Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Environmental threats’

Environmental threats, threats to the environment, pollution.

Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

AASQA

Associations Agréées de Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air

In French

ABMEE

Agency of Brasov for the Management of Energy and Environment

In English

ACE

Advisory Committee on the Environment

In English

AEI

Accord Environnemental International

In French

ALF

Animal Liberation Front

In English

AMINAL

Administratie voor Milieu, Natuur en Landbouw

In Dutch

ANB

Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos (www.bosengroen.be)

In Dutch

APFM

Associated Program on Flood Management

In English

ASTE

Association pour le Développement des Sciences et Techniques de l'Environnement

In French

AdWR

Advances in Water Resources

In English

AtmEn

Atmospheric Environment

In English

BARPI

Bureau d'Analyse des Risques et des Pollutions Industrielles

In French

BAS

British Antartic Survey

In English

BASIAS

Base de données des Anciens Sites Industriels et Activités de Service

In French

BDQA

Base nationale de Données sur la Qualité de l’Air

In French

BEE

Bureau Européen de l'Environnement

In French

BLP

Bateau de Lutte contre la Pollution

In French

BULLE

BUlletin de Liaison sur la Législation Environnementale

In French

CATTEL

Catastrophes Telluriques et Tsunami

In French

CAUE

Conseil en Architecture, Urbanisme et Environnement

In French

CDEMA
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (https://www.cdema.org/)
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is a regional inter-governmental agency for disaster management in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It was established as CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency) so as to coordinate emergency response and relief efforts to participating states.

In English

CDERA

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency

In English

CDM
Comprehensive Disaster Management
Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) is an integrated and proactive approach to disaster management which reduces the risk and loss associated with natural and technological hazards and the effects of climate change while enhancing sustainable development.

In English

CDMP

Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project

In English

CEAP

Cellule Anti-Pollution

In French

CEDRE

Centre de Documentation, de Recherche et d'Expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des eaux

In French

CEPIS
Centro Panamericano de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ciencias del Ambiente (www.cepis.ops-oms.org)

CEPIS is equivalent to CEPIS (Centro Pan-americano de Engenharia Sanitária e Ciências do Ambiente) in Portuguese.

In Spanish

CEPIS
Centro Pan-americano de Engenharia Sanitária e Ciências do Ambiente (www.cepis.ops-oms.org)

CEPIS is equivalent to CEPIS (see above).

In Portuguese

CEPREDENAC
Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central

CEPREDENAC is equivalent to CEPREDENAC (Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central) in Portuguese.

In Spanish

CEPREDENAC
Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central

CEPREDENAC is equivalent to CEPREDENAC (see above).

In Portuguese

CEREGE

Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement

In French

CERR

Centre d'Écologie des Ressources Renouvelables

In French

CES

Conservation des Eaux et des Sols

In French

CESTMed

Centre d'Étude et de Sauvegarde des Tortues marines de Méditerranée

In French

CFME

Centre de Formation aux Métiers de l'Environnement

In French

CGSESE
Centre de Gestion de la Sécheresse pour l’Europe du Sud-Est

CGSESE is equivalent to DMCSEE (Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe) in English.

In French

CHASER

CHemical AGCM for Study of atmospheric Environment and Radiative forcing

In English

CIRDN
Comité Interamericano para la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales

CIRDN is equivalent to IACNDR (Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction) in English, CIRDN (Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais) in Portuguese.

In Spanish

CIRDN
Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais

CIRDN is equivalent to IACNDR (see above).

In Portuguese

CNAP

Catalogue des Normes Anti-Pollution

In French

CONASUR

Conseil National de Secours, d’Urgence et de Réhabilitation (www.conasur.gov.bf)

In French

COREO

Consortium of Regional Ecological Observatories

In English

CORINE

Coordination des Informations sur l'Environnement

In French

COVNM

Composés Organiques Volatils Non Méthaniques

In French

CSE

Centre for Science and Environment

In English

CUTEC

Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut

In German

DDEN

Direction Départementale de l'Environnement et de la Nature

In French

DIREN

Direction Régionale de l'Environnement

In French

DMCSEE
Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe

DMCSEE is equivalent to CGSESE, DMCSEE (see above).

In English

DPRI

Disaster Prevention Research Institute (https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/)

In English

DTQD

Déchets Toxiques en Quantités Dispersées

In French

DWR

Department of Water Resources

In English

EDIS

Environmental Data and Information Service

In English

EE

Éducation à l'Environnement

In French

EEA

European Environmental Agency

In English

EIONET

European Environment Information & Observation Network

In English

EIPPC
European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control

The abbreviation EIPPC (European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) includes the abbreviation IPCC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control).

