Acronyms
Below is a list of acronyms commonly used in the PAS.
- AOI - Area of Interest
- APG - Aboriginal Pipeline Group
- BSBMP - Beaufort Sea Beluga Management Plan
- BSIMPI - Beaufort Sea Integrated Management Planning Initiative
- CCA - Cultural Conservation Area
- CEAA - Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
- COSEWIC - Committee on Status on Endangered Wildlife in Canada
- CNPA - Canada National Parks Act
- CPAWS - Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- CRMP - Cultural Resource Management Policy (Parks Canada)
- CWA - Critical Wildlife Area or Canada Wildlife Act
- CWAWAR - Canada Wildlife Act, Wildlife Area Regulations
- CWS - Canadian Wildlife Service
- DFO - Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- DIAND - Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (also known as INAC)
- DLUP/DCLUP - Dehcho Land Use Plan
- DUC - Ducks Unlimited Canada
- EC - Environment Canada
- ENGOs - Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations
- ENR - Environment and Natural Resources (GNWT department)
- GIS - Geographic Information System
- GLUP - Gwich’in Land Use Plan
- GNWT - Government of the Northwest Territories
- GSCI - Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute
- GTC - Gwich’in Tribal Council
- HSMA - Historic Sites and Monuments Act
- HSMBC - Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
- HTC - Hunters and Trappers Committee
- HWW - Hinterland Who’s Who
- IAC - PAS Implementation Advisory Committee (now the PAS Steering Committee)
- IBA - Impact and Benefit Agreement
- ICOMOS - International Science Committee on Cultural Landscapes
- INAC - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (also known as DIAND)
- IFA - Inuvialuit Final Agreement
- ILW - Interim Land Withdrawal
- IMA - Interim Measures Agreement
- ISR - Inuvialuit Settlement Region
- ITI - Industry, Tourism and Investment (GNWT department)
- IUCN – World Conservation Union
- LUP - Land Use Plan
- NEP - Natural Environment Park
- NWA - National Wildlife Area
- MBCA - Migratory Birds Convention Act
- MBS - Migratory Bird Sanctuary
- MERA - Mineral and Energy Resource Assessment
- MPA - Marine Protected Area
- MVEIRB - Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board
- MVLWB - Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board
- MVRMA - Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act
- NAP - Northern Affairs Programme
- NHPGR - National Historic Parks General Regulations
- NHSC - Parks Canada National Historic Sites of Canada
- NHSCSP - National Historic Sites of Canada System Plan
- NHSP - National Historic Sites Policy
- NMCA - National Marine Conservation Area
- NP - National Parks
- NPMP - National Parks Management Planning
- NPSP - National Parks System Plan
- NRA - Non-Renewable Resource Assessment
- NRR - Non-Renewable Resource
- NWA - National Wildlife Area
- NWT - Northwest Territories
- NWTSHR - Northwest Territories Summary of Hunting Regulations
- OiC - Order in Council
- PAS - Protected Areas Strategy
- PCA - Parks Canada Agency
- RAOIC - Regulatory Affairs and Orders in Council Secretariat (Privy Council Office)
- RIA - Regulatory Impact Analysis
- RIAS - Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
- SARA - Species at Risk Act
- SEA - Strategic Environmental Assessment
- SEAG - (NWT PAS) Socio-Economic Assessment Guidelines
- SEIA - Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
- SLUP - Sahtu Land Use Plan
- TB - Treasury Board
- TEK - Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- TK - Traditional Knowledge
- TNC - The Nature Conservancy
- TPA - Territorial Parks Act
- TPR - Territorial Parks Regulations
- WCA - Wilderness Conservation Area
- WLWB - Wek’èezhìi Land and Water Board
- WRRB - Wek’èezhìi Renewable Resources Board
- WWF - World Wildlife Fund
