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Term: |
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Meaning: |
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Afforested |
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planted
with trees |
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Arable |
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land
suitable for ploughing and raising crops |
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CAP |
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Common
Agricultural Policy |
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Commercial
farming |
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farming
to gain a financial return |
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Condense |
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reduce
from a gas or vapour to a liquid |
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Conifers |
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cone-bearing
tree |
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Conservation |
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preservation
of the natural environment |
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Culled |
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killing
of surplus animals |
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Diversification |
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to
spread investment over several enterprises |
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EC |
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European
Community |
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Environment |
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the
air, land, water, plants and wildlife |
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Estate |
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a
landed property |
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Hectare |
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ten
thousand square metres |
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Impeding |
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obstructing |
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Invasive |
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intrude
on others' territory or rights |
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Manual
labour |
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work
done with the hands |
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Nutrients |
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chemical
needed for living things to grow |
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Organic
farming |
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farming
without artificial fertilisers or pesticides |
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Quota |
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maximum
quantity that can be produced |
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Redundant |
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no
longer needed |
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Regeneration |
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bring
into renewed existence |
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Subsistence
farming |
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where
all produce is consumed by farming family |
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Subsidy |
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money
grant towards the expenses of a commercial undertaking |
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Sustainable
Development |
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"meeting
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs."
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Venison |
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deer's
flesh as food |
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Water
catchment |
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area
from where rainfall flows into a river or reservoir |
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