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basic price
The Basic Price is the amount receivable by the producer from the purchaser for a unit of a good or service produced as output minus any tax payable, and plus any subsidy receivable, on that unit as a consequence of its production or sale; it excludes any transport charges invoiced separately by the producer.
Source : National Accounts
Source Detail : Gross Domestics Product (GDP)
biochemical oxygen demand (bod5)
Dissolved oxygen required by organisms for the aerobic decomposition of organic matter present in water. This measurement is usually taken over 5 days.
Source : Environment
Source Detail : Compendium of Enviroment Statistics
biodegradation
Process by which organic substances are decomposed by micro-organisms (mainly aerobic bacteria) into simpler substances such as carbon dioxide, water and ammonia.
Source : Environment
Source Detail : Compendium of Enviroment Statistics
biological diversity
Biological diversity means the variability among living organisms from various sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems; this includes diversity at the genetic, species and ecosystem level. This difinition is adopted by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
Source : Environment
Source Detail : Compendium of Enviroment Statistics
biomass
Total living weight (generally in dry weight) of all organisms in a particular area or habitat. It is sometimes expressed as weight per unit area of land or per unit volume of water.
Source : Environment
Source Detail : Compendium of Enviroment Statistics
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