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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.

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Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. 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

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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

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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

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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

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New Growth Conservation

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

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

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Payment Frequency - Improved

How frequently are project developers/ stakeholders compensated for impact.

Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

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Poaching Mitigation

Avoided poaching refers to the prevention or reduction of illegal hunting or capturing of wildlife, particularly for commercial purposes or exploitation. It involves implementing measures and strategies to deter poaching activities and protect vulnerable species from illegal hunting and trade.
Poaching Mitigation

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Poaching Mitigation

Poaching Mitigation

Pollinator Management

Pollinator Management regers to things such as strategic beehives, also known as managed or planned beehives. This is the intentional placement and management of habitats in specific locations for various purposes, such as maximizing production, crop pollination, or ecosystem health.
Pollinator Management

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Pollinator Management

Pollinator Management

Population Monitoring

Can refer to using transect surveys to monitor butterfly, count bird populations and other species and methods – This is to assess changes in their richness, diversity, and abundance.
Population Monitoring

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Population Monitoring

Population Monitoring

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

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Practice-Based Assessment

Privately Owned Land

Land owned by an individual or a private entity that chooses to participate in an EBF project voluntarily and leases or sells their land for the purpose of carbon sequestration or other ecological benefits.
Privately Owned Land

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Privately Owned Land

Process-based Modelling

Process-based modeling applies a scientific understanding of how an ecosystem works and applies this knowledge to predict the likely outcomes of activities of a project in a specific location. It then uses data collection (activity monitoring) to verify the actual outcomes of the project.
Process-based Modelling

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Process-based Modelling

Process-based Modelling

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

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Project Developer

Project Developer

Protecting Mycorrhizal Networks

Protecting mycorrhizal networks involves implementing practices and policies that safeguard the health and integrity of symbiotic associations between fungi and plant roots.
Protecting Mycorrhizal Networks

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Protecting Mycorrhizal Networks

Protecting Mycorrhizal Networks

Public Education

Sharing knowledge with the public and local stakeholders.
Public Education

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Public Education

Public Education

Rainwater Collection

The collection and storage of rain for reuse.
Rainwater Collection

Designer: Hendi Perkasa

Indonesia

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Rainwater Collection

Rainwater Collection

Receptor Modelling

Observational techniques which use the chemical and physical characteristics of gasses and particles measured at source and receptor to both identify the presence of and to quantify source contributions to receptor concentrations.
Receptor Modelling

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Receptor Modelling

Receptor Modelling

Reducing Surface Runoff

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

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Reducing Surface Runoff

Reforestation

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

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Reforestation

Regeneration

Regeneration refers to the process by which ecosystems restore and renew themselves after disturbance through the reestablishment of ecological functions, species composition, and habitat structures.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Regeneration

Regulatory Compliance Reporting

Regulatory compliance reporting is an organization’s action to report its adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines, and specifications relevant to its business processes.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Regulatory Compliance Reporting

Regulatory Registry

Registries keep a log and account of what projects have developed credits, who has bought the credits, who retired. Companies have a cap on carbon emissions and must stay below the cap. Purchasing credits (or “offsets”), is a must to get below the cap. Those credits are usually bought from companies that are below their cap, or projects that sequester carbon.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Regulatory Registry

Reliable Documentation

Project provides reliable documentation that verifies land ownership or management rights, depending on the country and legal system where the project is implemented

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Remote-sensing Technologies

Remote sensing is the detection and monitoring of an area’s physical characteristics by measuring its reflected and emitted radiation from a distance.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Remote-sensing Technologies

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

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Renewable Energy Credit (REC)

Retail Buyer

A retail buyer is a person that purchases goods or services in an independent capacity (i.e., not a business, corporation, or organization).

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Retail Buyer

Retireable Credit

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Retireable Credit

Rights Of Nature Recognition

Rights of nature is a legal and jurisprudential theory that describes inherent rights as associated with ecosystems and species.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Rights Of Nature Recognition

Sanitation and Hygiene

Sanitation and hygiene refer to the practices, facilities, and conditions that promote the safe management of human waste, maintenance of cleanliness, and prevention of diseases in individuals and communities. It encompasses various aspects related to the proper disposal of waste, access to clean water, and personal hygiene practices.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Sanitation and Hygiene

Securitization (Assetization)

Securitization, also known as assetization, refers to the process of transforming illiquid assets into tradable securities.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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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.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Shared Carbon Offset Projects

Smart Contract Enabled

Smart contracts are programs stored on a blockchain that run when predetermined conditions are met.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Smart Sensors

Devices that use transducer to collect input data from physical environment and send the transmitted data to network connection as a tool for carbon MRV

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Smart Sensors

Social Safeguard Monitoring

Monitoring and assessing improvements in local air quality, access to clean energy, job creation, or capacity building to ensure that communities directly benefit from the projects beyond carbon mitigation.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Socioeconomic Data Collection

Gathering data on socioeconomic indicators such as income, education, employment, and access to services to understand disparities and identify areas that require targeted interventions.

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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Soil Compaction Assessment

Evaluating soil compaction levels using penetrometers or other tools to determine the soil’s physical structure and potential impact on root growth, water infiltration, and nutrient uptake

Designer: Mingyu Han

Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, what began as Foodicons has now evolved into the more comprehensive Lex Icons, consisting of several thousands machine-readable visual representations of foundational terms and concepts. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.

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