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Annex V: List of Acronyms


AMAP

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

BCIS

Biodiversity Conservation Information System

CALM

Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring network

CEO

Centre for Earth Observation

CEOS

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

CERN

Chinese Ecosystem Research Network

CGIAR

Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research

CIAT

International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

CIESIN

Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

COP

Conference of the Parties

DIVERSITAS

DIVERSITAS Programme

EEA

European Environment Agency

ELANEM

Euro-Latin American Network for Environmental Assessment and Monitoring

EMAP

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Programme

ENRICH

European Network for Research in Global Change

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agricultural Organization

FCCC

Framework Convention on Climate Change

FRIEND

Flow Regimes from International Experiments and Network Data

G3OS

Three Global Observing Systems

GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

GCTE

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Core project of IGBP)

GEMS

Global Environment Monitoring System

GEWEX

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

GHOST

Global Hierarchical Observing Strategy

GOFC

Global Observation of Forest Cover

GOOS

Global Ocean Observing System

GOSIC

Global Observing Systems Information Center

GOSSP

GCOS/GOOS/GTOS Global Observing Systems Space Panel

GPCC

Global Precipitation Climatology Centre

GRDC

Global Run-off Data Centre

GT-Net

GTOS System of Networks

GTOS

Global Terrestrial Observing System

GTSC

GTOS Steering Committee

HDP

Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme

IBFRA

International Boreal Forest Research Association

ICSU

International Council for Science

IGBP

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

IGFA

International Group of Funding Agencies

IGOS

Integrated Global Observing Strategy

ILEC

International Lake Environment Committee

ILTER

International Long-Term Ecological Research

INCO

International Cooperation Programme

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IPA

International Permafrost Association

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

JDIMP

GCOS/GOOS/GTOS Joint Data and Information Management Panel

JSTC

Joint Scientifical and Technical Committee for GCOS

LTER

Long Term Ecological Research

LUCC

Land-Use and Land-Cover Change project of IGBP and HDP

MAB

Man and the Biosphere Programme

NGO

Non Governmental Organization

NoLimits

Networking of Long-term Integrated Monitoring in Terrestrial Systems

NPP

Net Primary Productivity

RAMSAR

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR Convention)

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SBSTA

Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technical Advice

SC

Steering Committee

TEMS

Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites meta-database

TOPC

GCOS/GTOS Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate

UN

United Nations

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WCMC

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WGMS

World Glacier Monitoring Service

WHO

World Health Organization

WHYCOS

World Hydrological Cycle Observing System

WMO

World Meteorological Organization


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