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ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations have been used in this publication.


Australia, states and territories of Australia

Aust.	Australia
NSW	New South Wales
Vic.	Victoria
Qld	Queensland
SA	South Australia
WA	Western Australia
Tas.	Tasmania
NT	Northern Territory
ACT	Australian Capital Territory

Other abbreviations

ABARE	Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
CFCs	chlorofluorocarbons
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DEWHA	Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EPBC Act	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
GDP	gross domestic product
GVIAP	gross value of irrigated agricultural production
HFCE	household final consumption expenditure
HFCs	hydrofluorocarbons
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IUCN	World Conservation Union (International Union for the Conservation of Nature)
LNG	liquefied natural gas
NEPM	National Environment Protection Measure
PFCs	perfluorocarbons
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
NWC	National Water Commission
PM	particulate matter
PPP	Purchasing Power Parity
SLA	Statistical Local Area
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Conversions

One billion = 1,000 million
One gigalitre (GL) = 1,000 megalitres (ML)
One megalitre (ML) = 1,000 kilolitres (kL)
One kilolitre (kL) = 1,000 litres (L)
One megatonne (Mt) = 1,000,000 tonnes (t)
One tonne (t) = 1,000 kilograms (kg)
One petajoule (PJ) = 1,000,000 gigajoules (GJ)
One gigajoule (GJ) = 1,000,000 kilojoules (kJ)


Symbols and usages

The following symbols and usages mean:

CH4	methane
CO2	carbon dioxide
CO2-e	carbon dioxide equivalent
°C	degrees Celsius
$	dollars
$m	million dollars
g	grams
GJ	gigajoules (of energy)
GL	gigalitres
ha	hectares
kL	kilolitres
km	kilometres
km²	square kilometres
ML	megalitres
Mt	megatonnes
MW	megawatts
µg	micrograms
µg/m³	micrograms per cubic metre
µm	micrometres (micron)
N2O	nitrous oxide
n.a.	not available
n.p.	not published
no.	number
PJ	petajoules (of energy)
ppm	parts per million
SO2	sulphur dioxide
SF6	sulphur hexafluoride
%	per cent
'000	thousand
'000 ha	thousand hectares
–	nil or rounded to zero

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals.