Glossary

Accessibility - The ability to be reached or entered without obstacle

Biodiversity - refers to all the variety of life that can be found on Earth (plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms) as well as to the communities that they form and the habitats in which they live.

Business sustainability - an enterprise that has minimal negative impact or potentially a positive effect on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy

Catchment - where rainwater is collected by the natural landscape

Charter - A written constitution or description of an organisation or group’s functions and/ or rights

Circulation - The free movement around something Collective understanding - a shared comprehension or perspective of something

Corporate responsibility - The inclusion of ethical elements such as public interest and environmental concerns into the planning of a business strategy

Cultural identity - the identity of belonging to a group, related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation or locality

Dechannelisation - removal of channelling structures and return waterway to its original meandering course

Drainage patterns - is the pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin

Empowered - Making someone or something stronger and more confident.

Endemic ecosystems - a biological community of interacting organisms that are native to where they are found.

Enhancement - An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent

Enrichment - The action of improving or enhancing the quality or value of something

Erosion - The gradual process of destruction by wind, water, or other natural agents

Fish passage - A series of artificial pools arranged like ascending steps, enabling migrating fish to swim upstream around a dam or other obstruction

Flow regime - the description of the natural flow patterns of a stream or river Food-shed - the land area that produces food for a particular population

Function - the practical use, action or purpose of something Ground water recharge - is where water moves through the soil down to the water table (aquifers) either naturally through rain or by injecting water into the water table from wells

Habitats - The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

Initiatives - An act or strategy intended to resolve a difficulty or improve a situation

Integrated - various parts or aspects of a system, institution or body that are linked or coordinated

Interface - A point where two systems or places meet and interact Intermittent - Occurring at irregular intervals

Material - The matter that something is created of or can also be gathered information or ideas

Obligations - The condition of being morally or legally bound to do something Outcomes - are events, occurrences, or changes in conditions, behaviours, or attitudes that indicate progress toward a goal. They are generally specific, measurable and meaningful

Partnerships - An association of two or more people working together

Project - An individual or collaborative enterprise carefully planned to achieve a particular aim Purpose - The reason for which something is done or created

Regeneration - the action or process of growth and renewal after loss or damage

Reinvigorate - Give new energy or strength to Remediate - Restore by reversing or stopping environmental damage

Renewal - The replacement or repair of something Resilient - able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions

Revegetation - new growth of vegetation on disturbed or barren ground Riparian - Relating to or situated on the banks of a river

Riparian vegetation - are the plants, shrubs and trees that grow along the banks of a waterway extending to the edge of the floodplain.

Socioeconomic - Relating to or concerned with the interaction of social and economic factors

Source document - an original written record containing key data and information Stabilisation - The process of making something physically more secure or stable

Strategy - A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim

Tributaries - A collection of rivers or streams flowing into a larger river or lake

Vision - The ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom

Wild harvest - A product that has been collected by hand from a native ecosystem and is typically natural and organic