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.
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WOUDC | World Ozone and Ultra - violet Radiation Data Centre | The World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC) is one of the World Data Centres which are part of the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)... | Kanada | Mehr... |
WP | Work Package | A work package is a building block of the work breakdown structure that allows the project management to define the steps necessary for completion of... | Mehr... | |
WPRS (IOBC-WPRS) | West Palaearctic Regional Section (International Organization for Biological Control) | IOBC-WPRS is one of six Regional Sections of the International Organisation for Biological Control. IOBC was established in 1955 to promote... | Mehr... | |
WRAS | Web Reef Advisory System | (no longer updated) WRAS is an online application to input, view, and analyse Reef Check survey data. It calculates indicators of how good or bad a... | Mehr... | |
WRCF | World’s Remaining Closed Forests | The term closed forest refers to areas where tree cover exceeds 40 per cent while the term open forest refers to areas where tree cover is between 10... | Mehr... | |
WREN | World Radio for the Environment | Mehr... | ||
WRI | World Resources Institute | WRI is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to put ideas into action. We have over 50 active projects working on aspects of... | USA | Mehr... |
WRRL | Wasserrahmenrichtlinie (WRRL) | Die Europäische Union (EU) legt einen Gemeinschaftsrahmen für den Schutz und die Bewirtschaftung des Wassers fest. Zunächst müssen die... | Europa | Mehr... |
WSAA | World Sustainable Agriculture Association | The ultimate goal of WSAA is to promote sustainable farming, food distribution, consumption, and biocycling systems throughout the world. We promote... | Mehr... | |
WSDL | Web Services Description Language | WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-... | Mehr... | |
WSEAS | The World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society | WSEAS, founded in 1996 as WSES, is a world, scientific-engineering, academic, non-profit organization that promotes the development and the unified... | Mehr... | |
WSIS | World Summit for the Information Society | The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was the latest in a long series of world summits organized by the United Nations that dealt with... | Mehr... | |
WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 | At the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa, sustainable development was reaffirmed as a central... | Mehr... | |
WTO | United Nations World Tourism Organization | The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally... | Mehr... | |
WTO | World Trade Organisation | The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are... | Mehr... |