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DND
Department of National Defence (Canada)
DWT
Dead Weight Tonnes
EBM
Ecosystem Based Management
EC
European Commission
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EFTA
European Free Trade Agreeement
EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment
ENGO
Environmental Non Governmental Organizations
EP
European Parliament
EPPR
Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response
ESDP
European Security and Defense Policy
EU
European Union
FC
Fram Corridor
FCO
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FPSO
Floating Production Storage and Offloading
GBP
Great Britain Pound
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEGA
Groupe d’Etude sur la Gouvernance Arctique (France)
GPS
Global Positioning System
HDI
Human Development Index
IASC
International Arctic Science Committee
IASSA
International Arctic Social Science Association
ICC
Inuit Circumpolar Council
IEA
International Energy Agency
IGO
Intergovernmental Organisation
ILO
International Labour Organisation
IMO
International Maritime Organisation
INSROP
International Northern Sea Route Programme
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPEV
Institut Polaire Français
IPS
Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat
IPY
International Polar Year
IR
International Relations
ISA
International Seabed Authority
ITC
Inuit Tapirisat of Canada
ITK
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
IUCN
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
JAMSTEC
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
JANSROP
Japan Northern Sea Route Programme
JARE
Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
JAXA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JCAR
Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research
JOGMEC
Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation
LNG
Liquefied Natural Gas
MARPOL Convention on the Prevention of Pollution by Ships
MCA
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UK)
MEP
Member of European Parliament
MEXT
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology