Acronyms
Swiss Agricultural Policy 2014-17
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (Das Bundesamt für Umwelt)
Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (Bundesamt für Land-wirtschaft)
Biochemical oxygen demand
EU Common Agricultural Policy
The United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity
Pesticide saving certificates, France (Certificats d’économie de produits phytosanitaires)
European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy
Conservation trust fund
Christian Democratic People’s Party of Switzerland
Ecological compensation areas (in Switzerland)
Exclusive economic zone
European Union
Environmental User Fee System
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
International Foundation of the Banc d’Arguin (Fondation Internationale du Banc d’Arguin)
National Federation of Agricultural Trade Unions, France (Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants d’Agricoles)
Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
European Union Fisheries Partnership Agreements
General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
Gross domestic product
Global Environment Facility
French National Institute for Agricultural Research (L’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)
Individually transferable quotas
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Law on the Future of Agriculture and Forestry, France (Loi d’Avenir Agricole et Forestiere)
Law on Water and Aquatic Environments, France (Loi sur l’eau et les milieux aquatiques)
French Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forest
French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development
Icelandic Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Marine protected area
National Biodiversity Strategy
Non-governmental organisation
Number of Unit Doses
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Proof of ecological performance
Payments for ecosystem services
Banc d’Arguin National Park of Mauritania
Producer Support Estimate
New Zealand’s Individually Tradable Quota Management System
Regional fishery management organisations
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Swiss People’s Party
Total allowable catch
General tax on polluting activities, France (Taxe générale sur les activités polluantes)
Utilised Agriculture Area
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Value added tax
World Trade Organisation