Abbreviations

AGREV

Agriculture and Environment Programme for Vittel area

Anammox

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation

BMP

Best management practices

BRIICS

Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa

CEAP

Conservation Effects Assessment Project

CMAQ

Community Multi-scale Air Quality (model)

CO2

Carbon dioxide

DER

Direct environmental regulation

DNRA

Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium

DON

Dissolved organic nitrogen

ERS

Economic Research Service (United States Department of Agriculture)

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEF

Global Environment Fund

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GLO

Ground-level ozone

GMWTP

reater Miami Watershed Trading Programme

GPNM

Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (UNEP)

GWAVA

Groundwater vulnerability and assessment (model)

GWh

Gigawatt hour

GWP

Global Warming Potential

HNO3

Nitric acid

IFA

International Fertiliser Association

InMAP

Intervention Model for Air Pollution

INMS

International Nitrogen Management System

IPA

Impact-Pathway Analysis

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

KWh

Kilowatt hour

LRTAP

Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

N2

Dinitrogen (the inert form of nitrogen)

N2O

Nitrous oxide

N2O5

Dinitrogen pentoxide

NANI

Net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs

NH3

Ammonia

NH4+

Ammonium

NH4NO3

Ammonium nitrate

NHx

Reduced forms of nitrogen (includes ammonia and ammonium)

Nitrogen

Reactive forms of nitrogen (excludes N2)

Nitrogen cycle

Biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen

NLEAP

Nitrogen Loss and Environmental Assessment Package (model)

NO

Nitric oxide

NO2

Nitrogen dioxide

NO2-

Nitrite

NO3-

Nitrate

NOx

Nitrogen oxides (includes nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide)

NOy

Oxidised forms of nitrogen (includes nitrogen oxides, nitric acid and dinitrogen pentoxide)

NRCS

Natural Resource Conservation Service (United States Department of Agriculture)

NUE

Nitrogen Use Efficiency

O3

Ozone

P

Phosphorus

PAN

Peroxyacetylnitrate

PAS

Integrated Approach to Nitrogen (Netherlands)

Pathways

Biogeochemical pathways

PB

Planetary boundaries

PES

Payment for ecosystem services

PFS

Public financial support

PON

Particulate organic nitrogen

PM

Particulate matter

PM2.5

Fine particles (1-2.5 micrometres in diameter)

PM10

Coarse particles (1-10 micrometres in diameter)

PP

Precautionary principle

PRMS

Precipitation-Runoff Modelling System (model)

REAP

Resource Enhancement and Protection Programme

SEK

Swedish krona

SWV-GWMA

Southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area (Oregon, United States)

TFRN

Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen (UN Economic Commission for Europe)

TMDL

Total Maximum Daily Load

TPS

Tradable permit system

UN

United Nations

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

USD

United States dollar

VNT

Vintage Nitrogen Trading (New Zealand)

VS

Voluntary scheme

WFD

Water Framework Directive (EU)

WHO

World Health Organisation (UN)

WQSTM

Water Quality and Sediment Transport Model (model)

WTO

World Trade Organisation

WWTP

Wastewater treatment plant

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