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Acronyms
A5 Arctic 5
AAC Arctic Athabaskan Council
AANDC Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
AC Arctic Council
ACAP Arctic Contaminants Action Program
ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
AEPS Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
AHDR Arctic Human Development Report
AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
AMSA Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment
AMSP Arctic Marine Strategic Plan
ANWR Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
AOR Arctic Ocean Review
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASSW Arctic Science Summit Week
AWPPA Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
BAM Baikal-Amur Mainline
BAT Best Available Techniques
BEAC Barents Euro Arctic Council
BEAR Barents Euro Arctic Region
BEP Best Environmental Practice
BIS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (UK)
BP British Petroleum
CAA Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration
CAFF Conservation of Arctic Fauna and Flora
CARC Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CBSS Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCGS Canadian Coast Guard Ship
CEA Centre d’Etudes Arctiques
CEARC Centre Européen Arctique
CFP Common Fisheries Policy
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CLCS Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
COP15 15 th Conference of Parties (to the Kyoto Protocol)
CORE Centre for Offshore Research & Engineering
CP Le Cercle Polaire
CPAR Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region
DC Davis Corridor
DECC Department of Energy and Climate Change (UK)
DEFRA Department for Food and Rural Affairs (UK)
DFAIT Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada)
DfT Department for Transport (UK)