Preliminary Pages
Acronyms and abbreviations
ACAP | Arctic Council Action Plan |
AEN | Armenian Environmental Network |
AGU | American Geoscience Union |
AMAP | Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ASM | Artisanal and small-scale mining |
BAT | Best available techniques |
BEP | Best environmental practice |
BTEX | Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes |
CESCCO | Centro de Estudios y Control de Contaminantes |
CIS | Commonwealth of the Independent States |
CKDu | Chronic kidney disease of unknown ethology |
CR | Cancer risk |
CSL | Control standard levels |
DALY | Disability-adjusted life year |
DCE | Dichloroethene |
DDD | Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane |
DDE | Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene |
DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
DRASTIC model | Depth to water, Recharge, Aquifer media, Soil media, Topography, Impact of the vadose zone, hydraulic Conductivity |
DSMW | FAO-UNESCO digital soil map of the world |
EAC | East African Community |
EAEC | Eurasian Economic Community |
EAEU | Eurasian Economic Union |
EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EC | European Commission |
ECA | Environmental Quality Standards for Soil, in Peru |
ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
EIMAS | Environmental information management and advisory system |
EOC | Emerging organic contaminants |
EOL | End of life |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
e-waste | Electronic and electrical equipment waste |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FAOLEX | FAO legislative and policy database on food, agriculture and natural resources management |
FAOSTAT | FAO’s database of agricultural statistics |
FOLUR | Food systems, land use and restoration |
GATT | General agreement on tariffs and trade |
GDP | Gross domestic product |
GEF | Global Environment Facility |
GIS | Geographic information system |
GPAP | Global Plastic Action Partnership |
GSP | Global Soil Partnership |
GTZ | former German Agency for Technical Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) |
HBCD | Hexabromocyclododecane |
HCB | Hexachlorobenzene |
HCH | Hexachlorocyclohexane |
HEPA | Heads of EPAs form Australia and New Zealand |
HI | Hazard index |
HQ | Hazardous quotient |
HRW | Human rights watch |
HZZK | Habla Zig-Zag Kilns |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
IDE | Spatial data infrastructure |
IDE MTOP | Spatial data infrastructure of the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works |
IDEAM | Hydrological, Meteorological and Environmental Research Institute of Colombia |
IDEC | Spatial data infrastructure Chile |
IEDG | Ecuadorian geospatial data infrastructure |
IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFC | International Finance Corporation |
IGAC | Geographical Institute Agustín Codazzi (Colombia) |
IGP | UNESCO-IUGS International Geoscience Programme |
IHME | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
IHPA | International HCH and Pesticide Association |
IISD | International Institute for Sustainable Development |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
INSP | National Institute of Public Health of Mexico |
IPCS | International Programme on Chemical Safety |
IPEN | International POPs Elimination Network |
IQR | Interquartile range |
IRS | Indoor residual spraying |
ISLANDS | Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in SIDS |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
ITPS | Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils |
IUCN | Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja |
IUGS | International Union of Geological Sciences |
IWEco | Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in the Caribbean |
JpGU-AGU | Japanese Geoscience Union – American Geoscience Union (JpGU-AGU) Joint Meeting |
LDN | Land Degradation Neutrality |
LRIS | Land resource information systems |
LRT | Long range transport |
MAC | Maximum allowable concentration |
MEDT | Mean estimated dietary intake |
MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
MIA | Minamata Initial Assessments |
MSW | Municipal solid waste |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NAP | National action plan |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NENA | Near East and North Africa |
NGO | Non-governmental organization |
NICOLA | Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Africa |
NIP | Stockholm Convention National Implementation Plan |
NJDEP | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
NNUU-CEPAL | Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe |
NOSDRA | National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency of Nigeria |
OCP | Organochlorine pesticide |
OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
ONEI | National Statistics and Information Office (Cuba) |
OP | Obsolete pesticide |
OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
PAE | Phthalate ester |
PAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
PBDD | Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxin |
PBDD/F | Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxin and furan |
PBDE | Polybrominated diphenyl ether |
PCB | Polychlorinated biphenyl |
PCDD | Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin |
PCDD/F | Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and furan |
PCDF | Polychlorinated dibenzofuran |
PCE | Perchloroethylene |
PCP | Pentachlorophenol |
PFAS | Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance |
PFOA | Perfluorooctanoic acid |
PFOS | Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid |
PGR | Plant growth regulators |
PIC | Pacific Island countries |
PLI | Pollution load index |
PM | Particulate matter |
PM1.5 | Very fine particulate matter with diameter less than 1.5 microns |
PM10 | Coarse particulate matter with diameter less than 10 microns |
PM2.5 | Fine particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 microns |
POP | Persistent organic pollutant |
RGV | Regulatory guidance value |
SADC | Southern African Development Community |
SAWIC | South African Waste Information Centre |
SD | Standard deviation |
SEMARNAT | Secretariat of Environmental and Natural Resources (Mexico) |
SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
SIG | Sistema de información geográfica |
SINIA | Peruvian environmental information system |
SISLAC | Latin American Soil Information System |
SPREP | Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
SVOC | Semi-volatile organic compound |
SWM | Solid waste management |
Taiwan-EPA | Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration |
TCDD | Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
TCE | Trichloroethylene |
TNT | Trinitrotoluene |
TPH | Total petroleum hydrocarbons |
TPH-DRO | Total petroleum hydrocarbons in the diesel range |
TSIP | Pure Earth’s Toxic Site Investigation Programme |
UCR | University of Costa Rica / Universidad de Costa Rica |
UN | United Nations |
UNCCD | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNEA | United Nations Environment Assembly |
UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
UNITAR | United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
UNSCEAR | United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation |
UNSTAT | United Nations Statistics Division |
USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
USD | Unites States dollar |
USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
VNIIE | Russian State Scientific Research Institution “VNII Ekologia” |
VOC | Volatile organic compound |
WASH | Water, sanitation and hygiene |
WEEE | Waste electrical and electronic equipment |
WHO | World Health Organization |
XRF | x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy |
YPFB | Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos |