From time to time / not on regular programmed basis

Land closed by fencing (or other means) for control of grazing or resting

Manner, disposition, feeling or position with regard to a person or a thing, e.g. welcoming, open, indifferent, reserved, mistrusting, rejecting

A bench terrace in which the terrace bed slopes slightly backwards (towards the riser of the next upper terrace)

Linear or contour earth or stone (or mixed material) structures, normally more than 30

Grass species which are only eaten when more desirable species are unavailable

Physical obstacles to movement of soil or sand; can be made of various materials

Basic information about the area / people before project intervention

Biological (e.g. fauna and flora) and physical (e.g. topographical and edaphic) aspects of the environment

Land users given a primary role in participatory decision making

Deep ripping of soil with a tine or similar tool, normally to break a hard pan, and / or to improve drainage and infiltration

Constituent parts

Animals feeding from trees and shrubs

A bund formed from excavating soil making an adjacent ditch (above or below)

Setting fire to pasture / rangeland to burn off unpalatable dry grass, and to control bush invasion in some circumstances

Improving human skills (through training, etc.)

A crop grown entirely (or mainly) for sale

Temporary wage labour

Felling the whole forest at one time

Land managed by a community of land users (larger number of land users)