ABC

Asian Brown Cloud

AIM

Anno Internazionale delle Montagne

AMS

Acute Mountain Sickness

BIONEP

Biodiversità in Nepal (progetto)

BPCO

broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva

CAMP

CEOP Asia-Australia Monsoon Experiment

CEM

Centro Epson Meteo

CEOP

Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period

CNR

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

COBAT

Consorzio Obbligatorio Batterie al Piombo Esauste e Rifiuti Piombosi

CRICYT

Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas

CTBTO

Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty Organisation

DEM

digital elevation model

DNPWC

His Majesty’s Government of Nepal Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation

DSS

Decision Support System

ECOSOC

United Nations Economic and Social Council

ESA

European Space Agency

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

GIS

Geographic Information System

GLOF

Glacial Lake Outburst Flood

GPS

Global Positioning System

HHC

Higher Himalayan Crystallines

HiKemNet

Himalaya Karakorum Environmental Monitoring Network

IATS

International Association for Tibetan Studies

ICIMOD

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

ICPL

International Centre for Protected Landscapes

IGS

International GPS Service

IMS

International Monitoring System

INDOEX

Indian Ocean Experiment

IUCN

World Conservation Union

NASDA

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

OeAW

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

ONU

Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite

RATEAP

Remote Areas Trace Elements Atmospheric Pollution (progetto)

RIIS

Regional Integrated Information System

RONAST

Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology

SNP

Sagarmatha National Park

TARA

Tibet Assistance to Remote Areas

TASS

Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNU

United Nations University

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WHO

World Health Organisation

WMO

World Meteorlogical Organisation