Arctic Council
AMAP
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
ROS
Rain-on-snow
POP
Persistent Organic Pollutant
CAFF
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
IH
Impact Hypothesis
CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
POC
Particulate Organic Carbon
MIZ
Marginal Ice Zone
PAME
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
ToR
Terms of Reference
SEPA
Svalbard Environmental Protection Act
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
COAT
Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra
SDWG
Sustainable Development Working Group
VEC
Valued Ecosystem Component
CITES
Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
EA
Ecosystem Approach
NDVI
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
EPPR
Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response
AEAM
Arctic Environmental Assessment and Management
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
EBSA
Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Area
NDC
Nationally Determined Contributions