Glossary
A to Z of our work
Short, plain-English definitions of the terms we use.
B
- Baseline survey
- A first measurement of conditions, used later to show what has changed.
- Blue economy
- Economic activity from oceans and coasts that keeps marine ecosystems healthy.
- BMZ
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Germany's ministry for international development cooperation.
D
- DALAG
- TerraGap's farming platform ('harvest' in Somali) that links farmers to advice, inputs and markets.
G
- GIS
- Geographic Information System
- Software and methods for mapping and analysing places.
- GIZ
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
- Germany's international development agency.
- Green economy
- An economy that grows jobs and income while reducing environmental harm.
I
- IUU fishing
- Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing
- Fishing that breaks laws or escapes reporting and management.
M
- MOWJAD
- TerraGap's fisheries data platform ('wave' in Somali) for fishers and fisheries managers.
- MPA
- Marine Protected Area
- An area of sea managed to protect nature and fish stocks.
N
- Nature-based solutions
- Using natural systems, like mangroves or trees, to solve problems such as floods or heat.
- NbS
- Nature-based Solutions
- Short form of nature-based solutions.
P
- PADI
- Professional Association of Diving Instructors
- The world's largest scuba diving training and certification body.
S
- SEIPP
- The GIZ-supported programme under which the Garowe Green Cities plan was developed.
- SMS
- Short Message Service
- Text messages that work on any mobile phone.
T
- TVET
- Technical and Vocational Education and Training
- Practical training for specific trades and jobs.
U
- USSD
- Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
- Menu codes like *123# that work on basic phones without internet.
V
- Value chain
- All the steps a product goes through from producer to buyer.