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Acronyms/Abbreviations List
AIATSIS:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Studies
ACT:
Australian Capital Territory
AHA:
Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic)
ALRA:
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
(Cth)
BOM:
Bureau of Meteorology
CAT:
Centre for Appropriate Technology
CATSI Act:
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act
2006 (Cth)
CBD:
Convention on Biodiversity
CDM:
Clean Development Mechanism
CEDAW:
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women
CERD:
International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination
CEPM:
Community Energy Planning Model
CLA:
Crown Lands Act 1989 (NT)
COAG:
Council of Australian Governments
COP:
Conference of the Parties
CPRS:
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
CRC:
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CSIRO:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation
Cth:
Commonwealth
Desert Knowledge Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
CRC:
eNGO:
Environmental Non-Government Organisation
EPBCA:
Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999 (Cth)
EPC:
Environment Protection Act 1994 (Qld)
FaHCSIA:
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services
and Indigenous Affairs
FARM:
Riverina Financial and Rural Management
GLSC:
Goldfields Land and Sea Council
IAC:
Indigenous Advisory Committee
ICC:
Indigenous Coordination Centre
ICCPR:
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICERD:
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination
ICESCR:
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights
ICSU:
International Council for Science
ICWFN:
Indigenous Community Water Facilitator Network
IEDS:
Indigenous Economic Development Strategy
IFaMP:
Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project
IGC:
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property
and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and
Folklore
ILC:
Indigenous Land Corporation
ILUA:
Indigenous Land Use Agreement
IMA:
Indigenous Management Agreement
IPA:
Indigenous Protected Area
IPCC:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPO:
Indigenous Peoples Organisation
IPP:
Indigenous Partnerships Programme
IUCN:
International Union for Conservation of Nature
IWPG:
Indigenous Water Policy Group
JI:
Joint Implementation
LAA:
Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (NT)
MDB:
Murray-Darling Basin
MDBA:
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
MDBC:
Murray-Darling Basin Commission
MDG:
Millennium Development Goals
MLDRIN:
Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations
MOU:
Memorandum of Understanding
NAILSMA:
North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management
Alliance
NGISG:
Northern Gulf Indigenous Savannah Group
NGO:
Non-Government Organisation
NICC:
National Indigenous Climate Change
NNTT:
National Native Title Tribunal
NQLC:
North Queensland Land Council
NSW:
New South Wales
NSWALC:
New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
NT:
Northern Territory
NTA:
Native Title Act
NTRB:
Native title representative body
NWC:
National Water Commission
NWI:
National Water Initiative
ORIC:
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
PBC:
Prescribed body corporate
PEG:
Policy Engagement Group
Qld:
Queensland
REDD:
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
in Developing Countries
RNTBC:
Registered Native Title Body Corporate
SA:
South Australia
SWALSC:
South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
TKRP:
Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways
TRaCK:
Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge
TSRA:
Torres Strait Regional Authority
UDHR:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN:
United Nations
UNEP:
United Nations Environment Programme
UNDP:
United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation
UNFCCC:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
UNPFII:
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Vic:
Victoria
WA:
Western Australia
WAFIC:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council
WALFA:
Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement
WHO:
World Health Organisation
WIPO:
World Intellectual Property Organisation
WSP:
Water Sharing Plans