Measuring New Zealand’s Progress Using a Sustainable Development Approach: 2008
| CFCs |
– |
chlorofluorocarbons |
| CO2 |
– |
carbon dioxide |
| Defra |
– |
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (UK) |
| FTE |
– |
full time-equivalent |
| GDP |
– |
gross domestic product |
| GPIs |
– |
genuine progress indicators |
| MCI |
– |
macroinvertebrate community index |
| NCEA |
– |
National Certificate of Educational Achievement |
| NIWA |
– |
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research |
| OECD |
– |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PM10 |
– |
collective term for particles, such as dust, smoke, and fog, less than 10 microns in diameter |
| R&D |
– |
research and development |
| RGNDI |
– |
real gross national disposable income |
| TPES |
– |
total primary energy supply |
| UNCED |
– |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| QMS |
– |
Quota Management System |
| WCED |
– |
World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WGSSD |
– |
Joint Working Group on Statistics for Sustainable Development |