| abop | Party for General Liberation and Development, Suriname |
| Alcoa | Aluminium Company of America |
| anc | African National Congress |
| asm | artisanal small-scale mining |
| bapex | Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited |
| b-bbee | broad-based black economic empowerment |
| bc | British Columbia |
| bce | before the Common Era |
| bee | black economic empowerment |
| bela | Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association |
| bia | Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States |
| bits | Bilateral Investment Treaties |
| chemp | Communities, Heritage and Environmental Management Plan, Australia |
| cicodev | Pan-African Institute for Citizenship, Consumers, and Development |
| cncr | National Council for Consultation and Cooperation of the Rural Population, Senegal (Conseil National de Concertation et de coopération des Ruraux) |
| cny | Chinese yuan renminbi |
| comest | unesco World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology |
| corfo | Production Promotion Corporation, Chile |
| crafs | Reflection and Action Network on Land in Senegal (Réflexion et d’Action sur le Foncier au Sénégal) |
| des | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland, Australia |
| dfo | Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada |
| dga | General Water Directorate, Chile |
| dmirs | Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety |
| dong | Danish Oil and Natural Gas |
| dr | Department of Resources, Queensland, Australia |
| drc | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| eas | environmental assessments, Canada |
| eba | European Battery Alliance |
| ebg | Evangelische Broedergemeente |
| edcs | ecological distribution conflicts |
| egd | European Green Deal |
| eia | Environmental Impact Assessment, Australia |
| eiti | Extractive Industry’s Transparency Initiative |
environmental justice |
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| enda Pronat | Association for the Environment and Development Action for the Natural Protection of Lands (Association pour l’Environnement et Developpement Action pour une Protection Naturelle des Terroirs), Senegal |
| ep Act (wa) | Environmental Protection Act 1986, Western Australia |
| ep Act Qld | Environmental Protection Act 1994, Queensland, Australia |
| epbc Act | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Australia |
| esias | Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, Australia |
| EU | European Union |
| ev | electric vehicle |
| fao | Food and Agriculture Organization, UN |
| gf1 | gaia Fund 1 |
| gfm | gaia Fund Managers |
| gmos | genetically modified organisms |
| icmm | International Council on Mining and Metals |
| icsid | International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, World Bank Group |
| iisd | International Institute for Sustainable Development |
| iml | imperial mode of living |
| ipbes | Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
| ipcc | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ipp | independent power producer |
| irp | Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity, South Africa |
| isds | investor-state dispute settlement |
| itie Senegal | Initiative pour la transparence dans les Industries Extractives du Sénégal |
| jica | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| keoh | Association Kédougou Encadrement Orientation et Développement Humain |
| ktv | karaoke box |
| kWh | kilowatt-hour |
| lme | London Metal Exchange |
| mac | Mining Association of Canada |
| mcf | thousand cubic feet (unit of measure) |
| mcp | Mine Closure Plan, Australia |
| mdb | multilateral development bank |
| mdrcs | Mine Development Review Committees, Canada |
Major Mine Permitting Office, British Columbia, Canada |
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| MoA | mode of appropriation |
| MoE | mode of extraction |
| MoP | mode of production |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| mr&c | mine rehabilitation and closure |
| Mt | megatonne, or 1 billion kilogrammes (unit of measure) |
| nabu | Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, Germany |
| ncbd | National Committee to Protect Resources of Bangladesh |
| ngo | non-governmental organisation |
| nieo | New International Economic Order |
| noami | National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative, Canada |
| nrdc | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| nta | Native Title Act 1993, Australia |
| opsal | Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats |
| owd | Our World in Data |
| ppp | public–private partnership |
| prcp | Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plan, Australia |
| pscs | Production Sharing Contracts |
| psnr | Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources |
| pwyp | Publish What You Pay |
| raddho | African Assembly for the Defence of Human Rights (Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme), Senegal |
| rdp | Reconstruction and Development Programme, South Africa |
| rei4p | Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, South Africa |
| RtR | right to repair |
| sadev | Solidarité Action Développement |
| sanco | South African National Civic Organisation |
| satcu | South African Congress of Trade Unions |
| sbm | the Surinaamsche Bauxiet Maatschappij |
| sdgs | Sustainable Development Goals, UN |
| sma | Superintendency of Environment, Chile |
| spv | special purpose vehicle |
| sqm | Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile |
| ssrc Act | Strong and Sustainable Resource Communities Act 2017, Australia |
| sts | science and technology studies |
| Suralco | the Suriname Aluminum Company |
| tcwf | Tsitsikamma Community Wind Farm, South Africa |
| tdt | Tsitsikamma Development Trust, South Africa |
The Invisible Committee |
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| tøi | Institute of Transport Economics, Norway |
| tsm | Towards Sustainable Mining (initiative and framework, Canada) |
| twail | the Third World Approach to International Law |
| TWh | terawatt-hour (unit of measure) |
| UN | United Nations |
| uncitral | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| undp | United Nations Development Programme |
| undrip | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| undrop | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants |
| unga | United Nations General Assembly |
| usd | United States dollar |
| usgs | United States Geological Survey |
| wsc | Wall Street consensus |
| zar | South African rand |