Glossary H

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Deutsch: Lebensraum / Español: Hábitat / Português: Habitat / Français: Habitat / Italiano: Habitat /

A habitat is

Deutsch: Lebensraumzerstörung / Español: Destrucción de Hábitat / Português: Destruição de Habitat / Français: Destruction d'Habitat / Italiano: Distruzione dell'Habitat

Habitat destruction refers to the process by which natural habitats are altered or completely destroyed, making them unable to support the species that live there. In the environment context, it is one of the primary drivers of biodiversity loss, contributing to the extinction of species, disruption of ecosystems, and decline of ecosystem services such as pollination, water purification, and carbon storage. Habitat destruction is mainly caused by human activities like deforestation, urbanisation, agriculture, mining, and infrastructure development.

A Habitat Encroachment is term used to describe the way natural habitats are destroyed as human development of new areas continues to grow and expand, or pollution damages the environment

habitat indicator (Deleted term 1992. See is abiotic condition indicator.)

Halocarbons are Chemicals consisting of carbon, sometimes hydrogen, and either chlorine, fluorine bromine or iodine.

Halons are Compounds, also known as bromofluorocarbons, that contain bromine, fluorine, and carbon.

A Hand Mating is an individual female that is ready to be bred is exposed to an individual Boar in a small Pen for a few minutes, under the supervision of the producer.

Hand Milking is the manual milking of an animal as opposed to the use of mechanical milking devices.

Deutsch: Handgerät / Español: Dispositivo portátil / Português: Dispositivo portátil / Français: Appareil portable / Italiano: Dispositivo portatile

Handheld in the environment context refers to portable, often battery-operated devices that are used in the field for environmental monitoring, data collection, and analysis. These devices allow scientists, researchers, and environmental professionals to gather real-time data on various environmental parameters such as air quality, water quality, soil composition, temperature, and humidity directly at the site of interest.

Deutsch: Umweltbeauftragter / Español: Manipulador / Português: Manipuladores / Français: Manipulateurs / Italiano: Manipolatori /

Handlers are Processors or dealers of milk who commonly purchase raw milk and sell pasteurized milk and milk products.