Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: strategic environmental assessment
Strategic environmental assessment assessing the impact of the proposed strategic compensation policy for offshore wind on the environment identifying potential effects and mitigation measures.
9 Appendix 3 - Abbreviations
AAIR Appropriate Assessment Information Report
ABPmer Associated British Ports Marine Environmental Research
ADD Acoustic Deterrent Device
BGS British Geological Society
BRIA Business Regulatory Impact Assessment
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CES Crown Estate Scotland
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
COP Conference of the Parties
D Descriptor
DCO Development Consent Order
EC European Commission
ECOWINGS Ecosystem Change, Offshore Wind, Net Gain and Seabirds
EEC European Economic Community
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
ER Environmental Report
EU European Union
EUNIS European Nature Information System
FeAST Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool
GeMS Geodatabase of Marine Features in Scotland
GEN General Policy
GES Good Environmental Status
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GIS Geographic Information System
GW Gigawatt
H5N1 subtype of the influenza A virus
HES Historic Environment Scotland
HND Holistic Network Design
HND FUE Holistic Network Design Follow Up Exercise
HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
HRA Habitats Regulations Appraisal
ICIA Island Communities Impact Assessment
IMMA Important Marine Mammal Area
INTOG Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas
JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee
KMGBF Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
LCT Landscape Character Types
LLA Local Landscape Areas
MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MCO Marine Conservation Order
MCZ Marine Conservation Zone
MEEB Measures of Equivalent Environmental Benefit
MHW Mean High Water
MHWS Mean High Water Springs
MPA Marine Protected Area
MSFD Marine Strategy Framework Directive
NCCA National Coastal Change Assessment
NCMP A Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area
NEMOES Nature Enhancement at Marine Offshore Energy Sites
NESO National Energy System Operator
NM Nautical Mile
NMP National Marine Plan
NMPi National Marine Plan interactive
NPF National Planning Framework
NSA National Scenic Area
OC Organic Carbon
OMR Offshore Marine Region
ORE Offshore Renewable Energy
ORJIP Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme
OSPAR Oslo and Paris Conventions
OWD Offshore Wind Directorate
OWE Offshore Wind Energy
OWEC Offshore Wind Energy Council
OWIC Offshore Wind Industry Council
PAD Pressures-Activities Database
PMF Priority Marine Feature
PO Plan Option
POM Programme of Measures
RBD River Basin District
RBMP River Basin Management Plan
RCP Representative Concentration Pathway
SAC Special Area of Conservation
SCAPE The Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion Trust
SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency
SMEEF Sottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund
SMP Sectoral Marine Plan
SNCB Statutory Nature Conservation Body
SNH Scottish Natural Heritage (now NatureScot)
SPA Special Protection Area
SSSI Sites of Special Scientific Interest
UK United Kingdom
UKASH UK Atlas of Seabed Habitats
UN United Nations
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
WFD Water Framework Directive
WHS World Heritage Site
WLA Wild Land Areas