| Spanish | English |
| acceso a la tierra | land access |
| acceso a la tierra | land access The permission or freedom to use, enter, approach or pass to and from a tract of land, which often consists of real estate property |
| acceso público a la tierra | public access to land |
| acceso público a la tierra | public access to land The right or permission for all persons of a community to use government owned geographic areas such as parks, campgrounds and historical sites |
| actividad con base en tierra | land-based activity |
| actividad humana directamente relacionada con el cambio del uso de la tierra | direct human-induced land-use change |
| Amigos de la Tierra | Friends of the Earth International |
| Amigos de la Tierra | Friends of the Earth |
| Amigos de la Tierra Internacional | Friends of the Earth International |
| ave que anida en tierra | ground nesting bird |
| ave que anida en tierra | ground nester |
| calentamiento de la Tierra | global warming |
| calentamiento de la tierra | global warming Changes in the surface-air temperature, referred to as the global temperature, brought about by the greenhouse effect which is induced by emission of greenhouse gases into the air |
| calentamiento progresivo de la tierra | gradual warming of the earth |
| cambio de uso de la tierra | LUC |
| cambio de uso de la tierra | land-use change |
| capacidad útil de la tierra | land carrying capacity |
| capacidad útil de la tierra | land carrying capacity The maximum extent to which ground or soil area may be exploited without degradation or depletion |
| Carta de la Tierra | Green Charter |
| Carta de la Tierra | Earth Charter |
| categoría de cambio del uso de la tierra | land-use change category |
| ciencias de la tierra | earth science |
| ciencias de la tierra | earth science The science that deals with the earth or any part thereof; includes the disciplines of geology, geography, oceanography and meteorology, among others |
| clasificación del uso de la tierra | land use classification |
| clasificación del uso de la tierra | land use classification The arrangement of land units into a variety of categories based on the properties of the land or its suitability for a particular purpose. It has become an important tool in rural land-resource planning |
| contaminación marina con base en tierra | land-based marine pollution |
| corrimiento de tierras | earthflow |
| Cumbre de la Tierra | Rio Summit |
| Cumbre de la Tierra | UN Conference on Environment and Development |
| Cumbre de la Tierra | Earth Summit |
| Cumbre de la Tierra | Conference on the Planet Earth |
| Cumbre para la Tierra | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| Cumbre para la Tierra | Earth Summit '92 |
| deposición en la tierra | disposal in land |
| deposición en la tierra | rubbish dump |
| deposición en la tierra | landfill |
| deposición en la tierra | land disposal |
| deposición en la tierra | waste dump |
| deposición en la tierra | land disposal The discharge, deposit or injection of any waste onto or into the soil or other land surfaces |
| descarga en tierra | offloading to shore |
| descontaminación de tierra | soil purification |
| descontaminación de tierra | soil decontamination |
| deslizamiento de tierras | landslide |
| deslizamiento de tierras | landslip |
| deslizamiento de tierras | landslide Mass-movement landforms and processes involving the downslope transport, under gravitationary influence of soil and rock material en masse |
| desprendimiento de tierras | landslide |
| destino de las aportaciones procedentes de la tierra | fate of inputs from land sources |
| Día de la Tierra | Earth Day |
| eliminación de desechos sólidos en la tierra | solid waste disposal on land |
| eliminación de desechos sólidos en la tierra | landfill of waste |
| eliminación en tierra | disposal on land |
| emisario a tierra | underground outlet channel |
| explotación agrícola de la tierra | cultivation of agricultural land |
| explotación agrícola de la tierra | cultivation of agricultural land Cultivation of land for the production of plant crops. Agricultural land may be employed in an unimproved state with few, if any, management inputs (extensive rangeland), or in an intensively managed state with annual inputs of fertilizer, pest, control treatments, and tillage |
| explotación sostenible de la tierra | sustainable land husbandry |
| formación de tierra | land forming |
| gestión sostenible de la tierra | sustainable land management |
| gestión y planificación de tierra | land management and planning |
| gestión y planificación de tierra | land management and planning Operations for preparing and controlling the implementation of plans for organizing human activities on land |
| incendio causado por uso de la tierra | land occupancy fire |
| incineración en tierra | incineration on land |
| incremento "Tierra" | earth increment |
| infiltración de agua en la tierra | water infiltration into the ground |
| infiltración de agua en la tierra | water infiltration into the ground The movement of surface water into soil or rock through cracks and pores |
| interacción tierra-océano | land-ocean interaction |
| intervención en la tierra | intervention on land Stepping in or participating in problem solving efforts for troublesome or perplexing situations involving ground areas or the earth's surface |
