the possession of true roots,stems and leaves and through whose tissues liquids are conducted.Veto duties Duties to avoid certain actions arising from the rights of others.Vital issues Issues about which it cannot be prudently assumed that progresswill solve the problems associated with them.