Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Board means the Science Advisory Board established under section 6(b)(1). The term Center means the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center established under section 6(a)(1). The term corridors means areas that— provide connectivity, over different time scales, of landscapes, habitats or potential habitats, and ecological processes; and facilitate terrestrial, marine, estuarine, and freshwater fish, wildlife, or plant movement that is necessary— for migration, gene flow, or dispersal; or to respond to the ongoing and expected impacts of climate change (including, where applicable, ocean acidification, drought, flooding, and wildfire).
The term ecological processes means biological, chemical, or physical interaction between the biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem, including— nutrient cycling; pollination; predator-prey relationships; soil formation; gene flow; disease epizootiology; larval dispersal and settlement; hydrological cycling; decomposition; and disturbance regimes, such as fire and flooding. The term habitat means the physical, chemical, and biological properties that fish, wildlife, or plants use for growth, reproduction, survival, food, water, or cover (whether on land, in water, or in an area or region).
The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ). The term natural resources means land, wildlife, fish, air, water, plants, habitats, and ecosystems of the United States. The term natural resources adaptation means the protection, restoration, and conservation of natural resources so that natural resources become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the ongoing and expected impacts of extreme weather and climate change (including, where applicable, ocean acidification, drought, flooding, and wildfire).
The term Panel means the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel established under section 4(a). The terms resilience and resilient , with respect to a natural resource, mean the ability of the natural resource to recover from disturbance. The term State means— a State of the United States; the District of Columbia; American Samoa; Guam; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and the United States Virgin Islands. The term Strategy means the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy released March 26, 2013.
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