Native Title Report 2008 - Appendix 9 Acronyms/Abbreviations List
Reference the complete acronyms and abbreviations list from the Native Title Report 2008 for native title law and Indigenous policy terminology.
Native Title Report 2008
Appendix 9 Acronyms/Abbreviations List
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AIATSIS: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
ACT: Australian Capital Territory
AHA: Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic)
ALRA: Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)
BOM: Bureau of Meteorology
CAT: Centre for Appropriate Technology
CATSI Act: Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)
CBD: Convention on Biodiversity
CDM: Clean Development Mechanism
CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
CERD: International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CEPM: Community Energy Planning Model
CLA: Crown Lands Act 1989 (NT)
COAG: Council of Australian Governments
COP: Conference of the Parties
CPRS: Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child
CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Cth: Commonwealth
Desert Knowledge CRC: Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
eNGO: Environmental Non-Government Organisation
EPBCA: Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
EPC: Environment Protection Act 1994 (Qld)
FaHCSIA: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
FARM: Riverina Financial and Rural Management
GLSC: Goldfields Land and Sea Council
IAC: Indigenous Advisory Committee
ICC: Indigenous Coordination Centre
ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICERD: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
ICESCR: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICSU: International Council for Science
ICWFN: Indigenous Community Water Facilitator Network
IEDS: Indigenous Economic Development Strategy
IFaMP: Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project
IGC: Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
ILC: Indigenous Land Corporation
ILUA: Indigenous Land Use Agreement
IMA: Indigenous Management Agreement
IPA: Indigenous Protected Area
IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPO: Indigenous Peoples Organisation
IPP: Indigenous Partnerships Programme
IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature
IWPG: Indigenous Water Policy Group
JI: Joint Implementation
LAA: Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (NT)
MDB: Murray-Darling Basin
MDBA: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
MDBC: Murray-Darling Basin Commission
MDG: Millennium Development Goals
MLDRIN: Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
NAILSMA: North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance
NGISG: Northern Gulf Indigenous Savannah Group
NGO: Non-Government Organisation
NICC: National Indigenous Climate Change
NNTT: National Native Title Tribunal
NQLC: North Queensland Land Council
NSW: New South Wales
NSWALC: New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
NT: Northern Territory
NTA: Native Title Act
NTRB: Native title representative body
NWC: National Water Commission
NWI: National Water Initiative
ORIC: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
PBC: Prescribed body corporate
PEG: Policy Engagement Group
Qld: Queensland
REDD: Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries
RNTBC: Registered Native Title Body Corporate
SA: South Australia
SWALSC: South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
TKRP: Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways
TRaCK: Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge
TSRA: Torres Strait Regional Authority
UDHR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN: United Nations
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNPFII: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Vic: Victoria
WA: Western Australia
WAFIC: Western Australian Fishing Industry Council
WALFA: Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement
WHO: World Health Organisation
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
WSP: Water Sharing Plans