Page 14 - Soil Degradation, Conservation and Remediation

Abbreviations

AMD Acid Mine Drainage
ASSOD Assessment of human-induced soil degradation for South and
Southeast Asia
BTEX Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene
DCE Dichloroethylene
DCPA Dichloro propanilic acid
DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
EDC Endocrine disrupting chemicals
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GLADA Global assessment of land degradation in arid lands
GLASOD Global assessment of human-induced soil degradation
ISRIC International Soil Reference and Information Centre
LADA Land Degradation Assessment for Dryland Areas
NPE Nonylphenol ethoxylates
NRCS Nature Resource Conservation Service
PAE Phthalate esters
PAHs Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCB Polychlorinated biphenyl
PCDD Polychlorinated dibenzodioxin
PCDF Polychlorinated dibenzofurans
PCE Polychloroethylene
PCN Polychlorinated naphthalenes
POP Persistent organic pollutant
RUSLE Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
SALT Sloping Agricultural Land Technology
SOTER Soil and Terrain Digital Database
TCDD Tetrachloro- p -dibenzodioxin
TCE Trichloroethylene
TEPP Tetraethyl pyrophosphate

UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNEP United Nations Environmental Program

xiii