Annual Report 2000

UNEP/GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2000

Acronyms

AMAP BOING

IPCC ISA IT KTH Mercure

Arctic Monitoring Assessment Programme Baltic On-Line Interactive Geographical and Environmental Information Service Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Central and Eastern Europe

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Institute of Arctic Studies Information Technology Royal Swedish Technical Academy Satellite-based telecommunications system Non-Governmental Organisation Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry Norwegian Institute of Nature Analysis-Norwegian Institute for Culture and Education Newly Independent States NewSkies Satellite Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North Regional Office for Latin and Central America Second Assessment Report Satellite Access to Web Applications Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Norwegian Pollution Control Authority State-of-Environment Report South Pacific Regional Environment ProgrammeThird Assessment Report UNEPnet Implementation Centre

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CAFF CEE CEROI CIP COP DEWA DN DTIE ECORA ECE EEA EPA EPRs ESA ESRI FYROM GEF GEO GESAMP GIS GIWA GLOBIO GPA

NGO NHO NINA-NIKU

Cities Environment Reports on the Internet Centre for International Projects (Moscow) Conference of Parties Division of Early Warning and Assessment

NIS NSS

The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Protection Division of Technology, Industy and Economics Integrated Ecosystem Approach to Conserve Biodiversity and Minimise Habitat Fragmentation in the Russian Arctic

OECD PAME RAIPON ROLAC SAR SAWA SEPA SFT SOE SPREPTAR UIC UNEPnet UNEP.Net UNFCCC UNITAR UNON UNU UNDP UNEP

Economic Commission of Europe European Environment Agency Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Performance Reviews European Space Agency Environmental Systems Research Institute Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Global Environment Facility Global Environment Outlook Joint Group of Experts in the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection Geographic Information Systems Global International Waters Assessment Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the Biosphere Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities

United Nations Development Programme United Nations Environment Programme UNEP's Global Environmental Internet UNEP's internet portal to environmental information United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change United Nations Institute for Training and Research United Nations Office in Nairobi

GRID ICT IIED IOR

Global Resource Information Database Internet Communications Technology International Institute for Environment and Development Indian Ocean Region

United Nations University World Health Organisation World Meteorological Organisation World Wide Fund for Nature

WHO WMO WWF

Chin Ki Au/Seedling/UNEP