| 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 |