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Do you speak "ecological benefits"?

Lex Icons™ are an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and machine-readable icons that describe how we create positive impacts to meet the globe’s greatest challenges.

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Do you speak "ecological benefits"?

Lex Icons™ are an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and machine-readable icons that describe how we create positive impacts to meet the globe’s greatest challenges.

Learn More

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, the system that began as Foodicons™ has now evolved into the more comprehensive system of Lex Icons™, consisting of several thousands of machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. Learn more here.

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Ecological Survey

Conducting comprehensive ecological surveys to assess the overall health and biodiversity of ecosystems, including the measurement of various abiotic and biotic factors.

Juli Panchani

India

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Ecological Benefits Monitoring

"Engaging and consulting with local communities, indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders affected by carbon market projects to ensure their meaningful participation in project planning, implementation, and benefit sharing. "

Juli Panchani

India

Customer Feedback

Air Quality Monitoring

Application of air quality models and simulation tools to estimate pollutant concentrations, predict dispersion patterns, and assess the impact of emissions on air quality.

Giulio Satriani

Italy

Customer Feedback

Water Quality Monitoring

"This type of MRV involves the collection and analysis of water samples to assess various parameters that indicate water quality. These parameters may include chemical constituents (e.g., pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, heavy metals), biological indicators (e.g., presence of pathogens, aquatic biodiversity), and physical properties (e.g., temperature, turbidity). Monitoring water quality helps identify potential contaminants, evaluate compliance with water quality standards or regulations, and assess the effectiveness of pollution control measures. "

Juli Panchani

India

Customer Feedback

Soil Moisture Monitoring

Measuring soil moisture content using sensors or probes to assess soil water availability, irrigation needs, and the potential for drought stress.

Juli Panchani

India

Customer Feedback

New Growth Conservation

New growth refers to young forests that have recently regenerated after disturbance or harvesting.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Customer Feedback

Payment Frequency - Improved

How frequently are project developers/ stakeholders compensated for impact.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

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Air Quality Modeling

Application of air quality models and simulation tools to estimate pollutant concentrations, predict dispersion patterns, and assess the impact of emissions on air quality.

Giulio Satriani

Italy

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Air Quality Modeling

Benefit-sharing Mechanism

Developing and implementing mechanisms that ensure the fair and equitable distribution of benefits derived from EBF activities. This may include revenue-sharing arrangements, community benefit funds, or participation in decision-making processes.

Giulio Satriani

Italy

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Benefit-sharing Mechanism

Biodiversity Credits

Biodiversity credit refers to economic instruments to fund activities that drive positive impact and gains on biodiversity. Contrast to biodiversity offsets in which payments made to compensate biodiversity ecosystem damage, the biodiversity credit enable companies to support positive biodiversity projects and provide long term funding.

Giulio Satriani

Italy

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Biodiversity Credits

Blockchain-based Registry

Blockchain based registry is a log and account registry on what projects have developed credits, who has bought the credits, who retired the credit and according to what methodology that enhanced with blockchain technology to improves efficiency, trust and user experiences.

Giulio Satriani

Italy

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Blockchain-based Registry

Carbon Capture

Carbon capture refers to the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions to mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas concentrations.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

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Carbon Capture

Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO0)

Entity structure that uses bottom up system with no central authority implementing smart contract. Members have access to own tokens and vote on initiatives of entity.

Nilufer Sen

Turkey

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Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO0)

Ecological Benefits Monitoring

Engaging and consulting with local communities, indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders affected by carbon market projects to ensure their meaningful participation in project planning, implementation, and benefit sharing.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Ecological Benefits Monitoring

Forest Carbon Monitoring

Monitoring and assessing changes in forest cover, carbon stocks, and associated emissions or removals in carbon forestry projects or REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) initiatives.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Forest Carbon Monitoring

GPS

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) is a receiver that collects satellite signals. In the context of EBF, this may refer to an MRV aspect of collecting and monitoring data.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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GPS

Improved Forest Management

Improved forest management focuses on managing vegetation, restoring ecosystems, reducing hazards, and maintaining forest health in a way that results in increased carbon stocks within forests and/or reduces GHG emissions from forestry activities when compared to business-as-usual forestry practices.
Improved Forest Management

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Improved Forest Management

Improved Forest Management

Indigenous Stewardship

Indigenous stewardship refers to the traditional knowledge, practices, and systems of governance exercised by Indigenous communities in managing and caring for their lands, territories, and resources. It involves a holistic and sustainable approach that respects the interconnectedness between nature, culture, and community.
Indigenous Stewardship

