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| BCSD | British Council for Sustainable Development |
| CA | Communal Area |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
| CFC | chlorofluorocarbons |
| CITES | Convention of Trade in Endangered Species |
| CVM | Contingent Valuation Methodology |
| ECU | European currency unit |
| EIC | environmental impact coefficient |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GG/GHG | greenhouse gases |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| MMPA | Marine Mammals Protection Act |
| MOHPPE | Dutch Environmental Policy Plan |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NEPP | Netherlands National Environmental Policy Plan |
| NIC | Newly Industralized Countries |
| NR | Natural Regions |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PNPL | Public Nuisance Prevention Law |
| R/P ratio | reserves/annual production ratio |
| SPM | suspended particle matter |
| TFP | total factor productivity |
| UNCED | UN Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCTAD | UN Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WRI | World Resources Institute |
| WIDER | World Institute for Development Economics Research |