Forkortelser
Følgende forkortelser er brukt i denne NOU-en:
- AC
Arctic Council (jfr. AR)
- ACAP
Arctic Council Action Plan to Eliminate Pollution
- ACIA
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
- AEPS
Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
- ALS
Arctic Leaders Summit
- AMAP
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
- AMEC
Arctic Military Environmental Co-operation
- AR
Arktisk råd (jfr. AC)
- ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- AU
Arktisk universitet
- BEAR
Barents Euro-Arctic Region
- CAFF
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
- CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
- CUA
Circumpolar Universities Association
- DNV
Det norske veritas
- EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- EFTA
European Free Trade Association
- EISCAT
European Incoherent Scattter (for studier av øvre atmosfære)
- EØS
Europeiske økonomiske samarbeidsområde
- EPPR
Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response
- EU
European Union/Europeiske union
- FN
Forente Nasjoner
- FNI
Fridtjof Nansen Institutt
- FoU
Forskning og utdanning
- GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services
- GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (i WTO)
- GEF
Global Environment Facility
- IASC
International Arctic Science Committee
- ICES
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- ILO
International Labour Organization
- Innovasjon Norge
Ny institusjon som omfatter Norges Eksportråd, Norges reiselivsråd, SND, Statens veiledningssenter for oppfinnere,
- IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- LNG
Liquefied Natural Gas
- MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- MERCOSUR
Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (Southern Cone Common Market)
- MNEPR
Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme for Russia
- NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
- NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- ND
Nordlige dimensjon
- NEFCO
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
- NF
Northern Forum
- NFR
Norges forskningsråd
- NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
- NILF
Norsk institutt for landbruksøkonomisk forskning
- NP
Norsk Polarinstitutt
- NRL
Norske reindriftsamers landforbund
- NSR
Northern Sea Route/Nordlige sjørute
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OPEC
Organization of the Oil Exporting Countries
- OSPAR
Oslo-Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
- PAME
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
- PAR
Parlamentarians of the Arctic Region
- PCB
Polychlorinated Biphenyls/polyklorerte bifenyler
- POP
Persistent Organic Pollutants
- RAIPON
Russian Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North
- SAO
Senior Arctic Officials
- SND
Statens nærings- og distriktsutviklingsfond
- SNSK
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kullkompani
- SPR
Samisk parlamentarisk råd
- SSB
Statistisk sentralbyrå
- TACIS
EU-program for samarbeid med Russland og 12 tidligere sovjetrepublikker
- TRIPS
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- UA
University of the Arctic
- UD
Utenriksdepartementet
- UiO
Universitetet i Oslo
- UiTø
Universitetet i Tromsø
- ULB
Utredningen av konsekvenser av helårlig petroleumsvirksomhet i området Lofoten-Barentshavet
- UNCED
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
- UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- UNIS
Universitetssenteret på Svalbard
- WRH
World Reindeer Herders
- WTO
World Trade Organization
- WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature