Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan 2022-27 - Other - Page 114
Glossary of terms
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20-minute neighbourhoods – places
conservation, focused action for priority
that are designed so that residents can
species and involving people.
meet their day-to-day needs within
a 20-minute walk or cycle of their home.
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Cairngorms Nature Index – a tool
to help establish a baseline and framework
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Active travel – making journeys in more
for monitoring the health of the National
physically active ways, such as walking,
Park’s habitats, species and ecosystems.
using a wheelchair or mobility aid, cycling,
or scooting.
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Carbon markets / trading – the buying
and selling of credits that permit a company
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Affordable housing – housing of a
or other entity to emit a certain amount of
reasonable quality that is affordable to
carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases.
people on modest incomes, including social
rented accommodation, mid-market rented
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Carbon negative – emitting less than
accommodation, shared ownership, shared
zero carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide
equity, discounted low cost housing for
equivalent (CO2e) greenhouse gasses.
sale including plots for self-build, and low-cost
housing without subsidy.
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Carbon sequestration – a natural or artificial
process by which carbon dioxide is removed from
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the atmosphere and held in solid or liquid form.
Assemblage / species assemblage –
a group of species that exists in a
particular habitat.
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Circular economy – an economy in
which products, services and systems are
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Biodiversity – the variety of plant and animal
designed to maximise their value and
life in the world or in a particular habitat,
minimise waste. It is an all-encompassing
a high level of which is usually considered to be
approach to life and business, where
important and desirable.
everything has value and nothing is wasted.
In simple terms, it can be explained
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Cairngorms Nature Action Plan – Cairngorms
as 'make, use, remake' as opposed to
Nature is a partnership for people and
'make, use, dispose'.
organisations to come together with a common
desire to safeguard and enhance the
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Citizens’ assembly / jury –
outstanding nature of the Cairngorms National
a representative group of citizens who are
Park. The Action Plan describes the most
selected at random from the population to
important priorities over the five years
learn about, deliberate upon and make
between 2019 and 2024 and provides
recommendations in relation to a
a focus for the work of partners. It has
particular issue or set of issues.
three main aims: landscape-scale
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