ACRONYMS
ACUNS - Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
AEPS - Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
AES - Arctic Environmental Strategy
AKMNSSDV, R.F. - Association of Indigenous Minorities of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
AMAP - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AEPS)
AMEC - Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation (agreement)
ANWR - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
ASDI - Arctic Sustainable Development Initiative
ASEP - Arctic Science Exchange Program
ASTIS - Arctic Science and Technology Information System
ATS - Antarctic Treaty System
BEAR - Council of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region
BHP - Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd.
CAFF - Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (AEPS)
CANDU - Canada Deuterium-Uranium (nuclear reactor)
CARC - Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
CCC - Canadian Circumpolar Commission
CCI - Canadian Circumpolar Institute
CCMS - Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (NATO)
CFCs - Chlorofluorocarbons
CFE - Conventional Forces in Europe (treaty)
CIBDC - Canadian Inuit Business Development Council
CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency
CIIPS - Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security
CINE - Centre for Nutrition and Environment of Indigenous Peoples
CIS- Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna
CPC - Canadian Polar Commission
CPAN - Circumpolar Protected Areas Network
CPIS - Canadian Polar Information System
CSBMs - Confidence and Security-Building Measures
DEW - Distant Early Warning
DFAIT - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
DIAND - Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
DND - Department of National Defence
EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EDC - Export Development Corporation
EIAs - Environmental Impact Assessments
EPPR - Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (AEPS)
ESPOO - Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
EU - European Union
GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GEF - Global Environment Facility
GOSKOMSEVER - State Committee on Northern Development (Russia)
IASC - International Arctic Science Committee
IASSA - International Arctic Social Sciences Association
IBC - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
ICC - Inuit Circumpolar Conference
IEC - Canada-Russia Intergovernmental Economic Commission
INTARIS - Integrated Arctic Resources Information System
IPA - International Permafrost Association
ISIRA - International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (IASC)
IUCH - International Union for Circumpolar Health
IWC - International Whaling Commission
LRTAP - Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
MAB/NSN - United Nations Man and the Biosphere-Northern Sciences Network
MARPOL - Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MMPA - Marine Mammal Protection Act (U.S.)
NAFO - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NAMMCO - North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO - Nongovernmental Organization
NMP - Northern Management Program
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defence Command
NSTP - Northern Scientific Training Program
NWT - Northwest Territories
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OSCE - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
PAME - Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (AEPS)
PCBs - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PCSP - Polar Continental Shelf Project
POPs - Persistent Organic Pollutants
SAOs - Senior Arctic Officials
SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antartic Research
SCPAR - Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region
START - System for Analysis, Research and Training
START I, II & III - Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (treaties)
TEK - Traditional Ecological Knowledge
TFSDU - Task Force on Sustainable Development and Utilization (AEPS)
UN - United Nations
UNCED - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNEP - United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USAID - U.S. Aid
WTO - World Trade Organization
WWF - World Wildlife Fund