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Indigenous Stewardship

Indigenous Stewardship

Leakage

Leakage, in the context of EBF, refers to the unintended consequences or negative effects that may occur as a result of implementing a specific action or project aimed at addressing an environmental issue. It refers to the displacement or shifting of negative impacts from one area or activity to another, often undermining the overall effectiveness of the intended intervention.
Leakage

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Leakage

Leakage

Mobile Monitoring

Mitigation refers to the actions taken to reduce or prevent the impact of a potential harm or threat (e.g. mitigating fires in forests, or mitigating climate change by reducing carbon emissions)
Mobile Monitoring

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Mobile Monitoring

Mobile Monitoring

NFT/Token

NFT/Token

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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NFT/Token

NFT/Token

Outcomes-Based Assessment

Outcomes-based assessment is an approach used to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of interventions, programs, or policies by focusing on the outcomes achieved rather than on the practices. It involves assessing the extent to which desired outcomes, such as changes in condition, well-being, or behavior, have been achieved as a result of the intervention.
Outcomes-Based Assessment

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

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Outcomes-Based Assessment

Outcomes-Based Assessment

Permanence Risk Assessment

Permanence risk refers to the possibility of released or re-emitted carbon, such as through forest fires or decay of stored biomass, which would negate the intended emissions reductions or removals.
Permanence Risk Assessment

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Permanence Risk Assessment

Permanence Risk Assessment

Practice-Based Assessment

Practice-based assessment refers to the evaluation of a project based on specific practices or activities implemented within an organization, project, or initiative. Instead of focusing solely on broad outcomes or indicators, practice-based measurement emphasizes the assessment of specific actions, processes, or interventions to understand their effectiveness and impact.
Practice-Based Assessment

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

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Practice-Based Assessment

Practice-Based Assessment

Project Developer

A project developer refers to an individual or entity responsible for conceiving, planning, and overseeing the execution of a project from its inception to completion.
Project Developer

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

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Project Developer

Project Developer

Reforestation

Reforestation refers to the practice of planting forests where previously a forest had been cut down.

Mingyu Han

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Reforestation

Renewable Energy Credit (REC)

Renewable Energy Credit (REC) is a market based instrument focusing on renewable energy generation using megawatt hours as unit of measure sourced from electricity generators. REC can underlie claim use of renewable electricity generation and lower company or organization’s market based electricity emission

Mingyu Han

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Renewable Energy Credit (REC)

Shared Carbon Offset Projects

Neighboring entities collaborate on a joint carbon offset project where the carbon credits generated are shared between them. This could involve implementing emission reduction activities, such as renewable energy projects or methane capture initiatives, on both properties to collectively generate carbon offsets.

Mingyu Han

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Shared Carbon Offset Projects

Tokenized Credit

Carbon credit is tokenized as digital representation of real world carbon credit on blockchain through platforms such as Toucan, Nori or others. The paper certificate or some other sort of evidence is translated into an entry of public digital ledger

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Tokenized Credit

Voluntary Market Credits

Voluntary carbon markets are self governed and not enforced or legally mandated in which companies, organizations or individual generating carbon offsets can issue and sell them to others to decrease their carbon emissions. This includes several markets such as American Carbon Registry (ACR); Climate Action Reserve (CAR) Registry (APX, Inc); Gold Standard Registry (APX, Inc); Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Registry (Verra); Climate, Community, & Biodiversity Standards (CCBS) Registry (Verra); Social Carbon Registry (Markit); Plan Vivo Registry (Markit)

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Voluntary Market Credits

Water Quality Monitoring

This type of MRV involves the collection and analysis of water samples to assess various parameters that indicate water quality. These parameters may include chemical constituents (e.g., pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, heavy metals), biological indicators (e.g., presence of pathogens, aquatic biodiversity), and physical properties (e.g., temperature, turbidity). Monitoring water quality helps identify potential contaminants, evaluate compliance with water quality standards or regulations, and assess the effectiveness of pollution control measures.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Water Quality Monitoring

ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS FROM A TO Z

Soil Organic Matter (Improved)

Enhancing the amount and quality of organic materials present in the soil (e.g., decomposed plant and animal residues); a critical component of healthy soils that plays several essential roles in supporting plant growth, soil structure, water retention, nutrient cycling, and overall ecosystem function.

Mykhailo Sidash

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Soil Organic Matter (Improved)

Soil Sampling, Analysis, & Monitoring

Regular analyses of soil samples to evaluate overall health, and to assess or monitor the status of various individual factors or changes such as compaction, erosion, nutrients, moisture content, organic matter (including carbon), and microbial organisms.

