Arquivos: Glossário

Computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception and speech recognition.

Water put back into groundwater storage from surface water through man-made means.

Art. 14. Os ativos integrantes do SBCE, os créditos de carbono negociados no mercado financeiro e de capitais, e os certificados de recebíveis de créditos ambientais – CRAM, são valores mobiliários sujeitos ao regime da Lei nº 6.385, de 7 de dezembro de 1976.

Art. 15. A Comissão de Valores Mobiliários poderá determinar que, para fins de negociação no mercado de valores mobiliários, os ativos integrantes do SBCE, os créditos de carbono e os CRAM sejam escriturados em instituições financeiras autorizadas a prestar esse serviço, nos termos do § 2º do art. 34 da Lei nº 6.404, de 15 […]

Artigo 6.2 e os ITMOs: Tanto o artigo 6.2 quanto o 6.4 apresentam oportunidades interessantes para o Brasil, inclusive para o setor privado, e embora ambos estejam correlacionados, neste momento vamos focar no artigo 6.2. Ele permite que os países troquem entre si os chamados “Resultados de Mitigação Internacionalmente Transferidos” (ITMOs). Isso significa que resultados […]

An artisan is a skilled maker who makes products by hand with an exceptional manual dexterity and tacit knowledge. Artisanal labor has always been inseparable from the culture of fashion and it still plays a key role in the making of fashion products, from the hand embroidery and weaving communities in India and Thailand to […]

The wording in a contract signifying that no guarantees are given regarding the subject property and that it is being sold in it’s current condition, with no repairs to be made. The use of the phrase “as-is” in a listing usually indicates the property is an REO or bank-owned sale. These sales are distressed and […]

Any of several minerals (like chrysotile) used commonly in the past as a building material for fireproof insulation. Asbestos can cause serious diseases of the lungs when people breathe its dust. The material readily separates into long flexible fibers that cause asbestosis and have been implicated as causes of certain cancers.

A 1986 law that requires local educational agencies to inspect their school buildings for asbestos-containing building material, prepare asbestos management plans and perform asbestos response actions to prevent or reduce asbestos hazards.

The orientation of a slope with respect to the compass; the direction toward which a slope faces; north facing slopes are generally cooler than south facing slopes.