| A&A |
Assessment and approvals |
| AAT |
Administrative Appeals
Tribunal |
| ACF |
Australian Conservation
Foundation |
| ADJR Act |
Administrative Decisions
(Judicial Review) Act 1977 |
| AFMA |
Australian Fisheries Management
Authority |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ANEDO |
Australian Network of
Environmental Defender's Offices |
| ARC |
Administrative Review Council |
| BOCA |
Bird Observation and Conservation Australia |
| CAMBA |
China-Australia Migratory Bird
Agreement |
| CAR |
Comprehensive, adequate and
representative |
| CCACT |
Conservation Council (ACT Region) |
| CCSA |
Conservation Council of South
Australia |
| CEEC |
Critically endangered
ecological community |
| CFA |
Commonwealth Fisheries
Association |
| CPRS |
Carbon Pollution Reduction
Scheme |
| DAFF |
Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry |
| DEWHA |
Department of the Environment,
Water, Heritage and the Arts |
| EIA |
Environment impact
assessment |
| EIANZ |
Environment Institute of
Australia and New Zealand |
| EIS |
Environment impact
statement |
| EPBC Act |
Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| ESFM |
Ecologically sustainable forest
management |
| ETS |
Emissions trading scheme |
| FMA |
Fisheries Management Act
1991 |
| GHG |
Greenhouse gas |
| HSI |
Humane Society International |
| IFAW |
The International Fund for
Animal Welfare |
| IMB |
Independent multidisciplinary
body |
| JAMBA |
Japan-Australia Migratory Bird
Agreement |
| KTP |
Key threatening process |
| MCA |
Minerals Council of Australia |
| MNES |
Matter of national environmental
significance |
| NAFI |
National Association of Forest
Industries |
| NCC |
Nature Conservation Council |
| NES |
National environmental
significance |
| NFF |
National Farmers' Federation |
| NGOs |
Non-government organisations |
| NPAC |
National Parks Australia
Council |
| NRM |
Natural resource management |
| PER |
Public environment report |
| RFA |
Regional Forest Agreement |
| RNE |
Register of the National
Estate |
| SEPPs |
State Environment Planning
Policies |
| TAP |
Threat abatement plan |
| TWS |
The Wilderness Society |
| VCAT |
Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal |
| WWF-Australia |
World Wide Fund for Nature Australia |