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26Definitions and terminologyThe following glossary of definitions and terminology has been derived from a seriesof existing glossaries 1 .Alternative Energy is the energy derived from non-fossil fuel sources.Alternative Transportation Fuel. Under the Alternative Fuels Act, 1995, alternativetransportation fuel must include, but is not limited to, ethanol, methanol, propane gas,natural gas, hydrogen or electricity, and these must be used as a sole source of directpropulsion energy (see also Renewable Transport Fuel).Alternative Fuel Vehicle is a vehicle purchased or leased from an original equipmentmanufacturer (or converted in the aftermarket) that is capable of operating on analternative transportation fuel. Flex-fuel and bi-fuel vehicles are also considered to bealternative fuel vehicle, as are vehicles that operate on blended fuels, when analternative transportation fuel makes up at least fifty percent of the blend.Analysis the process of dividing up the landscape into its component parts to gain abetter understanding of it.Anthropogenic Emissions is the emissions of greenhouse gases associated withhuman activities. These include burning of fossil fuels for energy, deforestation andland-use changes.Approach is the step-wise process by which landscape assessment is undertaken.Assessment is a term to describe all the various ways of looking at, analysing,evaluating and describing the landscape.Baseline is a projected level of future emissions against which reductions by projectactivities could be determined, or the emissions that would occur without policyintervention.Biofuel is a fuel produced from dry organic matter or combustible oils produced byplants. Examples of biofuel include alcohols (from fermented sugar), black liquorfrom the paper manufacturing process, wood and soybean oil.Biological Diversity is the variety of life and the natural processes of which livingthings are a part. This includes the living organisms, the genetic differences betweenthem, and the communities in which they occur (Audubon Nature Institute).Biomass is the total dry organic matter or stored energy content of living organisms.Biomass can be used for fuel directly by burning it (e.g., wood), indirectly byfermentation to an alcohol (e.g., sugar) or extraction of combustible oils (e.g.,soybeans).Carbon Cycle is the natural processes that govern the exchange of carbon (in theform of CO 2 , carbonates and organic compounds etc.) among the atmosphere, ocean1 Adapted from 1) IPIECA. 2000. Climate Change: A Glossary of Terms. 2nd Edition; 2) NREL. 2002.HOMER - The Micropower Optimization Model. Help. Golden. CO; 3) Canadian Pollution PreventionInformation Clearinghouse (CPPIC). Glossary. Available at: www.ec.gc.ca/cppic/En/glossary.cfm