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| ACF | Australian Conservation Foundation |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AMSA | Australian Marine Science Association |
| ANEDO | Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices |
| ARF | Australian Ranger Federation |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| AWC | Australian Wildlife Conservancy |
| CALM | Department of Conservation and Land Management (Western Australia) |
| CAPAD | Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Dataset |
| CAR | comprehensive, adequate and representative |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CFA | Commonwealth Fisheries Association |
| CMCA | Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CRC | Cooperative Research Centres |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DAFF | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| DEC | Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia |
| DEW | Department of the Environment and Water Resources, formerly known as the Department of the Environment and Heritage |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |
| EPBC Act | The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| GBRMP | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park |
| GBRMPA | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| GBMWHA | Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area |
| GMS | Gascoyne-Murchison Strategy |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| IBRA | Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia |
| IPA | Indigenous Protected Area |
| IUCN | World Commission on Protected Areas, formerly known as International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
| LGAQ | Local Government Association of Queensland |
| MCA | Minerals Council of Australia |
| MCCN | Marine and Coastal Community Network |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area |
| NFACP | National Feral Animal Control Program |
| NFPS | National Forest Policy Statement |
| NGO | Non-government organisation |
| NHT | Natural Heritage Trust |
| NPA | National Parks Association |
| NPWS | National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales) |
| NRM | Natural Resource Management |
| NRMMC | Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council |
| NRS | National Reserve System |
| NRSMPA | National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas |
| NRSP | National Reserve System Program |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NWI | National Water Initiative |
| PA | Protected Area |
| PAMA | Protected Area Management Agency |
| PMSEIC | Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council |
| QLD | Queensland |
| QPWS | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| RAMSAR | The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Iran 1971) |
| RFA | Regional Forest Agreement |
| SA | South Australia |
| TNC | The Nature Conservancy |
| TWS | The Wilderness Society |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| US | United States (of America) |
| VIC | Victoria |
| VMS | Vessel Monitoring System |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WCPA | World Commission on Protected Areas (formerly IUCN) |
| WHA | World Heritage Area |
| WTMA | Wet Tropics Management Authority |
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