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AAAS, American Associationfor the Advancement of Science acre = 0,404858 hectare = ca. 4.000 m2 AD, Avoided Deforestation: new programme of the IUCN, especially of interest in view of the protection of primary forests in threatend areas. AFOLU, Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use projects AGB, Above Ground Biomass AGU, American Geophysical Union ALM, Agricultural Land Management AMO, Atlantic Muktidecadal Oscillation AP, Associated Press AR(A/R), Afforestation - Reforestation ARR, Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation barrel (American) = 158,984 litre = 42 USA Gallons BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation BEF, Biomass Expansion Factor BINGO, BIg environmental NGO CAR, Corrective Action Request CASE , Conservation Activated Sustainable Enterprise CCB Standards CDM, Clean Development Mechanism Celcius temperature scale CERES, Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Cfk's, Chloorfluorkoolstofverbindingen Climate and CO2-terms: glossary CO2- and climate terms: glossary CRU: Climate Research Unit, climate department of the university of East Anglia (UK): see "climatgate emails " DOE, Department of Energy ecosystemmarketplace.com ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETS, Emission Trading System Eurelectric, European board of electricity producers. FACE, Free Air Carbon Enrichment Fahrenheit temperature scale FOIA, Freedom of Information Act gallon (USA) = 3,785 litre gallon (imperial) = 4,55 litre GHCN, Global Historical Climatology Network 1 gigawatt is 1000 megawatt = 10 to the 9th power Watt. GISS, Goddard Institute for Space Studies glossary of forestry terms glossary of climate and CO2 terms glossary of navigation terms hectare = 100 biy 100 metre is 10.000 m2 IAC, Inter Academy Council ICOADS, International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set ICSI, International Commission for Snow and Ice ICSI, International Commission for Snow and Ice IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standards IPAM, Brazilian Amazon Environmental Research Institute IPCC- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; ITRDB, International Tree Ring Data base IUCN, International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
JACO (www.jaco-cdm.com/english/index.html) Kelvin temperature scale LNG:Liquified Natural Gas LPG: Liquid Petroleum Gas Measures and weights in the oil indusrtry MMTS, Maximum-Minimum Temperature System NAS, National Academy of Sciences NIPCC - Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change; pure scientific counterpart of the politically driven IPCC (see above): founded in 2005; in 2007 they held a workshop in Vienna chaired by Dr. S. Fred Singer, emeritus professor environmental science, University of Virginia (USA); He is editor of their first report in March 2008. oil companies: a list of names and stock exchange listing codes Oil industry: measures and weights ppm (parts per million), e.g. Co2 concentration in the air. navigation terms: http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/A.html SFI ® - Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) Sicirec SPPI - Science and Public Policy Institute Temperature scales: Celcius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin and other ones UNFCCC WMO = World Meteorological Organisation WWF = World Wildlife Fund
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