| AGW |
Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon (Walloon Government decree) |
AMINAL
|
Administratie Milieu-, Natuur-, Land- en Waterbeheer van het Vlaams
Gewest (Environment, Nature, Land and Water Management
Administration) |
ASCOBANS
|
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of Baltic and North
Seas |
| BADC |
Belgian Agency for Development Co-operation |
| BBL |
Bond Beter Leefmilieu |
| BCCM |
Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms |
| BELNET |
Belgian Research Network |
| BICER |
Baikal International Centre for Ecological Research |
BIME
|
Institut Bruxellois pour la Gestion de l'Environnement (IBGE)
Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer (BIM) (Brussels Institute for
Management of the Environment) |
| BRAL |
Brusselse Raad voor het Leefmilieu |
| CAE |
Centre of Agricultural Economics |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
CCGRND
|
Commissions Consultatives de Gestion des Réserves Naturelles
Domaniales (State Nature Reserve Management Consultative
Commissions) |
| CCIEP |
Co-ordinating Committee for International Environmental Policy |
| CEU |
Commission of the European Union |
| CFP |
Common fisheries policy |
| CHM |
Clearing-House Mechanism |
CITES
|
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora |
CLO
|
Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (Agricultural Research
Centre) |
| CO |
Carbon monoxide |
| COP |
Conference of the Parties |
| CRA |
Centre de Recherches Agronomiques (Agricultural Research
Centre) |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
CSWCN
|
Conseil Supérieur Wallon de la Conservation de la Nature (Walloon
Senior Nature Conservation Council) |
| DAC |
Development Assistance Committee of the OECD |
DGRNE
|
Direction générale des Ressources naturelles et de l'Environnement
(Directorate General for Natural Resources and Environment) |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DNF |
Direction de la Nature et des Forêts (Direction of Nature and
Forests) |
| DZ |
Sea Fisheries Department (formerly Fisheries Research
Station) |
| EAZA |
European Association of Zoo Associations |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECCO |
European Culture Collections Organisation |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| EEP |
European Endangered Species Programme |
| EEZ |
Exclusive economic zone |
| EIA |
Milieu-effectrapport (Environmental Impact Assessment) |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GMOs |
Genetically modified organisms |
GNOP
|
Gemeentelijk Natuurontwikkelingsplan (Municipal Nature Development
Plan) |
| GNP |
Gross national product |
IBW
|
Instituut voor Bosbouw en Wildbeheer (Institute for Forestry and
Game Management) |
| ICE |
Interministerial Conference for the Environment |
| ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| IDA |
International Depository Authority |
| IEB |
Inter-Environnement Bruxelles |
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IHEM |
Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology |
| IN |
Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (Institute of Nature
Conservation) |
| INIBAP |
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain |
| IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
| IPH |
Scientific Institute of Public Health - Louis Pasteur |
ISB-SURWAL
|
Inventaire et Surveillance de la Biodiversité - Surveillance de
l'état de l'environnement par bioindicateur (Inventory and Monitoring
of Biodiversity - Monitoring of the state of the environment through
bioindicators) |
ISH
|
Inventaire et Surveillance des Habitats (Inventory and Monitoring
of Habitats) |
| ITM |
Institute of Tropical Medecine |
IUCN
|
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
- The World Conservation Union |
| IUPGR |
International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources |
IVON
|
Integraal Verwervings- en Ondersteunend Netwerk (Integral
Interweaving and Supporting Network) |
| MARPOL |
International Convention for the prevention of pollution from
ships |
MINA-fund
|
Fonds voor Preventie en Sanering inzake Leefmilieu en Natuur
(Flemish Environmental and Nature Fund) |
MINA-plan
|
Milieubeleidsplan en Natuurontwikkelingsplan voor Vlaanderen
(Flemish Environmental Policy and Nature Development Plan) |
MiNa-Raad
|
Milieu- en Natuurraad van Vlaanderen (Flemish Environmental and
Nature Council) |
MIRA
|
Milieu- en Natuurrapport van Vlaanderen (Flemish Environmental and
Nature Report) |
| MIRCEN |
Microbiological Resources Center |
| MMM |
Marien Milieu Marin |
| MNZ |
North Sea Technical Commission |
MOSAICC
|
Micro-organisms Sustainable Use, Access Regulation and International
Code of Conduct |
MUMM
|
Management Unit of the Mathematical Models of the North Sea and the
Scheldt Estuary (from 01.01.98 onward a department of the Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences) |
| NBGB |
National Botanic Garden of Belgium |
| NFP |
National Focal Point |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organisation |
| NOx |
Nitrogen oxides |
| NSC |
North Sea Conference |
| ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OFFH
|
Observatoire de la Faune, de la Flore et des Habitats (Observatory
of Fauna, Flora and Habitats) |
| OSPAR |
Oslo and Paris Conventions for the prevention of marine
pollution |
| OSTC |
Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural
Affairs |
OVAM
|
Openbare Afvalstoffenmaatschappij voor het Vlaamse Gewest (Flemish
Public Waste Agency) |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
PCD-GOP
|
Plan Communal de Développement - Gemeentelijk Ontwikkelingsplan
(Municipal Development Plan) |
PCDN
|
Plans Communaux de Développement de la Nature (Municipal Nature
Development Plans) |
PEDD
|
Plan Environnemental pour le Développement Durable (Environmental
Plan for Sustainable Development) |
PRAS-GBP
|
Plan Régional d'Affectation du Sol - Gewestelijk Bodembestemmingsplan
(Regional Soil Destination Plan) |
PRD-GEWOP
|
Plan Régional de Développement - Gewestelijk Ontwikkelingsplan
(Plan of Regional Development) |
| RBINS |
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
| RMCA |
Royal Museum for Central Africa |
| RV |
collection Raymond Vanbreuseghem collection |
| RZSA |
Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SBSTTA |
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological
Advice |
| SDR |
Special drawing rights |
SGIB
|
Inventaire des Sites de Grand Intérêt Biologique (Inventory of
Sites of Great Biological Interest) |
SIBW
|
Système d'Informations sur la Biodiversité en Wallonie (System of
information about Biodiversity in Wallonia) |
| SO2 |
Sulphur dioxide |
| SSP |
Species Survival Programme |
| TBT |
Tributyltin |
| TELSAT |
Teledetection by Satellite |
| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| VEN |
Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk (Flemish Ecological Network) |
VLINA
|
Vlaams Impulsprogramma Natuurontwikkeling (Flemish Impulse
Programme Nature Development) |
| VLM |
Vlaamse Landmaatschappij (Flemish Land Agency) |
| VMM |
Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (Flemish Environmental Agency) |
| VOS |
Volatile organic substances |
| WFCC |
World Federation for Culture Collections |
| WWF |
Worldwide Fund for Nature |
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