In any industry there are standard arconyms commonly used by those 'in the know' that are often a mystery to people from other walks of life. In the interests of making information accessible to all land-use practioners, whether from industry, government, academia, or the general public, the Land-use Knowledge Network has developed an on-going list of acronyms that may be used in resources found on our site. We will endeavour to keep this list current and accurate - although it will never be fully complete - and welcome any additions or corrections. Entries are alphabetical.
ABMI - Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
- LARP - Lower Athabasca Regional Plan
- SSPR - South Saskatchewan Planning Region
ACC - Alberta Caribou Committee
- ACCGB - Alberta Caribou Committee Governance Board
- ALT - Athabasca Landscape Team
- WCCLP - West Central Caribou Landscape Planning (team)
AEW - Alberta Environment and Water
ASRD - Alberta Sustainable Resources Development
AWC - Alberta Water Council
- PEACH - Provincial Ecological Aquatic Criteria for Health (project team)
- WATSUP - Water Allocation Transfer System Upgrade Project (team)
- CEP - Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity (project team/plan)
AWCRT - Alberta Woodland Caribou Recovery Team
BCC - Boral Caribou Committee
CAPP - Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
CBM - Coalbed methane
CEMA - Cumulative Environmental Management Association
COSEWIC - Committee o the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
CSUR - Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (formerly CSUG)
EC - Environment Canada
EOR - Enhanced oil recovery
ESCC - Endangered Species Conservation Committee
FRI - Foothills Research Institute
NCASI - National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
NRTEE - National Round Table on the Environment and Economy
OSLI - Oil Sands Leadership Initiative
- RWMS - Regional Water Management Solutions
PTAC - Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada
- AUPRF - Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund
- REMTAP - Resource Emissions Management Technology Action Plan
- SME - Small & Medium Enterprises
- TEREE - Technology for Emission Reduction and Eco-efficiency
RAMP - Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program
TDS - Total dissolved solids
WPAC - Watershed Planning & Advisory Councils
