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List of Acronyms
AFEAS Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
AQI Air Quality Index
ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection
Radiometer Abu Dhabi, UAE
BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
CDIAC Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CEDARE Centre for Environment and Development for Arab Region
and Europe
CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
CIDCM SFTF Center for International Development and Conflict
Management (CIDCM) State Failure Task Force (SFTF)
CIESIN ENTRI Center for International Earth Science Information Network
– Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Flora and Fauna
CLRTAP Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
CRED Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
CRU Climate Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences,
United Kingdom
DALYs Disability-Adjusted Life Years
DEIA Division of Environmental Information and Assessment
DO Dissolved Oxygen
DPSIR Drivers – Pressure – State – Impacts – Responses
DSR Driving – State – Response
EC-JRC European Commission Joint Research Centre
EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system,
USGS
EEA European Environmental Agency
IEA Training Manual Workshop for the National Reporting Toolkit (NRT) 3