In English

ELF

Earth Liberation Front

In English

ELP

Embarcation de Lutte contre la Pollution

In French

EMSEA

Environmental Monitoring from Space of East Asia

In English

ENS

Espaces Naturels Sensibles

In French

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

In English

ERE

Éducation Relative à l'Environnement

In French

ERIM

Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

In English

ERIN

Earth Resources Information Network

In English

ESSA

Environmental Sciences Services Administration

In English

    ETS

    Emissions Trading Scheme

    In English

    ETWQ

    Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

    In English

    EWG

    Environmental Working Group (https://www.ewg.org/)

    In English

    EXCIFF

    European Exchange Circle on Flood Forecasting

    In English

    EnEng

    Environmental Engineering

    In English

    EnST

    Environmental Science Technology

    In English

    EnTox

    Environmental Toxicology

    In English

    Env

    Environmentrics

    In English

    FEMA

    Federal Emergency Management Agency (https://www.fema.gov/)

    In English

    FIPOL

    Fonds International d’Indemnisation des dommages dus à la Pollution par les hydrocarbures

    In French

    FNE

    France Nature Environnement (https://www.fne.asso.fr/)

    In French

    G2E

    Géologie, Eau et Environnement

    In French

    GBIF

    Global Biodiversity Information Facility

    In English

      GEF

      Global Environmental Fund

      In English

      GEF

      Global Environment Facility

      In English

      GEMS

      Global Environmental Monitoring System

      In English

        GESAMP

        Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection

        In English

        GFMA

        Gerência de Fiscalização e Monitoramento Ambiental

        In Portuguese

        GMES

        Global Monitoring for Environmental and Security

        In English

        GPGP

        Great Pacific Garbage Patch

        In English

          GTRVE
          Groupe de Travail Régional sur la Vérification Environnementale

          The abbreviation GTRVE (Groupe de Travail Régional sur la Vérification Environnementale) includes the abbreviation VE (Vérification Environnementale).

          In French

          GTVE
          Groupe de Travail sur la Vérification Environnementale

          The abbreviation GTVE (Groupe de Travail sur la Vérification Environnementale) includes the abbreviation VE (Vérification Environnementale).

          In French

          HiGEM

          High Resolution Global Environmental Modelling (www.higem.nerc.ac.uk)

          In English

          IACNDR
          Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction

          IACNDR is equivalent to CIRDN, IACNDR (see above).

          In English

          IAP

          Indoor Air Pollution

          In English

          IAQ

          Indoor Air Quality

          In English

            ICPE

            Installations Classées pour la Protection de l'Environement

            In French

              IDEMU

              Institut de l'Écologie en Milieu Urbain

              In French

              IES

              Institute for Environment and Sustainability

              In English

              IFEN

              Institut Français de l'Environnement (www.ifen.fr)

              In French

              IFM

              Institut Français de la Mer

              In French

              IFM

              Integrated Flood Management

              In English

              ILEE

              Institut Languedocien de recherche sur l'Eau et l'Environnement (www.ifr-ilee.org)

              In French

              INCDDD

              Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare 'Delta Dunării'

              In Romanian

              INTERLAND

              Innovative Technologies for Remediation of Landfills and Contaminated Soils

              In English

              IPCC
              Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control

              The abbreviation IPCC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) is included in the abbreviation EIPPC (European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control).

              In English

              IPCC

              Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (https://www.ipcc.ch)

              In English

              ISE

              Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi

              In Italian

                ISIREMM

                Integrated System for Intelligent Regional Environmental Monitoring and Management

                In English

                ISPL

                Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (des Sciences de l'Environnement Global)

                In French

                  IUT

                  Institut für Umwelttechnik

                  In German

                  JEnvS

                  Journal of Environmental Sciences

                  In English

                  JGOFS

                  Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

                  In English

                  JMS

                  Journal of Marine Systems

                  In English

                  JSAPJ

                  Japan Society of Air Pollution Journal

                  In English

                  LACE

                  Laboratoire d'Application de la Chimie à l'Environnement

                  In French

                  LADA

                  Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands

                  In English

                  LAITUE

                  L'Association Interdoctorant en Terre Univers Environnement

                  In French

                  LISA

                  Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (www.lisa.univ-paris12.fr)

                  In French

                  LPGMP

                  Ligue de Protection des Grillons du Métro Parisien

                  In French

                  LRTAP

                  Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

                  In English

                  LSCE

                  Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

                  In French

                  M3E

                  Modélisation pour l'Énergie, l'Économie, l'Énvironnement

                  In French

                  MAPS

                  Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites

                  In English

                  MDDEP

                  Ministère du Développement Durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs du Québec

                  In French

                  MEMMS

                  Modélisation des Écosystemes Marins et Monitoring par Satellites

                  In French

                  MOPITT

                  Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere

                  In English

                  NAAEE

                  National American Association of Environmental Education (www.naaee.org)

                  In English

                  NARME

                  Natural Resources Management and Ecological Engineering

                  In English

                  NEMURO

                  North Pacific Ecosystem Model for Understanding Regional Oceanography

                  In English

                  NERC

                  Natural Environment Research Council (www.nerc.ac.uk)

                  In English

                  NESS

                  National Environmental Satellite Service

                  In English

                  NHC

                  National Hurricane Center (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)

                  In English

                  NHESS

                  Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

                  In English

                  NIES

                  National Institute for Environmental Studies (www.nies.go.jp)

                  In English

                  OFBSL

                  Observatoire de la Foresterie du Bas-Saint-Laurent

                  In French

                  OKUNHK
                  Oficejo de la Kunordiganto de la Unuiĝintaj Nacioj por Helpo kaze de Katastrofo

                  OKUNHK is equivalent to UNDRO (Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator) in English.

