Abbreviations and acronyms

AGCID

Chilean International Co-operation Agency for Development

AMERB

Area of Management and Exploitation of Benthic Resources

APL

Clean Production Agreement

BAU

Business-as-usual

CBD

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

CDM

Clean Development Mechanism

CEPAL

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

CH4

Methane

CIFES

National Sustainable Energy Innovation and Promotion Centre

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CO2

Carbon dioxide

CONAF

National Forest Corporation

CONAMA

National Environmental Commission

CORFO

Chilean Economic Development Agency

DAC

OECD Development Assistance Committee

DGA

General Water Directorate

DIA

Environmental Impact Declaration

ECLAC

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

EGS

Environmental goods and services

EIA

Environmental impact assessment

FDI

Foreign direct investment

GDP

Gross domestic product

GEF

Global Environment Facility

GERD

Gross domestic research and development expenditure

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GNI

Gross national income

INDC

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

LNG

Liquefied natural gas

LULUCF

Land use, land-use change and forestry

MAPS

Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios

MINVU

Ministry of Housing and Urbanism

MMA

Ministry of Environment

Mt COeq

Million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

NAMA

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action

NCRE

Non-conventional renewable energy source

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NOx

Nitrogen oxides

N2O

Nitrous oxide

OCC

Office of Climate Change

ODA

Official development assistance

PES

Payments for ecosystem services

PM

Particulate matter

PPDA

Pollution Prevention and Decontamination Plan

PPP

Public-private partnership/Purchasing power parity

PRTR

Pollution Release and Transfer Register

R&D

Research and development

RCA

Resolution of Environmental Qualification

RTA

Regional trade agreement

SBAP

Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service

SEA

Strategic environmental assessment

SEIA

System of Environmental Impact Assessment

SIRDS-S

Agricultural Soil Environmental Sustainability Incentive System

SMA

Environmental Superintendence

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

SNAP

National Protected Areas System

SNASPE

National System of Public Protected Forest Areas

SOx

Sulphur oxides

SO2

Sulphur dioxide

SUBDERE

Undersecretary for Regional and Administrative Development

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UTM

Monthly tax unit

VAT

Value added tax