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Abbreviations

AIMS	Australian Institute for Marine Science
BDTNRM	Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management
BMP	Best Management Practices
BMRG	Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Inc
BSES	Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
CCI	Coastal Catchments Initiative
CRC	Cooperative Research Centre
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DAFF	(Australian) Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
DPC	(Queensland) Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Defence	(Australian) Department of Defence
DEWHA	(Australian) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
DLGP	(Queensland) Department of Local Government and Planning
DPI&F	(Queensland) Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
DSD	(Queensland) Department of State Development
EPA	(Queensland) Environmental Protection Agency
FBA	Fitzroy Basin Association
FIFA	Fertilizer Industry Federation of Australia Inc.
FMS	Farm Management Systems
GBRMPA	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
ILUA	Indigenous Land Use Agreement
Inshore reefs	Reefs growing near the shore of the mainland such as fringing reefs
IOC	Intergovernmental Operational Committee
IPA	Integrated Planning Act
IWG	Intergovernmental Working Group
JSC	Joint Australian and Queensland Government Natural Resource Management Steering Committee
LGAQ	Local Government Association of Queensland
MTSRF	Marine and Tropical Science Research Facility
MWNRM	Mackay Whitsunday Natural Resource Management Group
NAP or NAPSWQ	National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
NLWRA	National Land and Water Resource Audit
NMZ	Nutrient Management Zone
NRM	Natural resource management (i.e. land, water and vegetation)
NRW	(Queensland) Department of Natural Resources and Water
Partnership or RWQP	Reef Water Quality Partnership
QFF	Queensland Farmers’ Federation
QRIS	Queensland Regional Information Service
Reef	Great Barrier Reef
Reef Plan	Reef Water Quality Protection Plan
Regional NRM body	Regional Natural Resource Management bodies
RIG	Regional Implementation Group
SAP	Scientific Advisory Panel
SIPs	State-wide Investment Projects
Terrain NRM	Formerly known as Far North Queensland Natural Resource Management (FNQNRM)
“the Trust” or NHT	Natural Heritage Trust
WQIP	Water Quality Improvement Plan
WTMA	Wet Tropics Management Authority

 

Last reviewed 22 January 2008

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