List of Abbreviations
ADB — Asian Development Bank
AEPC — Alternative Energy Promotion Center
Bbl — Billion barrels
Bcf — Billion Cubic Feet
BMB — Biodiversity Management Board
BMC — Biodiversity Management Committee
CEA — Central Electricity Authority, India
CFC — Chlorofluorocarbons
CIA — Central Intelligence Agency, USA
CNG — Compressed Natural Gas
CO2 — Carbon dioxide
CR — Critically Endangered
DD — Data Deficient
DU — Depleted Uranium
EN — Endangered
EP — Environment Protection
ESCAP — Economic & Social Council for Asia & Pacific
EW — Extinct in the Wild
EX — Extinct
FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization
Gb — Giga Barrel
GDP — Gross Domestic Product
GE — Genetically Engineered
GEF — Genetically Engineered Food
GHG — Green house gases
GIS — Geographical Information System
GLASOD — Global Assessment of Human-induced Soil Degradation
GM — Genetically Modified
GMOs — Genetically Modified Organisms
HAARP — High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
HEV — Hybrid Electric Vehicle
HKH — Hindu Kush-Himalayan region
IEA — International Energy Agency
IUCN — International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Ktoe — Kilo ton oil equivalent
LA — Land Acquisition Act (1894)
LC — Least Concern
LPG — Liquefied Natural Gas
LR/cd — Lower Risk/conservation dependent
LR/lc — Lower Risk, least concern
LR/nt — Lower Risk/near threatened
Mbbl/mbl — Million barrels
MCPAs — Marine and Coastal Protected Areas
MEAs — Multi Environmental Agreements
MoEF — Ministry of Environment & Forest
MW — Mega Watt
NARC — National Agricultural Research Council
NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBAP — National Biodiversity Actions Plans
NGLs — Natural Gas Liquids
NGOs — Non Governmental Organizations
NT — Near Threatened
NTFP — Non-timber Forest produce
NWSC — Nepal Water Supply Corporation
ODS — Ozone Depleting Substances
OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PA — Project Authorities
PSIRU — Public Service International Research Unit
SAARC — South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACEP — South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme
SAEQM — South Asia Environment Quality Management
SALUC — South Asian Land Use Commission
SASP — South Asian Seas Programme
SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
SEZ — Special Economic Zone
SISI — Sri Lanka Standards Institution
SME — Small and Medium Enterprises
SOTER — Soil and Terrain Database
SPM — Suspended particulate matter
SPMs — Suspended Particulate matter
T&D — Transmission & distribution
TED — Total Electricity Demand
TOE — Tons of Oil Equivalent
TPES — Total Primary Energy Supply
TWh — Terra Watt Hour
UK — United Kingdom
UMRC — Uranium Medical Research Centre
UN — United Nations
UNESCO — United National Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation
UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change
UNODC — United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
US/USA — United States of America
VU — Vulnerable
WMD — Weapon of Mass Destruction