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  • 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 | 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 (see above)

    In Portuguese

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

    = 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 (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

    = 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

    = 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

    = 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

    = 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

            = 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

                    LEGMA

                    Latvian Environment, Geological and Meterological Agency

                    In English

                    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

                    = 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

                        = OKUNHK, UNDRO (see above)

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

                        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