

Abbreviations
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four-wheel drive
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Australian Antarctic Division
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Australian Antarctic Territory
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Australian Design Rule
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Australian Fisheries Management Authority
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National Environment Protection Measure for Ambient Air Quality
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Atlas of Living Australia
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Atlas of Living Australia
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air quality index
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Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC)
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Antarctic Specially Managed Area
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Antarctic Specially Protected Area
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Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984
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Australian River Assessment System
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Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
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Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database
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central business district
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Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
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chlorofluorocarbon
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Commonwealth marine reserve
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carbon dioxide
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coal-seam gas
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East Australian Current
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exclusive economic zone
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El Niño–Southern Oscillation
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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Emissions Reduction Fund
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gross domestic product
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greenhouse gas
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gigalitre
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Global Ocean Observing System
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global positioning system
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gigatonne
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gross value added
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gigawatt hour
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hydrofluorocarbon
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Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia
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intermittently closed and open lakes and lagoons
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International Council on Monuments and Sites
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integrated coastal zone management
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industry gross value added
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Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia
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International Maritime Organization
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Integrated Marine Observing System
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Indian Ocean Dipole
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Indigenous Protected Area
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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industrial processes and product use
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
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illegal, unreported and unregulated
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kilolitre
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square kilometres
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square kilometre
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liquefied natural gas
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land use, land-use change and forestry
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square metre
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Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
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International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
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Metropolitan Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia
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microgram per cubic metre
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megalitre
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millimetre
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millimetres per year
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marine protected area
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megatonne of carbon dioxide equivalent
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National Clean Air Agreement
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National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy
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National Environment Protection Council
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National Environment Protection Measure
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National Energy Productivity Plan
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National Groundwater Information System
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nitric oxide
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nitrogen dioxide
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National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
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generic term for the nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2)
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National Pollutant Inventory
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natural resource management
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National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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perfluorocarbon
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petagram
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particulate matter
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particulate matter less than 10 microns in size
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particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in size
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Pacific oyster mortality syndrome
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persistent organic pollutant
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parts per billion
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parts per million
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representative concentration pathway
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Renewable Energy Target
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special Antarctic blend
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Southern Annular Mode
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South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative
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sulfur hexafluoride
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social licence to operate
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soil organic carbon
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State of the Environment
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ultraviolet B
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volatile organic compound
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World Heritage Convention