User:Wavelength/Sandbox 2/List of environmental acronyms
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- A-CHAMP (Advocates for Children's Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning) (in the US)
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
- (AGRI) Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (in Europe)
- Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) (in the US)
- American Birding Association (ABA)
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
- Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC)
- Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
- Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group (ALFSG)
- Animal Protection and Rescue League ( APRL) (in the US)
- Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) (in California in the US)
- Animal Rights Community Online (ARCO)
- Animal Rights Militia (ARM)
- Applied Environmental Research Foundation - AERF
- Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO)
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
- Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)
- Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
- Australian Plague Locust Commission (APLC)
- Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
- Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC)
- Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) (formerly Action Image Exchange) (in the UK)
- BirdWatch Ireland (BWI) ("conservation organisation")
- Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- British Ecological Society (BES)
- British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
- British Society for Ecological Medicine (BSEM)
- British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
- British Wind Energy Association (BWEA)
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (in the US)
- Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) (in Australia)
- California Air Resources Board (CARB)
- California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)
- California Conservation Corps (CCC)
- California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) (involving issues including the environment)
- Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) (formerly Council for the Preservation of Rural England)
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
- Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) (Service canadien de la faune) (SCF)
- Capitol Land Trust (CLT)
- (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency) CDERA
- Cave Research Foundation (CRF) (in the US)
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) (in the UK)
- Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
- Chemists Without Borders (CWB) (see "sustainable energy")
- Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA)
- Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination (CACC) (based in Michigan in the US)
- Climate Outreach and Information Network (British charity)
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
- Computer Conservation Society (CCS) (in the UK)
- Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies (CEEES)
- Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) (in New England in the US)
- Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications (CIASTA)
- Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR)
- Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR)
- Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS)
- Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
- Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
- Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
- Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) (in the US)
- Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (in the US)
- Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) (in Chicago the US)
- Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) (Welsh: Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru) (CCGC)
- Creative Environmental Networks (CEN)
- Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) (of Singapore)
- Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) (of Canada)
- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (in the UK)
- Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) (in the US)
- Ecological Society of America (ESA)
- Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS)
- Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) (in North Dakota in the US)
- Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
- ENFORAC (Environmental Forum for Action)
- Entomological Society of America (ESA)
- Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) (in Denmark)
- Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO) (previously CoEnCo)
- Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
- Environmental Change Network (ECN) (in the UK)
- Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
- Environmental Law Service (ELS) (a Czech non-governmental organization)
- Environmental Life Force (ELF) ("radical group" in the US)
- Environmental Media Services (EMS)
- Environmental Services Association (ESA)
- Environmental Transport Association (ETA)
- European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)
- European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
- European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
- European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) (Association Européenne pour la Biomasse)
- European Cyclists' Federation (ECF)
- European Ecological Federation (EEF)
- European Nuclear Disarmament (END)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
- Fair Air Association of Canada (FAAC)
- Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA)
- Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO)
- Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) (in the US) (promoting free-market environmentalism)
- Freecycle Network (TFN) (to divert usable goods from landfills)
- Freedom for Animals (FFA)
- Future Farmers of America (FFA) (youth organization)
- Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
- Global Energy Network Institute (GENI)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Global Infectious Disease Epidemiology Network (GIDEON)
- GNS Science (formerly the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences) (in New Zealand)
- GRAIN (an international organization for agricultural biodiversity)
- GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System)
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
- Green Camel Bell (GCB)
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
- Israel Institute for Biological Research (IBR)
- Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
- Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) (in Japan)
- Institute of Zoology (IoZ) (in the UK)
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (at first in the US, now international)
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical)
- International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
- (International Commission for the North Atlantic Fisheries [ICNAF]: replaced by) Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) (established in 1902)
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)
- International Fair Trade Association (IFAT)
- International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM)
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA)
- International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) (Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Meteor Organization (IMO)
- International Meteorological Organization (IMO)
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
- International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) (POPs = persistent organic pollutants)
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC)
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)
- International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales)
- Inland Waterways Association (IWA) (in the UK)
- Inland Waterways Protection Society (IWPS) (in the UK)
- International Whaling Commission (IWC)
- Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC)
- Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
- London Cycling Campaign (LCC)
- Malaysian Nature Society (MNS)
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) (in Nacaragua)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) (in the US)
- National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) (in the US)
- National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (in the US)
- National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
- National Institute for Environmental eScience (NIEeS) (in the UK)
- National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP)
- National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) (in the US)
