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FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment
Fe
Iron
FMD
Floating Marine Debris
FML
Flexible Membrane Liners
FOG
Fat, Oil, Grease
FTW
Floating Treatment Wetland
GCL
Geosynthetic Clay Liner
Gd
Gadolinium
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GFCI
Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupters
GHG
Greenhouse Gases
GI
Gastro-intestine
GPP
Green Public Procurement
GPS
Global Positioning System
GTZ
Deutsche Gesellschaft fürTechnischeZusammenarbeit (German
Technical Cooperation)
H 2 CO 3
Carbonic Acid
H 2 CrO 4
Chromic Acid
H 2 O
Water
H 2 S
Hydrogen Sulfide
H 2 SO 4
Sulfuric Acid
Hb
Hemoglobin
HC
Hydrocarbons
HCB
HexoChloroBenezenes
HCl
Hydrochloric Acid
HEX-BCH Hexachlorobicycloheptadiene, Bicyclo(2.2.1)hepta-2,5-diene
Hg
Mercury
HgCl 2
Mercury Chloride
HgSO 4
Mercury Sulfate
HHP
Household Hazardous Product
HHV
Human Herpesvirus
HHW
Household Hazardous Waste
HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLW
High-Level Wastes
HSLT
High Speed Low Torque
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IARC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
IATA
International Air Transport Association
ICLEI
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
ICT
Information Communication Technology
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IFRC
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
IGES
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
ILO
International Labour Organisation
Abbreviations