Progress in accessing environmental data and information
Integrative commentary
Department of the Environment and Heritage
prepared for the 2006 Australian State of the Environment Committee, 2006
Acronyms
| ABARE | Australian Bureau for Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| ABIF | Australian Biodiversity Information Facility |
| ABRS | Australian Biological Resources Study |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACLEP | Australian Collaborative Land Evaluation Program |
| ACLUMP | Australian Collaborative Land Use Mapping Program |
| ACRIS | Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System |
| AGEIS | Australian Greenhouse Emissions Information System |
| AGIMO | Australian Government Information Management Office |
| AGO | Australian Greenhouse Office |
| AGSINS | Australian Government Spatial Information for National Security |
| ANHAT | Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool |
| ANZLIC | Australia New Zealand Land Information Council |
| ARO | Australia’s Resources Online |
| ASDD | Australian Spatial Data Directory |
| ASDI | Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure |
| ASRIS | Australian Soil Research Information System |
| the Audit | National Land and Water Resources Audit |
| AVH | Australia’s Virtual Herbarium |
| AWI | Australian Wetland Inventory |
| BRS | Bureau of Rural Sciences |
| CANRI | Community Access to Natural Resources Information |
| CAPAD | Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database |
| CHAH | Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific, Industrial and Research Organisation |
| DEH | Australian Government Department of Environment and Heritage |
| DIGO | Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation |
| ERIN | Environmental Resources Information Network |
| ESCAVI | Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information |
| GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| ISO | International Standards Organisation |
| NAMS | National Agricultural Monitoring System |
| NAP | National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality |
| NCAS | National Carbon Accounting System |
| NDN | National Data Network |
| NHT | Natural Heritage Trust |
| NLWRA | National Land and Water Resources Audit |
| NPI | National Pollutant Inventory |
| NVIS | National Vegetation Information System |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OSDM | Office of Spatial Data Management |
| OZCAM | Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums |
| PSMA | Public Sector Mapping Agencies |
| QSIIS | Queensland Spatial Data |
| SPRAT | Species Profiles and Threats Database |
| WALIS | Western Australian Land Information System |
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