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The following list explains acronyms appearing in this issue.
| ACSAD | Arab Center for the Study of Arid Zones and Dry Lands |
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| ALECSO | Arab League for Education, Culture and Science Organization |
| AMHY | Alpine and Mediterranean Hydrology component of FRIEND |
| BAHC-CPO | Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle-Core Project Office |
| BGS | British Geological Survey |
| CATHALAC | Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| CEDARE | Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe |
| CSI | Coastal Zones and Small Islands Programme |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia) |
| ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EGS | European Geophysical Society |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESCWA | Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
| FRIEND | Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data |
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| AOC | Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network |
| Data for Central and Western Africa | |
| GCIP | GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project |
| GCTE | Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| GEWEX | Global Energy and Water Experiment |
| GRDC | Global Runoff Data Centre |
| HDP | Human Dimension Programme |
| HKH | Hindu-Kush Himalayas |
| IAHR | International Association for Hydraulic Research |
| IAHS | International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| ICID | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage |
| IAMAS | International Association of Meteorological and Atmospheric Sciences |
| ICASVR | International Commission on Atmosphere-Soil-Vegetation Relations |
| ICCE | International Commission on Continental Erosion |
| ICGW | International Commission on Ground Water |
| ICIMOD | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development |
| ICID | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage |
| ICRSDT | International Commission on Remote Sensing and Data Transmission |
| ICSI | International Commission on Snow and Ice |
| ICSU | International Council of Scientific Unions |
| ICSW | International Commission on Surface Water |
| ICT | International Committee on Tracers |
| ICWQ | International Commission on Water Quality |
| ICWRS | International Commission on Water Resources Systems |
| ICZM | Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
| IDEAL | International Decade for the East African Lakes |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
| IGBP | International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| ILRI | International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement |
| INRENA | National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources |
| IPTRID | International Programme for Technology Research in Irrigation and Drainage |
| IRTCES | International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| ITC | International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences |
| IWRA | International Water Resources Association |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
| MAB | Man and the Biosphere Programme of UNESCO |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| ODA | Overseas Development Agency |
| SASCOM | South Asia START Committee |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SADC-ELMS | Southern African Development Community - Environment and Land Management Sector |
| SENAMHI | National Meteorology and Hydrology Service |
| START | System for Analysis Research and Training |
| TWAS | Third World Academy of Sciences |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
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