User:Wavelength/Sandbox 2/List of environmental acronyms


 * 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)


 * Environmental Research Letters (ERL)


 * 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)