This glossary is compiled from citations in different chapters, and draws from glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: American Academy of Opthamology; American Meteorological Society; Asian Development Bank ; Biodiversity Journal; Business Dictionary; Business Dictionary ; Cambridge Dictionary; Center for Transportation Excellence (United States); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Charles Darwin University(Australia); Collins Dictionary; Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research; Convention on Biological Diversity; Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar); Department of Agriculture (United States); Department of the Interior (United States); Department of Transportation (United States); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GmbH, GiZ; Edwards Aquifer Website (United States); Encyclopaedia Britannica; Encyclopedia of Earth; Energy Information Administration (United States); Environmental Protection Agency (United States); Environmental Science and Pollution Research; Europe’s Information Society; European Commission; European Environmental Agency; European Nuclear Society; Farlex Free; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Foundation for Research; Gender GEO; Global Earth Observation System of Systems; Global Environment Outlook Sixth Edition; Global Footprint Network ; Global Land Outlook; Glossary of Environment Statistics; GreenFacts Glossary; Hayes’ Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology; Healthline; IGI Global; Illinois Clean Coal Institute (United States); Illuminating Engineering Society of North America; Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law; Intellectual Property Organization; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;