Acronyms/Abbreviations List

AIATSIS: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

ACT: Australian Capital Territory

AHA: Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic)

ALRA: Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)

BOM: Bureau of Meteorology

CAT: Centre for Appropriate Technology

CATSI Act: Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)

CBD: Convention on Biodiversity

CDM: Clean Development Mechanism

CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

CERD: International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

CEPM: Community Energy Planning Model

CLA: Crown Lands Act 1989 (NT)

COAG: Council of Australian Governments

COP: Conference of the Parties

CPRS: Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child

CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Cth: Commonwealth

Desert Knowledge Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre CRC: eNGO: Environmental Non-Government Organisation

EPBCA: Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)

EPC: Environment Protection Act 1994 (Qld)

FaHCSIA: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

FARM: Riverina Financial and Rural Management

GLSC: Goldfields Land and Sea Council

IAC: Indigenous Advisory Committee

ICC: Indigenous Coordination Centre

ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICERD: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

ICESCR: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ICSU: International Council for Science

ICWFN: Indigenous Community Water Facilitator Network

IEDS: Indigenous Economic Development Strategy

IFaMP: Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project

IGC: Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore

ILC: Indigenous Land Corporation

ILUA: Indigenous Land Use Agreement

IMA: Indigenous Management Agreement

IPA: Indigenous Protected Area

IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPO: Indigenous Peoples Organisation IPP: Indigenous Partnerships Programme

IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature

IWPG: Indigenous Water Policy Group

JI: Joint Implementation

LAA: Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (NT)

MDB: Murray-Darling Basin

MDBA: Murray-Darling Basin Authority

MDBC: Murray-Darling Basin Commission

MDG: Millennium Development Goals

MLDRIN: Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations

MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

NAILSMA: North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance

NGISG: Northern Gulf Indigenous Savannah Group

NGO: Non-Government Organisation

NICC: National Indigenous Climate Change

NNTT: National Native Title Tribunal

NQLC: North Queensland Land Council

NSW: New South Wales

NSWALC: New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council

NT: Northern Territory

NTA: Native Title Act

NTRB: Native title representative body

NWC: National Water Commission

NWI: National Water Initiative ORIC: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination

PBC: Prescribed body corporate

PEG: Policy Engagement Group

Qld: Queensland

REDD: Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries

RNTBC: Registered Native Title Body Corporate

SA: South Australia

SWALSC: South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council

TKRP: Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways

TRaCK: Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge

TSRA: Torres Strait Regional Authority

UDHR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UN: United Nations

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNPFII: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Vic: Victoria

WA: Western Australia

WAFIC: Western Australian Fishing Industry Council

WALFA: Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement

WHO: World Health Organisation

WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation WSP: Water Sharing Plans