| Aarhus Convention |
Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice
in Environmental Matters |
| AC |
Accession Countries |
| AFP |
Asia Forest Partnership |
| AIA |
Advance Informed Agreement |
| AIMS |
Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean,
and the South China Seas (SIDS grouping) |
| AMAP |
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment
Programme |
| AMCEN |
African Ministerial Conference
on the Environment |
| ANWR |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
|
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian
Nations |
| ASTER |
advance spaceborne thermal emission
and reflection radiometer |
| AU |
African Union |
| Basel Convention |
Basel Convention on the Control
of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal |
| BPoA |
Barbados Programme of Action
|
| CAC |
Codex Alimentarius Commission
|
| CAFF |
Arctic Council's Conservation
of Arctic Flora and Fauna |
| Cartagena Protocol |
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
to the Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity
|
| CCD |
Convention to Combat Desertification
in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification
Particularly in Africa |
| CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis
Center |
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
| CE |
Central Europe |
| CEC |
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
|
| CEE |
Central and Eastern Europe |
| CFCs |
chlorofluorocarbons |
| CITES |
Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CMS |
Convention on the Conservation
of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
| CNG |
compressed natural gas |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| CPAN |
Circumpolar Protected Areas Network
|
| CRED |
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology
of Disasters |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development
|
| DALY |
disability adjusted life year
|
| DRC |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
| EC |
European Community |
| EEA |
European Environment Agency |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EfE |
Environment for Europe |
| ENN |
Environmental News Network |
| EROS |
Earth Resources Observation
System of USGS |
| ERSDAC |
Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis
Center |
| Espoo Convention |
Convention on Environmental Impact
Assessment in a Transboundary Context |
| EVI |
Environment Vulnerability Index
|
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the UN |
| FLEG |
Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
|
| G-8 |
Group of 8, an informal group
of eight countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States |
| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GC/GMEF |
Governing Council/Global Ministerial
Environment Forum |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GEO |
Global Environment Outlook of
UNEP |
| GEMS |
Global Environment Monitoring
System |
| GFMC |
Global Fire Monitoring Center
|
| GHG |
greenhouse gas |
| GIWA |
Global International Waters Assessment
|
