Available Translations:
Cymraeg| AGNPP | Above Ground Net Primary Productivity |
| AONB | Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
| AURN | Automatic Urban and Rural Network |
| BBS | Breeding Bird Survey |
| BMS | Butterfly Monitoring Scheme |
| BRC | Biological Records Centre |
| BTO | British Trust for Ornithology |
| BU | Bangor University |
| CBC | Common Birds Census |
| CEH | Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| CH4 | Methane |
| CRN | Customer Reference Number |
| CS | Countryside Survey |
| DA | Disadvantaged Area |
| DCWW | Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs |
| DOC | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| EA | Environment Act |
| eDNA | Environmental DNA |
| EO | Earth Observation |
| Resilience | [Ecological] Resilience - the capacity of ecosystems to deal with disturbances whilst retaining their ability to deliver services and benefits now and in the future (Natural Resources Wales SoNaRR Report, 2016). |
| EU | European Union |
| FERA | Fera Science Limited; formerly the Food and Environment Research Agency - a joint venture co-owned by Capita and DEFRA. |
| FSA | Food Standards Agency |
| FT | Flux tower |
| FUW | Farmers' Union of Wales |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gases |
| GMEP | Glastir Monitoring & Evaluation Programme |
| HEF | Historic Environment Feature |
| HNV | High Nature Value [farmland] |
| INNS | Invasive and Non-Native Species |
| IPPC | International Panel for Climate Change |
| IPR | Intellectual Property rights |
| JNCC | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| K | Potassium |
| LERC | Local Environmental Records Centres |
| LFA | Less Favoured Area |
| Lidar | Light Detection And Ranging - a surveying method that measures distance to a target with a scanning laser light to create a 3D map of a place or object |
| LISS | Low Impact Silvicultural Systems |
| LOI | Loss On Ignition |
LERCs | Local Environmental Record Centres Local Record Centres |
| LULUCF | Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
| Mg | Magnesium |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| N | Nitrogen |
| N2O | Nitrous Oxide |
| Natura 2000 | European network of protected sites {under the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive} |
| NBMP | National Bat Monitoring Programme |
| NBN Atlas | National Biodiversity Network |
| NDVI | Normalised Difference Vegetation Index |
| NFI | National Forest Inventory |
| NFU | National Farmers Union Cymru |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisations |
| NNR | National Nature Reserves |
| NPK | Fertiliser (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium) |
| NPMS | National Plant Monitoring Scheme |
| NRM | Natural Resources Monitoring |
| NRMF | Natural Resources Monitoring Framework |
| NRW | Natural Resources Wales |
| OGL | Open Government Licence |
| ONS | Office for National Statistics |
| P | Phosphorus |
| PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
| PAWS | Planted Ancient Woodland Sites |
| PCBs | Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PES | Payments for Ecosystem Services |
| POC | Particulate Organic Carbon |
| PoMS | Pollinator Monitoring Scheme |
| PROW | Public Right of Way |
| qPCR | quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RAMSAR [site] | A wetland area designated for its conservation value under the 1971 UNESCO Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. |
| RCUK | Research Councils UK |
| RDP | Rural Development Programme/Plan |
| RIMNET | Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network |
| RNWAS | Restored Native Woodland on Ancient Sites |
| SAC | Special Areas of Conservation |
| SAGE | Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies |
| SAM | Scheduled Ancient Monument |
| SCM | Soil Carbon Management |
| SDA | Severely Disadvantaged Area |
| SLM | Sustainable Land Management |
| SMNR | Sustainable Management of Natural Resources |
| SNM | Soil Nutrient Management |
| SOC | Soil Organic Carbon |
| SOM | Soil Organic Matter |
| SoNaRR | State of Natural Resources Reports |
| SP | Sustainability Principle |
| SPA | Special Protection Area |
| SRO | Senior Responsible Officer |
| SSSI | Site of Special Scientific Interest |
| STAC | Scientific Technical Advisory Cell |
| TOMP | Toxic Organic Micro Pollutants Network |
| TPO | Tree Preservation Order |
| UKBMS | UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme |
| UKEAP | UK Eutrophying and Acidifying Pollutants |
| UKEOF | UK Environmental Observation Framework |
| UKSO | UK Soil Observatory |
| WCBS | Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey |
| WFD | Water Framework Directive |
| WFG | Well Being of Future Generations Act |
| WG | Welsh Government |
| WGNI | Welsh Government National Indicators |
