WATER ABLAZE - Patagonia Sin Represas

IHK Industrie- und Handelskammer (German Chamber of Commerce)
IHP International Hydrological Programme
ILAS Institute of Latin American Studies
ILO International Labour Organisation
IRC India Resource Centre
IRS Internal Revenue Service
Highest U.S. financial authority.
ISAF International Security Assistance Force
International military force in A f g h a n i s t a n .
IMF International Monetary Fund
Strong neoliberal tendencies; privatisation agenda.
InWENT Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH
Formerly the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and the Carl Duisberg
Association (CDG); cooperates with the political and economic sectors; front-line organisation with
privatisation agenda.
IPO Initial Public Offering
When a company issues common stock or shares to the public for the first time, this is referred to
as an IPO, or simply “offering” or “flotation”. IPOs are often issued by smaller, newer companies
seeking capital to expand, but can also be isued by large privately-owned companies/TNCs
seeking to become publicly traded.
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency
IRN International Rivers Network
Network opposing the construction of large dams and river-linking projects.
ISO International Organisation of Standardisation
ITO International Trade Organisation
Plans for its foundation after the Second World War fell through because of differences between
the nations involved.
ITUC International Trade Union Confederation
World’s largest trade union federation; formed in 2006 out of the merger of the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL);
represents 166 million workers within 156 countries and territories via its 309 affiliated
organisations.
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature
IWF Internationaler Währungsfond
(International Monetary Fund, IMF)
JWSRB Jakarta Water Supply Regulatory Body (Indonesia)
KAS Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Konrad Adenauer Foundation)
Set up by the German Christian Democrat Union in order to – indirectly – achieve its own partypolitical
goals.
KEPD Kinetic Energy Penetrator and Destroyer
Warhead installed into modern cruise missiles, also those armed with depleted uranium. (see:
TAURUS)
KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
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