In der Akronym-Datenbank finden Sie Begriffserläuterungen zu Abkürzungen und Fachtermini aus den verschiedensten Bereichen der Taxonomie und Biodiversitätsforschung.
Akronyme aus angrenzenden Fachdisziplinen (Umwelt, Naturschutz und Biodiversität) umfassen sowohl technische Begriffe, Instituts- und Projektnamen, als auch Bezeichnungen für Gremien, Verbände, Netzwerke, Organisationen und Initiativen.
Als Hilfestellung haben wir eine aus über 3.500 Einträgen bestehende Akronym-Datenbank zusammengestellt, welche laufend erweitert und überprüft wird.
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Ausgeschrieben | Beschreibung | Land | Mehr |
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ANIC | Australian National Insect Collection | Largest collection of Australian insects and related terrestrial arthropods anywhere in the world. It currently holds about 12 million curated... | Australien | Mehr... |
ANSP | Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences is America's oldest natural history museum and is a world leader in biodiversity and... | USA | Mehr... |
ANU | Australian National University | ANU was founded around four initial research institutes in physics, medicine, social sciences and Pacific studies and was the country’s only full-... | Australien | Mehr... |
ANVAR | Agence nationale de valorisation de la recherche | Founded 1967, the Agence nationale de valorisation de la recherche (ANVAR) was an industrial and commercial establishment to develop research results... | Frankreich | Mehr... |
AoA | Agreement on Agriculture | The Agreement on Agriculture is an international treaty of the World Trade Organization. It was negotiated during the Uruguay Round of the General... | Mehr... | |
AoA | Assessment of Assessments | The "Assessment of Assessments" is being undertaken as part of the START-UP PHASE OF THE REGULAR PROCESS (In accordance with paragraph 64 (... | Mehr... | |
AOAD | Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development | The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) was established in 1970, upon the desire of the Arab countries. Realizing the vital role... | Ägypten, Algerien, Bahrain, Djibouti, Irak, Jemen, Jordanien, Katar, Kuwait, Libanon, Libyen, Marokko, Mauretanien, Oman, Palästinensische Gebiete, Saudi-Arabien, Somalia, Sudan, Syrien, Tunesien, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | Mehr... |
AONB | Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty | ...is a precious landscape whose distinctive character and natural beauty are so outstanding that it is in the nation's interest to safeguard... | Großbritannien und Nordirland | Mehr... |
AOO | Area of Occupancy | Area of occupancy is defined as the area within its ‘extent of occurrence’ which is occupied by a taxon, excluding cases of vagrancy. The measure... | Mehr... | |
AOSIS | Alliance of Small Island States | Climate Change is a planetary emergency that threatens the survival of many small island states. For some low lying states like the Maldives,... | Belize, Dominikanische Republik, Fidschi, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaika, Kuba, Mauritius, Papua-Neuguinea, Pazifik, Samoa, Singapur, Afrika, Asien, Ozeanien, Nordamerika, Karibik, Südamerika | Mehr... |
AOU | The American Ornithologists' Union | Founded in 1883, the American Ornithologists' Union is one of the oldest and largest organizations in the world devoted to the scientific study... | Kanada, USA | Mehr... |
APAARI | Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutes | APAARI’s mission is to promote the development of National Agricultural Research System (NARS) in the Asia-Pacific region through inter-regional and... | Asien | Mehr... |
APAFRI | Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions | The Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) is an independent non-profit body, which aims to enhance research and... | Pazifik, Asien | Mehr... |
APCE | Asia Pacific Congress of Entomology | Asia-Pacific Congress of Entomology is held once in every four years and entomologists from all over the world particularly from Asia-Pacific regions... | Pazifik, Asien | Mehr... |
APGA | American Public Gardens Association | APGA's mission is to serve and strengthen public gardens throughout North America by supporting and promoting their work, value and achievements... | USA | Mehr... |