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Acronyms
A5
Arctic 5
AAC
Arctic Athabaskan Council
AANDC Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
AC
Arctic Council
ACAP
Arctic Contaminants Action Program
ACIA
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
AEPS
Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
AHDR
Arctic Human Development Report
AMAP
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
AMSA
Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment
AMSP
Arctic Marine Strategic Plan
ANWR
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
AOR
Arctic Ocean Review
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASSW
Arctic Science Summit Week
AWPPA Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
BAM
Baikal-Amur Mainline
BAT
Best Available Techniques
BEAC
Barents Euro Arctic Council
BEAR
Barents Euro Arctic Region
BEP
Best Environmental Practice
BIS
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (UK)
BP
British Petroleum
CAA
Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration
CAFF
Conservation of Arctic Fauna and Flora
CARC
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
CBSS
Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCGS
Canadian Coast Guard Ship
CEA
Centre d‘Etudes Arctiques
CEARC Centre Européen Arctique
CFP
Common Fisheries Policy
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CLCS
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
CNRS
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
COP15
15
th
Conference of Parties (to the Kyoto Protocol)
CORE
Centre for Offshore Research & Engineering
CP
Le Cercle Polaire
CPAR
Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region
DC
Davis Corridor
DECC
Department of Energy and Climate Change (UK)
DEFRA Department for Food and Rural Affairs (UK)
DFAIT
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada)
DfT
Department for Transport (UK)
DND
Department of National Defence (Canada)
DWT
Dead Weight Tonnes
EBM
Ecosystem Based Management