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Science and Research

Commonwealth Public Inquiry into Access to Biological Resources in Commonwealth Areas

John Voumard, Inquiry Chair
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000
ISBN 0642547157


ACRONYMS

AFZ Australian Fishing Zone
ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council
AQIS Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
ARA Acacemic Research Agreement
ATSIC Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders Commission
CCAMLR Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
COP Conference of the Parties
CRA Commercial Research Agreement
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
FSES Facilitated Scientific Exchange System
GBRMPA Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
ILO International Labour Organization
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MTA Material Transfer Agreement
OCS Offshore Constitutional Settlement
PU Penalty Unit
SSL Act Seas and Submerged Lands Act
TRIPS Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WTO World Trade Organization
Access to Biological Resources in Commonwealth Areas
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