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Glossary of AcronymsClick on an acronym below to visit their website.
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AAC: Arctic Athabaskan Council
AC: Arctic Council
ACAP: Arctic Council Action Plan for Elimination of Pollution in the Arctic
ACIA: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
ACOPS: Advisory Committee on Protection of the Seas
ACUNS: Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
ADD: International Arctic Environment Data Directory
AEPS: Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
AHDR: Arctic Human Development Report
AIA: Aleut International Association
AINA: Arctic Institute of North America
AMAP: Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme
ANWG: Arctic and North Working Group (Canada-Russia)
ArcticNET: Arctic Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada
Arctic Centre: University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
ARCUS: Arctic Research Consortium of the USA
ARIA: Arctic Environmental Impact Assessment
ARO: Arctic Research Office of USA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Agency
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BFRs: Brominated Flame Retardants
BEAC: Barents Euro-Arctic Council
Barents Region: portal for information on Barents Region
BMEPC: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
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CAFF: Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
CPC: Canadian Polar Commission
CARC: Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
CBSS: Council of Baltic Sea States
CCU: Circumpolar Conservation Union
CGC: Center for Global Change (USA)
CIFAR: Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (USA)
CITF: Circumpolar Infrastructure Task Force
CPAN: Circumpolar Protected Areas Network
CSD: Commission on Sustainable Development
CUA: Circumpolar Universities Association
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EPPR: Emergency Preparedness, Prevention and Response
EC: European Commission
EU: European Union
ECORA: Ecosystem Approach to Conserve Biodiversity & Minimize Habitat Fragmentation in the Russian Arctic
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GCI: Gwich'in Council International
GEF: Global Environment Facility
GPA: Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
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HARC: Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) program, a component of the USA National Science Foundation's Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program
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IARC : International Arctic Research Center,University of Alaska Fairbanks
IARPC: Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (USA)
IAS: Institute of Arctic Studies (Dartmouth College)
IASC: International Arctic Science Committee
IASSA: International Arctic Social Sciences Association
ICC: Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada)
ICCA: Interdepartmental Committee for Circumpolar Affairs (Canada)
ICT: Information Communication Technology
IEC: Canada-Russia Intergovernmental Economic Commission
IFIs: International financing institutions
IFRC: International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies
IHDP: International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
IISD: International Institute of Sustainable Development
IPS: Indigenous Peoples Secretariat
IPY: International Polar Years (2007-2009)
IUCH: International Union for Circumpolar Health
IUCN: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
IWC: International Whaling Commission
IWGIA: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
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JPOI: Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
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LRTAP: Long Range Trans-boundary Atmospheric Pollution
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NAMMCO: North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NCE: Northern Climate Exchange
NCM: Nordic Council of Ministers
NDAP: Northern Dimension Action Plan (European Union)
NDEU: Northern Dimension (EU)
NDFP: Northern Dimension of Canada's Foreign Policy
NEFCO: Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
NEI: Northern Europe Initiative (US)
NF: Northern Forum
NIB: Nordic Investment Bank
NIN: Northern Information Network, Dep't of Indian & Northern Affairs Canada
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
NOPEF: Nordic Project Fund
NPA-Arctic: National Program of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (Arctic)
NPA-Canada: Canada's National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
NRF: Northern Research Forum
NSC: North Sea Commission
NSF: National Science Foundation (USA)
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PAME: Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
PCB: Polychlorinated Biphenyls
POPs: Persistent Organic Pollutants
PPs: Arctic Council Permanent Participants: AAC, AIA, GCI, ICC, RAIPON, Saami Council
PSC: Polar Science Centre, University of Washington
PTS: Persistant Toxic Substances
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RAIPON: Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North
RACAR: Roald Amundsen Centre for Arctic Research, University of Tromsø
RPA: Regional Program of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities
RF: Russian Federation
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SVS: Stefansson Arctic Institute, Akureyri, Iceland
SAM: Survey of Arctic Meetings (International Science Advisory Committee)
SAO: Senior Arctic Official (Arctic Council)
SCPAR: Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region
SCAT: Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technology
SDWG: Sustainable Development Working Group
SEARCH: Study of Environmental Arctic Change, University of Washington
SLiCA: Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic
SMART: Sustainable Model for Arctic Regional Tourism
SC: Saami Council
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UA: University of the Arctic (also UArctic)
UNECE: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNDP: United Nations Development Program
UNEP: United Nations Environment Program
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WSSD: World Summit on Sustainable Development
WWF: World Wide Fund for Nature
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Last Updated: 2007-04-26
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