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) (in the US)
- National Trust for Scotland (NTS)
- National Wildlife Federation (NWF) (in the US)
- Native Forest Action (NFA) (in New Zealand)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (in the UK)
- Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) (in the UK)
- New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network (NZERN)
- New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health (NZIEH)
- North American Butterfly Association (NABA)
- North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA)
- North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
- North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO)
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
- NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES) (in Australia)
- Office of Ocean Exploration (OE)
- Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON)
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- Property and Environment Research Center (PERC)
- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
- Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
- Research Institute of Crop Production (RICP)
- Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU)
- Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT)
- Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
- South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust (SELROSLT)
- Student Conservation Association (SCA)
- Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
- The Environmental Institute (O Instituto Ambiental [OIA])
- The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC)
- The Trust for Public Land (TPL)
- Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA)
- UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA)
- West Harlem Environmental Action (WEACT)
- World Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS)
- World Toilet Organization (WTO)
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS)
- Environmental Change Network (ECN)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Programme for Environmental Awareness in Schools (PEAS)
- Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM)
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
- Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA)
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
- Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
- Environmental Charter High School (ECHS)
- Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
- ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute)
- Florida Environmental Research Institute (FERI)
- London Environmental Education Forum (LEEF)
- Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP)
- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
- National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark (NERI)
- National Institute for Environmental eScience (NIEeS)
- National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER)
- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
- School of Environmental Studies (SES)
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
- University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES)
- USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies (WIES)
- Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
- Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP)
- Center for International Environmental Law CIEL)
- Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC)
- European Environmental Press (EEP)
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE)
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM)
- Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE)
- Environmental Science & Technology (E&ST)
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM)
- Journal of Environmental Monitoring (JEM)
- Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP)
- Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) (global coalition)
- Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) (in the UK)
- Automated Vacuum Collection (AVAC)
- Automotive shredder residue (ASR)
- BANANA (an acronym of Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything or possibly Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone)
- Best practicable environmental option (BPEO) (in the UK)
- Biological monitoring working party (BMWP)
- Biomass to liquid (BTL)
- Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV)
- Campaign for Dark Skies (CfDS) (in the UK)
- Campaign to Save Native Forests (W.A.) (CSNF)
- Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)
- Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
- CAVE People (Citizens Against Virtually Everything)
- Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) (Central San) (in California in the US)
- Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) (in the UK and Ireland)
- Chief Green Officer (CGO) (Chief Environmental Commitment Officer) (CECO)
- civic amenity site (CA site) (household waste recycling centre [HWRC])
- Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (for greenhouse gas reduction)
- Direct borohydride fuel cell (DBFC)
- Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC)
- Direct-ethanol fuel cell (DEVC)
- Electronic waste ("e-waste") ("Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment") ("WEEE")
- Enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
- Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
- European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
- Expanded granular sludge bed digestion (EGSB)
- Extended producer responsibility (EPR)
- Full cost accounting (FCA)
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (for sustainability reporting)
- Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) (in the UK)
- Green investment scheme (GIS)
- Hybrid vehicle (HV)
- Incinerator bottom ash (IBA)
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- internal circulation reactor (IC reactor)
- International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
- Joint Implementation (JI) (for greenhouse gas reduction)
- Land Allocation Decision Support System (LADSS) (land use planning tool)
- Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)
- Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS)
- Landfill mining and reclamation (LFMR)
- Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) (in the UK)
- LAWDC (local authority waste disposal company) (in the UK)
- Low level waste (LLW)
- Mechanical biological treatment (MBT)
- Mechanical heat treatment (MHT) (of waste)
- Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 (MWTA) (in the US)
- microbial fuel cell (MFC) (biological fuel cell)
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA)
- Molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC)
- Molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC)
- MOX fuel
- MSW/LFG (municipal solid waste and landfill gas)
- Municipal solid waste (MSW)
- National Community Wood Recycling Project (NCWRP)
- NIMBY (an acronym of Not In My Back Yard)
- Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA)
- Nuclear Waste Management Organization (Canada) (NWMO)
- One Laptop per Child (OLPC) (see under Environmental concerns)
- Pay as you throw (PAYT)
- Petcore (PET Container Recycling Europe)
- Phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC)
- PIMBY (an initialism for Please In My Back Yard)
- Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) (for countries)
- PPS 10 (Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management) (in the UK)
- Protonic ceramic fuel cell (PCFC)
- Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) (in the UK)
- Renewables Obligation (RO) (in the UK)
- Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) (in the US)
- Saint Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority (SLUSWMA)
- SELCHP (incineration plant in London in the UK)
- Sita (waste management) (Société Industrielle des Transports Automobiles)
- Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS)
- Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
- Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
- Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO)
- Sustainable forest management (SFM)
- Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) (Deep Tunnel Project) (Chicago Deep Tunnel) (in the US)
- UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)
- Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT)
- Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) (in the UK)
- Waste collection authority (WCA) (in the UK)
- Waste disposal authoritiy (WDA) (in the UK)
- Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) (in the UK)
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) (in New Mexico in the US)
- Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA)
- Waste-to-energy (WtE) (energy-from-waste [EfW])
- World Environment Day (WED)