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List of Acronyms

ADFG Alaska Department of Fish and Game
AK Alaska
bq/kg ww becquerel per kilogram wet weight
CEAA Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
CINE Centre for Nutrition and the Environment of Indigenous people
CO2 carbon dioxide
DDT chemical abbreviation for a pesticide
DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans
DIAND Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
GIS geographical information system
GNWT Government of the Northwest Teritories
GWP gross world product
HCH abbreviation for a pesticide called hexachlorocyclohexane
ISR Inuvialuit Settlement Region
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Kpa kilopascals
mm milimetres
NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NWT Northwest Territories
PCH Porcupine Caribou Herd
pop'n population
ppm parts per million
SE south east
sp. species
SSC Species Survival Commission of International Union for the Conservation of Nature
US United States
USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Services
USGS United States Geological Survey
UV ultraviolet light
UV-B specific type of ultraviolet light that can affect biological organisms
veg. vegetation
Y.T. Yukon Territory
YTG Yukon Territorial Government