Abbreviations and acronyms
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Aboriginal Finance Institution
Australian Dollar
Broken Hill Proprietary
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Canadian Dollar
Comprehensive Community Planning
Community Development Finance Institution
Community Development Quota
Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Council of Australian Governments
Director General of the Investment Committee
Environmental assessment
Economic Development Administration
Geographic Information System
Food and Agricultural Organisation
Free, prior and informed consent
Frog Lake Energy Resource Corporation
Fortescue Metals Group
First Nations Land Management Act
Forest Stewardship Council
He Kai Kei Aku Ringa
Indigenous and Community Conserved Area
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development
International Finance Corporation
International Labour Organisation
Indian Lands Registry System
Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
Intermediate
National Institute of Statistics and Geography
Indigenous Protected Areas
International Union for Conservation of Nature
James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement
Memorandum of Understanding
Marine Protected Area
National Congress of American Indians
Natural Reserve System
Northern Sparsely Populated Areas
New South Wales (Australia)
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
North West Territories
New Zealand dollar
New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
Payments for environmental services
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
Predominantly rural
Predominantly urban
Reconciliation Australia
Reconciliation Action Plan
Regional Development Australia
Rural Development Programme
Regional Development Policy Committee
Northern Responsible Energy Approaches for Community Heat and Electricity Programme
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Right of First Refusal
Sustainable Development Goals
Strategic Partnerships Initiative
South Saskatchewan Regional Plan
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Traditional Knowledge and Use Assessment
Territorial level
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
United States Dollar
OECD Working Party on Rural Policy