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APPENDIX 1: List of acronyms used in this chapter
Area (the)
seafloor of the High Seas, i.e. beyond national jurisdiction
ACOPS
Advisory Committee on Polluton of the Sea
AMAP
Arctic Monotoring and Assessment Programme
AUV
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
BIE
Benthic Impact Experiment (USA–Russia, Japan, IOM, India)
BIO-C-FLUX
Biological Carbon Flux in the Near-bottom Water Layer in the Deep Sea of the Northeast Atlantic (Germany)
BIOTRANS
Biological Vertical Transport and Energetics in the Benthic Boundary Layer of the Deep Sea (Germany)
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
DISCOL
Disturbance and Recolonisation of a Manganese Nodule Area in the South Pacific (Germany)
DDT
Dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane
DOMES
Deep Ocean Mining Experimental Study (USA)
DWD 106
Deepwater Municipal Dumpsite 106 (USA)
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
ENEA
European Nuclear Energy Agency
GESAMP
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
GTI
Gas Technology Information
HCH
Hexachlorocyclohexane
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IMO
International Maritime Organization
INDEX
Indian Deep-sea Experiment
IOM
Interoceanmetal Joint Organization
IRA
Impact Reference Area
ISA
International Seabed Authority
IUCNNR
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
JET
Japan Deep-sea Impact Experiment
LC (London Convention) Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matters
MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MESEDA
Metalliferous Sediments Atlantis II Deep (Germany)
MPA
Marine Protected Area
NEA
Nuclear Energy Agency
NERC
Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
NRC
National Research Council (USA)
OSCOM (Oslo
Commission)
Oslo Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft
OSPAR
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
OSPARCOM (Oslo and
Paris Commission)
Oslo and Paris Conventions for the Prevention of Marine Pollution
PCB
Poly-chlorinated biphenyls
PCC
Poly-chlorinated camphenes
PDO
Pilot Disposal Operation
PMO
Pilot Mining Operation (mining test)
PPMT
Pre-pilot Mining Test (technique test)
PRA
Preservational Reference Area
PrepCom
Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law
of the Sea
SEBA
Working Group on Sea-based Activities (of OSPARCOM)
SRA
Stable Reference Area
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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APPENDIX 1: List of acronyms used in this chapter
Area (the)
seafloor of the High Seas, i.e. beyond national jurisdiction
ACOPS
Advisory Committee on Polluton of the Sea
AMAP
Arctic Monotoring and Assessment Programme
AUV
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
BIE
Benthic Impact Experiment (USA–Russia, Japan, IOM, India)
BIO-C-FLUX
Biological Carbon Flux in the Near-bottom Water Layer in the Deep Sea of the Northeast Atlantic (Germany)
BIOTRANS
Biological Vertical Transport and Energetics in the Benthic Boundary Layer of the Deep Sea (Germany)
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
DISCOL
Disturbance and Recolonisation of a Manganese Nodule Area in the South Pacific (Germany)
DDT
Dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane
DOMES
Deep Ocean Mining Experimental Study (USA)
DWD 106
Deepwater Municipal Dumpsite 106 (USA)
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
ENEA
European Nuclear Energy Agency
GESAMP
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
GTI
Gas Technology Information
HCH
Hexachlorocyclohexane
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IMO
International Maritime Organization
INDEX
Indian Deep-sea Experiment
IOM
Interoceanmetal Joint Organization
IRA
Impact Reference Area
ISA
International Seabed Authority
IUCNNR
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
JET
Japan Deep-sea Impact Experiment
LC (London Convention) Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matters
MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MESEDA
Metalliferous Sediments Atlantis II Deep (Germany)
MPA
Marine Protected Area
NEA
Nuclear Energy Agency
NERC
Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
NRC
National Research Council (USA)
OSCOM (Oslo
Commission)
Oslo Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft
OSPAR
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
OSPARCOM (Oslo and
Paris Commission)
Oslo and Paris Conventions for the Prevention of Marine Pollution
PCB
Poly-chlorinated biphenyls
PCC
Poly-chlorinated camphenes
PDO
Pilot Disposal Operation
PMO
Pilot Mining Operation (mining test)
PPMT
Pre-pilot Mining Test (technique test)
PRA
Preservational Reference Area
PrepCom
Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law
of the Sea
SEBA
Working Group on Sea-based Activities (of OSPARCOM)
SRA
Stable Reference Area
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea