AGM

 Annual General Meeting

AKA 

Also Known As

ALSF

Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund. A source of funding, via English Nature, financed by a 'tax' on quarrying clay, sand and gravel.

Ancient Woodland

Any woodland which has existed from pre-1600 to the present day

ANPA

 Association of National Park Authorities

AONB

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (37 in the UK). Designated areas of protected countryside, smaller (and slightly less important?!) than National Parks

APRS

 Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland

Artwork

In publishing, anything that is not text (eg logos, drawings, graphics, etc)

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

ASK

Used in 'CJS Weekly' to mean: Ask for further details and an application form from...

ASNW

Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland

Asst

 Assistant

ATV

All Terrain Vehicle

B for Bravo: 

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B2B

Business to Business

BAP

Biodiversity Action Plan

BASC

British Association for Shooting and Conservation (CJS is a Trade Member of BASC)

BBCS

British Butterfly Conservation Society

BBOWT 

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

BC

Borough Council

BCT

Bat Conservation Trust

BDS

British Deer Society

BE4

Used in CJS Weekly to mean: Applications should be received BEfore [this date].

BFS

British Farm Standard food, produced in Britain to a high standard of animal welfare. Organised by NFU.

BHS

British Horse Society

billion

1,000 million

BIS

Biodiversity Information Service

BOAT

Bridleway Open to All Traffic.

Booking Deadline

The time or date after which it will be too late to book advertising space for that issue.

BSBI

Botanical Society of the British Isles

BTCV

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers

BTO

British Trust for Ornithology

BUT

Used in CJS Weekly to mean: BUT they want the following qualifications / experience...

BW

British Waterways - the government agency responsible for almost all the canals and navigable rivers in the UK

C for Charlie:

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C2C

Coast to Coast National Trail (ie: Irish Sea to North Sea)

C

Circa (meaning: approximately)

C4

The correct term for an envelope large enough to contain an unfolded sheet of A4 paper.

C5

The correct term for an envelope large enough to contain an unfolded sheet of A5 paper.

CA

Countryside Agency.

CA

also Countryside Alliance

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CADW

Welsh Historic Monuments

Camera Ready Artwork

Advertising term, meaning a high quality original which is ready to photocopy (without the need to re-set the text or add any more artwork, etc)

CAMS

Countryside Access Management System: software to record path status, etc.

CAP

Common Agriculture Policy of the EU

CAT

Centre for Alternative Technology

CCW

Countryside Council for Wales

CCTV

Closed Circuit TeleVision

CEFAS

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

CEH

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (was IFE)

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFP

Common Fisheries Policy (of the EU)

Children Act 1989

 Under this Act anyone (including Rangers, etc) spending time with other peoples' children may have to pass a Police Check to ensure that they do not have a police record of offences against children. See CRB

CIP

Community Initiative Partnership

CIWEM

Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

CJ

Friends of CJ Snail are allowed to call him / her 'CJ'

CJS

 Countryside Jobs Service, silly!

CJS Number

Subscribers to CJS Weekly each have a unique number (on your address page) which helps us find the correct record. Also acts are your online password.

CLA

Country Landowner and Business Association

CLI

Community Land Initiative

CLAIT

Computer Literacy and Information Technology qualification.

CLU

Community Land Unit

CMA

Countryside Management Association (formerly the Association of Countryside Rangers)

Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (Certification body for diving skills)

c/o

care of (ie: in an address)

CoA

 Change of Address

Coed Cadw

Woodland Trust, Wales (charity)

Community Forests

A government initiative to improve the urban fringe for conservation, employment and recreation by large scale tree planting (There are 12 in the UK, including the Great North Forest; the National Forest).

Computerate

 Computer literate (as in 'Must be literate, numerate and computerate')

Copy Deadline

The time or date after which it will be too late to receive advertising 'copy' (ie text &/or artwork) for that issue

COSQUEC

Council for Occupational Standards and Qualifications in Environmental Conservation

Countdown Number

This number (on your CJS Weekly address page, in brackets after your name) tells Subscribers each week how many more weeks are left in that subscription

Country Park

There are c150 Country Parks in the UK, mostly administered by local councils. Elizabeth Beazley once described Country Parks as 'Open spaces with a loo, a brew and a view.'

Countryside Stewardship

 A MAFF scheme to provide financial support to landowners in return for habitat improvements and public access, now superceded by the Single Farm Payment

CPD

Continuing Professional Development (in-service training, as was).

CPRE

Council for the Preservation of Rural England

CRA

 See: Camera Ready Artwork.

CRB

Criminal Records Bureau.  If you're going to work with children or vulnerable adults you will probably have to be checked by CRB or in Scotland complete a Disclosure.

CROW

Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) includes the 'right to roam'.