| limpieza de tierras | land clearing |
| limpieza de tierras | land clearing Removal of trees, undergrowth, etc. in preparation for ploughing, building, etc. |
| lombrices de tierra | earthworm |
| Los Amigos de la Tierra Internacional | Friends of the Earth |
| Los Amigos de la Tierra Internacional | Friends of the Earth International |
| muro cortafuegos de tierra | earth fire wall |
| observación de la tierra | Earth Observation |
| ombrices de tierra | earthworm Any of numerous oligochaete worms of the genera Lumbricus, Allolobophora, Eisenia, etc., which burrow in the soil and help aerate and break up the ground |
| ordenación de tierras | land setup |
| ordenación de tierras | land setup The formulation of regional objectives, plans and programmes and the harmonization of the regional effects of sectorial planning |
| parcelación de la tierra | land allotment |
| parcelación de la tierra | land allotment Procedure by which big land properties are divided in parcels of smaller size |
| partículas de tierra | soil particles |
| planificación del uso de tierras | land use planning |
| planificación del uso de tierras | land use planning The interdisciplinary process of evaluating, organising, and controlling the present and the future development and use of lands and their resources in terms of their suitability on sustained yield basis. Includes an overall ecological evaluation in terms of specific kinds of uses as well as evaluations of social, economic, and physical contexts to the land concerned |
| potencial de calentamiento de la Tierra | global warming potential |
| Programa de Acción Mundial para la Protección del Medio Marino Frente a las Actividades Realizadas en Tierra | Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities |
| Protocolo para la protección del mar Mediterráneo contra la contaminación causada por fuentes y actividades situadas en tierra | LBS Protocol |
| Protocolo para la protección del mar Mediterráneo contra la contaminación causada por fuentes y actividades situadas en tierra | Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources and Activities |
| Protocolo para la protección del mar Mediterráneo contra la contaminación causada por fuentes y actividades situadas en tierra | Land-Based Sources Protocol |
| regeneración de tierras | land reclamation |
| registro de tierra | land register A register or survey of land, containing information on the surface of properties, tenants' names, commencing with the earliest owners through successive ownership and partitions, and such like |
| rehabilitación de tierras | land restoration |
| rehabilitación de tierras | land reclamation |
| rehabilitación de tierras | land restoration The treatment of any unusable land usually by filling with refuse or levelling until the land can be brought into productive use |
| Relaciones tierra-sol | Earth-Sun relationship The Earth depends on the sun for its existence as a planet hospitable to life, and solar energy is the major factor determining the climate. Hence, conditions on the sun and conditions on Earth are inextricably linked. Although the sun's rays may appear unchanging, its radiation does vary. Many scientists suspect that sunspot activity has a greater influence on climatic change than variations attributed to the greenhouse effect |
| restauración de tierra en áreas de montaña | land restoration in mountain areas |
| restauración de tierra en áreas de montaña | land restoration in mountain areas Measures adopted to control erosion and degradation phenomena in the mountain regions caused by the loss of forest cover due to acid rain, uncontrolled forest cutting, winter skiing resorts construction, etc. |
| riesgo de corrimiento de tierras | risk of landslides |
| roturar la tierra | working the soil |
| roturar la tierra | working the soil Ploughing the soil for agricultural purposes |
| Sistema europeo de observación de la Tierra | European Earth Observation System |
| Sistema Mundial de Observación de la Tierra | Global Terrestrial Observing System |
| tierra de aluvión | alluvial soil |
| tierra de freza | spawning ground |
| tierra de freza | spawning ground Area of water where fish come each year to produce their eggs |
| tierra degradada | degraded soil |
| tierra degradada | degraded land |
| tierra desertificada | desertified land |
| tierra desértica | desert varnish |
| tierra desértica | desert |
| tierra excavada | excavated soil |
| tierra fine | fine earth |
| Tierra procedente de la limpieza y lavado de la remolacha | soil from cleaning and washing beet |
| Tierra y piedras | soil and stones |
| tierras bajas | lowlands |
| tierras marginales | marginal Land |
| tierras marginales | marginal land |
| tierras marginales | marginal land Low quality land the value of whose production barely covers its cultivation costs |
| tierras secas | dryland |
| tortuga de tierra | land tortoises (Testudinidae) |
| uso de la tierra, cambio de uso de la tierra y silvicultura | land-use, land-use change and forestry |
| utilización de la tierra | land use |
| vertido que arrastre tierra | land-based sewage |
| área de intervención de gestión de tierra | land-management intervention area |
| área de intervención de gestión de tierra | land-management intervention area Any expanse of land which requires a person or agency with authority to interpose or interfere in how it is used or administrated |