Lex Icons™ Community

USA

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Soil Sampling, Analysis, & Monitoring

Soil Water Content

(Also Soil Moisture Monitoring) Measuring soil moisture content using sensors or probes to assess soil water availability, irrigation needs, and the potential for drought stress.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Soil Water Content

Source Emission Monitoring

Direct measurement and monitoring of emissions from specific pollution sources such as industrial facilities, power plants, or vehicles.

Juli Panchani

USA

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Source Emission Monitoring

Species Inventories

Conducting surveys and inventories to identify and document the presence, richness, diversity, and abundance of different species within a given area or ecosystem.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Species Inventories

Spot Market

Spot markets are where credits are bought and sold for immediate delivery or settlement. In the context of credits, the seller may need to fit into an existing category on the market and may also need a broker in order to interact with the market. The prices of spot market credits are determined by market forces, such as supply and demand, and transactions occur in a relatively short timeframe, facilitating quick and direct exchanges.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Spot Market

Stakeholder Enabled App

Apps for stakeholders to communicate and record their impact.

Juli Panchani

USA

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Stakeholder Enabled App

Stakeholder Partnership

Stakeholders are partners in the project either in decision-making, financial gain, or another form of a formal partnership.

Juli Panchani

USA

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Stakeholder Partnership

Stump Counts

The practice of counting tree stumps in an area to assess deforestation rates or forest management needs.

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USA

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Stump Counts

Supply Chain

(Also Value Chain) Refers to the full lifecycle of a product or process, including material sourcing, production, consumption and disposal/recycling processes; integral part of strategic sustainability planning for businesses.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

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Supply Chain

Surface Runoff (reduced)

Implementing measures to minimize the amount of water that flows over the land surface during precipitation events that may lead to flooding, erosion, etc.

Mingyu Han

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Surface Runoff (reduced)

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

A set of 17 interconnected goals that provide a universal framework to guide efforts toward a more sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future for all people and the planet by addressing a wide range of social, economic, and environmental issues; established by the UN in 2015 to be as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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USA

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Sustainable Land Management

Sustainable land management refers to the practice of using land and its resources in a way that ensures long-term environmental, social, and economic benefits.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Sustainable Land Management

Sustainable Tourism

Responsible approach to travel and tourism that aims to minimize negative impacts on the environment, support local communities, and promote cultural preservation.

Mykhailo Sidash

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Sustainable Tourism

Syntropic Agroforestry

Syntropic agroforestry is a regenerative farming approach that mimics the structure and functioning of natural ecosystems to create productive and resilient agricultural systems. It involves the intentional design and management of diverse plant communities, including trees, shrubs, and crops, to enhance soil fertility, optimize resource utilization, and promote ecological harmony.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Syntropic Agroforestry

Tax Benefits Payment

Payment received through tax reduction or refund

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Tax Benefits Payment

Terrestrial Ecosystems (Improved)

Strengthening of land-based ecosystems (e.g., forests, grasslands, deserts, tundra, taiga), includes preservation and strengthening of natural systems involving both living (plant and animal species) and non-living (water, soil, atmosphere) factors.

Olya Batievskaya

Ukraine

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Terrestrial Ecosystems (Improved)

Token-based Payment

Carbon payment is based on token sales

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Token-based Payment

Tokenized Credit

Carbon credit is tokenized as digital representation of real world carbon credit on blockchain through platforms such as Toucan, Nori or others. The paper certificate or some other sort of evidence is translated into an entry of public digital ledger

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Tokenized Credit

Tradable Credit

A tradeable credit refers to a credit that can be traded on a market and is recognized as an asset.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Tradable Credit

Undocumented Land Tenure

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Undocumented Land Tenure

Value Chain

Supply chain transparency occurs when manufacturers and processors commit to knowing where and how their goods are produced, based on reliable data, and communicate this knowledge to their stakeholders, including customers.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Value Chain

Vegetation Sampling

Collecting data on plant communities and vegetation structure to understand species composition, richness, and ecosystem dynamics.

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Vegetation Sampling

Voluntary Market Credits

Voluntary carbon markets are self governed and not enforced or legally mandated in which companies, organizations or individual generating carbon offsets can issue and sell them to others to decrease their carbon emissions. This includes several markets such as American Carbon Registry (ACR); Climate Action Reserve (CAR) Registry (APX, Inc); Gold Standard Registry (APX, Inc); Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Registry (Verra); Climate, Community, & Biodiversity Standards (CCBS) Registry (Verra); Social Carbon Registry (Markit); Plan Vivo Registry (Markit)

Juli Panchani

USA

Lex Icons™ is an eminently useful, peer-reviewed visual language of terms and principles that describe global food and agriculture.

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Voluntary Market Credits

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