| ACE |
Assessment of Antifouling Agents in coastal environments |
| ACOPS |
Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea |
| ANICA |
NOAA Atmospheric Nutrient Input to Coastal Areas |
| AQUAMEDIA |
Collection of Europe-wide media reports on water quality, pollution and legislation issues |
| AQUASTAT |
FAO's global information system of water and agriculture developed by the Land and Water Development Division of FAO. |
| ARCTIC CONTAMINATION |
Transboundary Arctic Contamination: The Arctic has been regarded as one of the worldís few remaining areas of relatively untouched nature, but in recent years, several types of contamination have been found in these areas. |
| BERNET |
Baltic Eutrophication Regional Network |
| BUFFER |
Key nutrient transport mechanisms important for the prediction of nutrient and phytoplankton concentrations in European standing waters |
| CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Centre. CDIAC responds to data and information requests from users from all over the world who are concerned with the greenhouse effect and global climate change. |
| CICERO |
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo |
| CESUM |
Centre for Sustainable Development and Management of the Black Sea region |
| Coastal habitats in Latvia |
Protection and management of coastal habitats in Latvia |
| CORDIS |
European Community and Development Information Service |
| COZONE |
European network of coastal research |
| CPA |
Coastal Protection Act |
| CRU |
Climate Research Unit-University of East Anglia. The unit is widely recognised as one of the world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change. |
| DEFRA |
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the UK |
| EA (UK) |
Environment Agency UK |
| EEA |
European Environment Agency |
| ECCP |
European Climate Change Programme. |
| EIONET |
European Environment Information and Observation Network. |
| English Nature |
The statutory service responsible for looking after England's variety of wild plants and animals. |
| EPA 1990 |
Environmental Protection Act 1990. |
| ESPERE |
Environmental Science Produced for Everybody Round the Earth - up-to-date and accurate scientific information on climate. |
| ETC/ACC |
European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change. The European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC) assists the European Environmental Agency (EEA) in its support to EU policy in the field of air pollution and climate change. |
| EUCC Coastal Guide |
Contains information about coastal types, ecosystems and habitats. |
| EUGRIS |
European Groundwater and Contaminated Land Remediation Information System. |
| EU Habitats Directive |
The Habitats Directive is a major European initiative that aims to contribute towards protecting biodiversity - the variety of life - through the conservation of natural habitats and wild plants and animals. |
| EUNIS |
European Nature Information System. |
| EU Research |
The gateway to news and information about Scientific Research and Technological Development in the European Union. |
| Friends of the Earth |
Details/discussion of decisive action that is needed from governments and industry now to stop catastrophic climate change. |
| FRS |
Fisheries Research Services - Nutrients in the coastal waters of Scotland. |
| GRACOS |
Groundwater Risk Assessment at Contaminated Sites. |
| G-NUX |
Global Nutrient Fluxes at the Land-Ocean Interface. |
| Hadley Centre
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The Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, which is part of the Met Office, provides a focus in the United Kingdom for the scientific issues associated with climate change. |
| HCMR |
Hellenic centre for Marine Research |
| HELCOM |
Eutrophication in the Baltic. |
| IFREMER |
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea |
| IMC |
International Maritime Organisation. |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organisation |
| IMW |
The mission of the Inland and Marine Waters Unit is to provide scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of European water policy and, in particular the relevant directives. |
| IPCC
|
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
| LAGUNET |
LaguNet is a scientific observational network studying the fluxes of nutrients and other contaminants from lagoon catchments to the near coastal environment. |
| LOICZ |
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone. |
| MAGPROX |
Screening and monitoring of anthropogenic pollution over central Europe by using MAGnetic PROXies. |
| MarLIN |
The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland. |
| MEDCOAST |
Aims to contribute to coastal and marine conservation in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, through improved coastal management practices |
| MPP |
The Mercury Policy Project (MPP) works to promote policies to eliminate mercury uses, reduce the export and trafficking of mercury, and significantly reduce mercury exposures at the local, national, and international levels. |
| NAEI |
National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory. The NAEI compiles estimates of emissions to the atmosphere from UK sources such as cars, trucks, power stations and industrial plant. These emissions are estimated to help to find ways of reducing the impact of human activities on the environment and our health. |
| NCCOS |
NOAA National Centres for Coastal Ocean Science. |
| NEDMW |
Nutrients and Eutrophication in Danish Marine Waters. |
| NETCOAST |
Dutch Government Centre for Coastal Zone management |
| NFEP & WM (Poland) |
The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Poland. |
| NOAA/NCEP (CPC) |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Prediction Centre. |
| NOKIS |
North and Baltic Sea coastal information system |
| OSPAR |
Committee for the protection of the marine environment of the NE Atlantic. Contains details of eutrophication strategy. |
| PIONEER |
Preparation and Integration of Analysis Tools towards Operational Forecast of Nutrients in Estuaries of European Rivers 1998 - 2001. |
| PSYCHIC (UK) |
Phosphorus and Sediment Yield CHaracterisation In Catchments- A pragmatic catchment-based decision support system to reduce transfer of particulates and phosphorus from agricultural land to water. |
| SENSPOL |
Sensors for monitoring water pollution from contaminated land, landfills and sediments. |
| RETRO |
Retrospective analysis of larger planning processes in the coastal zone with respect to ICZM-suitability |
| Tyndall Centre
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The Tyndall Centre brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists, who together are working to develop sustainable responses to climate change through trans-disciplinary research and dialogue on both a national and international level. |
| UKCIP |
UK Climate Imapcts Programme. This programme provides scenarios that show how our climate might change and co-ordinates research on dealing with our future climate. |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. |
| USGCRP |
US Global Change Research Program. Helping to understand, assess and predict global climate change. |
| WATCH |
Water Catchment Areas: Tools for management and control of hazardous compounds. |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme. |
| WFD |
Water Framework Directive 2000. |
| World Seagrass Association |
The World Seagrass Association is a Global Network of scientists and coastal managers committed to research, protection and management of the world’s seagrasses. |
| WWF |
World Wildlife Federation - contains detailed accounts of habitat protection worldwide. |