CPRE

Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England

CPRW

 Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales

CRN

Community Recycling Network

CRN

Countryside Recreation Network

CSS

Countryside Stewardship Scheme (now replaced by Environmental Stewardship, which see).

cSAC

Special Area of Conservation under consideration

CSCT

Central Scotland Countryside Trust

CSF

Central Scotland Forest

CSL

Central Science Laboratory (ex-MAFF/Defra)

cside

 Used occasionally in CJS Weekly to mean 'countryside'

CWS

County Wildlife Site/s

CVNI

Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland

D for Delta: 

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D32/34

Assessor Qualifications (now known as A1)

DANI

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland

DAPA

Developing the Assets of Protected Areas

DCMS

The new (2001) Department for Culture, Media and Sport

DDA

Disability Discrimination Act

DE

Defence Estates (an agency of the MOD).

Deadline

The closing time or date, after which it will be too late...

Definitive Map

The map of all public Rights of Way - if they are shown on this map, then (by definition) they ARE public Rights of Way. If they are NOT on this map, then they may not be...

DEFRA

The UK's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, replaces MAFF

Dept

Department

DES

Used in CJS Weekly to mean: Job DEScription

DETR

Was the Dept of Environment, Transport and the Regions (now defunct)

DFES

The new (2001) Department For Education and Skills

DFID 

 Department For International Development (UK Government)

DI

Deer Initiative

Direct

Used in CJS Weekly to mean: This ad was sent Direct to CJS'.

Display Ad

An advertisement which contains any artwork eg logos, etc

DML

Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory

DMS

Definitive Map and Statement. A stage in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CROW).

DOB

Date of Birth

DoE

Department of the Environment (now replaced by DEFRA)

DfT

Department for Transport

DP

Disruptive Pattern (ie: camouflage)

DPR

Data Protection Registrar (the UK government agency responsible for overseeing all databases containing information about individual people)

DSI

Driving Standards Agency

DSWA

Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry

DTP

Desk-Top Publishing. Because we DTP the CJS ourselves we can produce it within one day, so the jobs are not out of date by the time you receive your copy.

DTLGR

The new (2001) Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

DWCT

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is the new name for the charity which runs Jersey Zoo (home of CJ Snail, the CJS's adopted Endangered Species).

E for Echo:

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e

estimated

EA

Environment Agency

EA 

Environmental Assessment

EAC

Energy Advice Centres

EANI

Energy Action Northern Ireland

EC

European Community

ECDL

 European Computer 'Driving Licence' ie: A qualification in ICT.

Eg

for example

EGBT

Edinburgh Green Belt Trust

EH

English Heritage

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

ELF

Environmental Law Foundation

ELLL

Education and Life Long Learning (see 'LLL')

ELS

Entry Level Stewardship (see ESS).

EMS

Environmental Management System

EN

English Nature (now called Natural England)

env

Used occasionally in CJS Weekly to mean 'environment/al'

EO

Executive Officer

EOI

Expression Of Interest. An early stage of a bid for funding.

equiv

Used occasionally in CJS Weekly to mean 'equivalent'

ERDS

England Rural Development Scheme funds Environmental Stewardship Scheme (ESS).

ESS

Environmental Stewardship Scheme is the new DEFRA agri-environment scheme launched in March 2005.

ESA

Environmentally Sensitive Area. Now replaced by ES (above).

ESF

European Social Fund

esp

Used occasionally in CJS Weekly to mean 'especially'

EST

Environmental Support Team (of the Defence Estates, an agency of the MOD).

et al

and others

ETA

Environmental Transport Association

ETB

English Tourist Board

etc

and so on...

ETF

Environmental Task Force of New Deal

EU

European Union

ext

extension number (telephone)

F for Foxtrot:

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F&M

 See FMD

FACT

Forum for the Application of Conservation Techniques

FAO

For the Attention Of...

FAQ/s 

 Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers)

FC

Forestry Commission

FD

Forest District

FE

Forest Enterprise is the forest management branch of FC

FE

Further Education (now absorbed in 'LLL')

FER

Farm Environment Record is required for the ELS

FFPS

Fauna and Flora Preservation Society, now Fauna and Flora International

FHN

Forest Habitat Networks

FMD

Foot and Mouth Disease

FOC

Free Of Charge

FOE 

Friends of the Earth

FOR

Used in 'CJS Weekly' to mean: Working For (name of employer) eg National Trust

FSA

Food Standards Agency (which oversees the safety of food in the UK, following numerous scares: Salmonella in eggs; Mad Cow Disease / CJD; etc)

FSC

The Forest Stewardship Council logo indicates that an item is made of wood from well managed forests.

FSC

Field Studies Council

FSC Cymru

Field Studies Council Cymru (Wales)

F/T

Full Time

FTC

Fixed Term Contract

FWAG

Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group

G for Golf:

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GCT

Game Conservancy Trust, is now Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

GIGO

Garbage In, Garbage Out. (Said of 'computer' generated nonsense. They are only as clever as the software writer and the data input staff).

