GAP
Guneydogu Anadolu Projesi (Southeastern Anatolia Project)
GD for EIA The General Directorate for EIA, Permission and Control
GDNAP
General Directorate of Natural Assets Protection
GEF
Global Environmental Facility
GFSI
Global Food Security Index
HEPP
Hydroelectricity Power Plants
ICJ
International Court of Justice
ICN
International Conference on Nutrition
IEL
International Environmental Law
IL
International Law
IMF
International Monetary Fund
INDC
Intended National Determined Contribution
IOM
International Organization for Migration
LULUCF
Land use, land use change and forestry
MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
MoEF
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
MoEU
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization
MSI
Market surveillance and inspection
NAP
National Agriculture Project
NFD
Negotiation Framework Document
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NPAFN
National Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition
OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OG
Official Gazette
OJ
Official Journal
PAC
Provisional Activity Certificate
PCA
Paris Climate Agreement
PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyl
PYD
Democratic Union Party
Rio+20
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
SEA
Strategic Environmental Assessment
SEPA
Special Environmental Protection Area
TAF
Turkish Armed Forces
TEL
Turkish Environmental Law
TGNA
Turkish Grand National Assembly
TMMOB
Türkiye Mühendis ve Mimar Odalari Birligi (Union of Chambers of
Turkish Engineers and Architects)
TR
Turkish Republic
TRC
Turkish Red Crescent
UN
United Nations
UNDP
UN Development Programme
UNECE
UN Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP
UN Environment Programme
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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