<p>Acronyms/Abbreviations List</p><p>AIATSIS: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies</p><p>ACT: Australian Capital Territory </p><p>AHA: Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic)</p><p>ALRA: Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)</p><p>BOM: Bureau of Meteorology </p><p>CAT: Centre for Appropriate Technology </p><p>CATSI Act: Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)</p><p>CBD: Convention on Biodiversity </p><p>CDM: Clean Development Mechanism </p><p>CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women</p><p>CERD: International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination </p><p>CEPM: Community Energy Planning Model </p><p>CLA: Crown Lands Act 1989 (NT)</p><p>COAG: Council of Australian Governments </p><p>COP: Conference of the Parties </p><p>CPRS: Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme </p><p>CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child</p><p>CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation</p><p>Cth: Commonwealth </p><p>Desert Knowledge Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre CRC: eNGO: Environmental Non-Government Organisation </p><p>EPBCA: Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)</p><p>EPC: Environment Protection Act 1994 (Qld) </p><p>FaHCSIA: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs </p><p>FARM: Riverina Financial and Rural Management </p><p>GLSC: Goldfields Land and Sea Council</p><p>IAC: Indigenous Advisory Committee </p><p>ICC: Indigenous Coordination Centre </p><p>ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights</p><p>ICERD: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination</p><p>ICESCR: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights</p><p>ICSU: International Council for Science </p><p>ICWFN: Indigenous Community Water Facilitator Network </p><p>IEDS: Indigenous Economic Development Strategy </p><p>IFaMP: Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project</p><p>IGC: Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore </p><p>ILC: Indigenous Land Corporation</p><p>ILUA: Indigenous Land Use Agreement </p><p>IMA: Indigenous Management Agreement </p><p>IPA: Indigenous Protected Area </p><p>IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change </p><p>IPO: Indigenous Peoples Organisation IPP: Indigenous Partnerships Programme </p><p>IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature</p><p>IWPG: Indigenous Water Policy Group </p><p>JI: Joint Implementation </p><p>LAA: Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (NT)</p><p>MDB: Murray-Darling Basin </p><p>MDBA: Murray-Darling Basin Authority </p><p>MDBC: Murray-Darling Basin Commission </p><p>MDG: Millennium Development Goals </p><p>MLDRIN: Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations</p><p>MOU: Memorandum of Understanding </p><p>NAILSMA: North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance </p><p>NGISG: Northern Gulf Indigenous Savannah Group</p><p>NGO: Non-Government Organisation</p><p>NICC: National Indigenous Climate Change </p><p>NNTT: National Native Title Tribunal</p><p>NQLC: North Queensland Land Council</p><p>NSW: New South Wales</p><p>NSWALC: New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council </p><p>NT: Northern Territory</p><p>NTA: Native Title Act</p><p>NTRB: Native title representative body</p><p>NWC: National Water Commission </p><p>NWI: National Water Initiative ORIC: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination</p><p>PBC: Prescribed body corporate</p><p>PEG: Policy Engagement Group </p><p>Qld: Queensland </p><p>REDD: Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries </p><p>RNTBC: Registered Native Title Body Corporate </p><p>SA: South Australia</p><p>SWALSC: South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council</p><p>TKRP: Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways </p><p>TRaCK: Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge </p><p>TSRA: Torres Strait Regional Authority </p><p>UDHR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights</p><p>UN: United Nations </p><p>UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme </p><p>UNDP: United Nations Development Programme </p><p>UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation </p><p>UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change </p><p>UNPFII: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues</p><p>Vic: Victoria </p><p>WA: Western Australia</p><p>WAFIC: Western Australian Fishing Industry Council </p><p>WALFA: Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement </p><p>WHO: World Health Organisation </p><p>WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation WSP: Water Sharing Plans</p>