Section 29: Interpretation.

ln this Act -
"Agency" means the National Agency for the Great Green Wall established under section 1(1) of this Act ;
"Council" means the Governing Council of the Agency established under section 3(1) of this Act ;
"desertification" includes drought and desert encroachment, land degradation in arid, semi- arid and dry-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities ;
"dryland" means arid, semi arid and dry humid areas in the frontline States ;
"ecosystem" mean the interconnected community of living things interacting with their physical environment to form a life support system ;
''frontline States" means Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara, Adamawa, Katsina and Gombe States of Nigeria ;
"function" includes power and duty ;
"Government" includes the Federal, State and Local Governments of the Federation ;
"Great Green Wall Programme" or "Programme" means the Great Green Wall initiative conceived as a set of cross-sectoral actions and interventions aimed at the conservation and protection of natural resources with a view to achieving development and particularly alleviating poverty ;
"Implementing Committees" means the Implementation Committees at State and Local Governments level referred under Part V of this Act ;
"Integrated ecosystem management" means a holistic approach to addressing the link between ecosystem functions and services, and the human, social, economic and production system ;
"international conventions" referred to in this Act includes the United Nations convention to Combat Desertification, 1994, Convention on the Great Green Wall, 2010, Convention on Biodiversity, 1992 and the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, 1992 ;
"member" means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman and the Director-General ;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the environment ;
"President" means the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ;
"Project Implementation Committee'' means the Implementation Committee at the State and Local Government levels referred under Part V of this Act ;
"shelterbelt" means a strip of trees and shrubs consisting of at least 3 parallel rows planted to shelter community and their land from strong winds.