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carbon sink
Pool (reservoir) that absorbs or takes up released carbon from another part of the carbon cycle. For example, if the net exchange between the biosphere and the atmosphere is towards the atmosphere, the biosphere is the source and the atmosphere is the sink.
Source : Environment
Source Detail : Compendium of Enviroment Statistics
carbon tax
Instrument of environmental cost internalisation. It is an excise tax on the producers of raw fossil fuels based on the relative carbon content of those fuels.
Source : Environment
Source Detail : Compendium of Enviroment Statistics
carrying capacity
Maximum number of animals of one or more species that can be supported by a particular habitat or area through the most unfavourable period of the year. The carrying capacity is different for each species in a habitat because of particular food, shelter, and social requirements and because of competition from other species that may have similar requirements. Attempts have been made to apply carrying capacity analysis to the human population in particular territories.
Source : Environment
Source Detail : Compendium of Enviroment Statistics
cash accounting
Cash Accounting records only cash payments and records them at the times these payments occur.
Source : National Accounts
Source Detail : Gross Domestics Product (GDP)
census year
Census year refers to the year in which the census was conducted
Source : Others
Source Detail : Economic Census
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