                  In Esperanto

                  ORE

                  Observatoire de Recherche en Environnement

                  In French

                  PAGES

                  Past Global Changes

                  In English

                  PCCI

                  Plano de Prevenção e Controle da Poluição Industrial

                  In Portuguese

                  POLDEN

                  Pollution, Déchets, Environnement

                  In French

                  PRIMEQUAL

                  Programme de Recherche Interorganismes pour une Meilleure Qualité de l'Air à l'échelle Locale

                  In French

                  PolAt

                  Pollution Atmosphérique

                  In French

                  REB

                  Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

                  In English

                  REC

                  Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe

                  In English

                    RECOVER

                    Research on Coping with Vulnerability to Environmental Risk

                    In English

                    RESSAC

                    Recherches en radioécologie sur des Écosystèmes Soumis à des Situations Accidentelles Contrôlées

                    In French

                    RITMER

                    Réseau 'Pollutions marines accidentelles et conséquences écologiques sur le littoral' (http://www.ritmer.org/fr/)

                    In French

                    RNOL

                    Réseau National d'Observation du Littoral

                    In French

                      RPD

                      Redevance pour Pollution Diffuse

                      In French

                      RRA

                      River Research and Applications

                      In English

                      RefERE

                      Réseau francophone international de recherche en Éducation Relative à l'Environnement (www.refere.uqam.ca)

                      In French

                      SAFIRE

                      Service des Avions Français Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement

                      In English

                      SBNL

                      Stichting Beheer Natuur en Landelijk gebied (www.sbnl.nl)

                      In Dutch

                      SEEJ

                      Society of Environmental Engineers Journal

                      In English

                      SERF

                      Space Environment Research Facility

                      In English

                      SKEP

                      Scientific Knowledge for Environmental Protection (www.skep-era.net)

                      In English

                      SPIRAL
                      Secrétariat Permanent pour la Prévention des Pollutions Industrielles et Risques dans l'Agglomération Lyonnaise (http://www.lyon-spiral.org/)
                      Le SPIRAL (Secrétariat Permanent pour la Prévention des Pollutions Industrielles et des Risques dans l’Agglomération Lyonnaise) est une structure collégiale de concertation, de proposition d’actions et d’information qui participe à la définition des orientations de la politique locale de réduction et de prévention des pollutions industrielles et des risques, à l’échelle de l’agglomération lyonnaise.

                      In French

                      SPPPI

                      Secrétariat Permanent pour la Prévention des Pollutions Industrielles

                      In French

                      SWEAT

                      Severe WEAther Threat

                      In English

                      TFHTAP
                      Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution

                      The abbreviation TFHTAP (Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution) includes the abbreviation TF (Task Force).

                      In English

                      TGAP

                      Taxe Générale sur les Activités Polluantes

                      In French

                      UNCCD
                      United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

                      The abbreviation UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) includes the abbreviation UN (United Nations).

                      In English

                      UNDRO
                      Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator

                      The abbreviation UNDRO (Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator) includes the abbreviation UN (United Nations).

                      UNDRO is equivalent to OKUNHK, UNDRO (see above).

                      In English

                      UWS

                      Urban Wildlife Society (www.urbanwildlifesociety.org)

                      In English

                      VE
                      Vérification Environnementale

                      The abbreviation VE (Vérification Environnementale) is included in abbreviations such as GTVE (Groupe de Travail sur la Vérification Environnementale) and GTRVE (Groupe de Travail Régional sur la Vérification Environnementale).

                      In French

                      VSG

                      Verband zum Schutze des Greifensees

                      In German

                      WWF

                      World Wildlife Fund (https://www.worldwildlife.org/)

                      In English

                      WWF

                      World Wide Fund for Nature (https://www.worldwildlife.org/)

                      In English

                      ZNIEFF

                      Zone Naturelle d'Intérêt Écologique Faunistique et Floristique

                      In French

                      ZNIEFF

                      Zone Naturelle d'Intérêt Écologique, Faunistique et Floristique

                      In French

                      ZUN

                      Zentrum für Umwelt- und Naturschutz

                      In German

                      ÖGUT

                      Österreichische Gesellschaft für Umwelt und Technik (www.oegut.at)

                      In German

                      ÖVA

                      Osterreichischer Verein für Altlastenmanagement (www.altlastenmanagement.at)

                      In German