Danish Environmental Assistance and Environmental Conventions

Abbreviations

AIA Advance Informed Agreement (Cartagena Protocol)
CDM Clean Development Mechanism (Convention on Climate Change)
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
COP Conference of the Parties
CSD Commission for Sustainable Development (United Nations)
CTI Climate Technology Initiative (Convention on Climate Change)
DANCEA Danish Cooperation for Environment in the Arctic
DANCED Danish Cooperation for Environment and Development
DANCEE Danish Cooperation for Environment in Eastern Europe
DEA Danish Energy Agency
DEPA Danish Environmental Protection Agency
DFLRI Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute
DFNA Danish Forest and Nature Agency
DFSC Danida Forest Seed Centre
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMS Environmentally Sound Management
EPSF Environment, Peace and Stability Facility
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
GEF Global Environment Facility
HFC Hydrofluorocarbons
IFF Intergovernmental Forum on Forests
INC International Negotiating Committee
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (United Nations)
IPF Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
JI Joint Implementation (Convention on Climate Change)
LMO Living Modified Organism
NEFCO Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
NERI National Environmental Research Institute (Denmark)
NIB Nordic Investment Bank
NIS Newly Independent States
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PFC Perfluorocarbons
PIC Prior Informed Consent
POP Persistent Organic Pollutants
ppm parts per million
RTC Regional Training Centre (Basel Convention)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
WHO World Health Organisation
WTO World Trade Organisation
WWF Worldwide Fund for Nature