GIS

Geographical Information System

GLEAM

Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement

GNF

Great North Forest (the Community Forest in Tyne and Wear)

GMO

Genetically Modified Organism

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GPS

Global Positioning by Satellite

Green Lane

An untarmac-ed route which may or may not be a Right of Way (eg Old drove roads)

GRDP

Greening Regional Development funds Project. Eight European countries, regional and local authorities are exploring how economic development spending can contribute to environmental protection and enhancement (2004).

H for Hotel:

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HCT 

Herpetological Conservation Trust

HDRA

Henry Doubleday Research Association (charity re organic horticulture), now calling themselves GardenOrganic

HE

Higher Education (now absorbed in 'LLL')

HA

Highways Agency

HIE

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

HLF

Heritage Lottery Fund - one of the 'Good Causes' of the UK National Lottery which funds some countryside / environmental / heritage projects

HLS

Higher Level Scheme of the ESS

HNC

Higher National Certificate

HND

Higher National Diploma

hpw 

hours per week

HR

Human Resources (what used to be called the Personnel Department)

HRN

Hedge Row Notification

H&S

Health and Safety

HS

Historic Scotland

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

HT

Horticultural Therapy

I for India:

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IACS Form 

Integrated Administration and Control System (EU)

IB

Interpret Britain (see SIBH)

ICT

Information & Communication Technology (IT with Web and Email)

ID

Identity

ie

that is

IEEM

Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

IEEP

Institute for European Environmental Policy

IEHO

Institute of Environmental Health Officers

IEMA 

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

IFC

Inside Front Cover - a guaranteed position

IFE

Institute of Freshwater Ecology, now CFH

ILAM

Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management

ILM 

Intermediate Labour Market

inc/l

including

info

information

IOB

Institute of Biology

IPROW 

Institute of Public Rights of Way Officers

IRF

International Ranger Federation

ISO

International Standards Organisation.

ISP

 Internet Service Provider. That nice organisation which connects your computer to the internet (eg BT, Tiscali, Care4free, etc)

IT

Information Technology

ITDG

Intermediate Technology Development Group (Charity, see Links)

ITE

Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

I/V 

Used in 'CJS Weekly' to mean: Interviews will be held on...'

IWA

Inland Waterways Association

IWM 

Institute of Waste Management

J for Juliet:

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JAF

Joint Approach to Flooding

JEEP

Just Enough Essential Parts

JMT

John Muir Trust is named after the 'father of national parks' and raises money to buy land for public access.

JNCC

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

JOB

Used in 'CJS Weekly' to mean: the JOB Title is (eg Project Officer)

K for Kilo: 

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K

Thousand (eg £12K means £12,000)

KS

Key Stage 1,2,3,4 or 5 in the UK education system

L for Lima:

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LA21

Local Agenda for the 21st Century

LAF

Local Access Forum: to discuss local path maintenance, etc.

Landfill Tax Credit Scheme

A tax on every ton of refuse sent to landfill now pays for local conservation schemes

Landy

Affectionate term for a Land Rover see ATV

LBAP 

Local Biodiversity Action Plan

LDWA 

Long Distance Walkers Association

LEAF

Linking Environment and Farming

LECs

Local Enterprise Companies

LEEP

Lothian and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership

LFA

Less Favoured Area

LFT

Land Fill Tax (a government tax on dumping in land fill sites, to encourage recycling, etc).

LHI

Local Heritage Initiative. Government initiative (2001) to provide small grants to help communities investigate, interpret and conserve their heritage

LHS

Left Hand Side

LI 

Landscape Institute (for Landscape Architects)

Linage Ads

 Advertisements which contain only words and no artwork of any kind

LIS

Landscape Institute Scotland (see LI)

Little Red Tractor

The logo of the NFU's British Farm Standard, indicating food produced in Britain to a high standard of animal welfare.

LKA

Last Known Address.

LLL

Life Long Learning (what used to be called Adult Education)

LNR

Local Nature Reserve

LOC

Used in 'CJS Weekly' to mean: The LOCation of the job is (eg Littlebeck Wood LNR)

LRC

Local Records Centre (most counties have one)

LTL

Learning Through Landscapes

LW

London Weighting

LWB

Long Wheel Base eg Land Rover

LWDS 

Livestock Welfare Disposal Scheme - a government scheme to slaughter farm animals which were 'trapped' by the livestock movement restrictions introduced to fight Foot and Mouth Disease, in unsuitable fields, etc

M for Mike: 

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m

million

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (now part of DEFRA)

MBC

Metropolitan Borough Council

MCS

Marine Conservation Society (charity, see Links)

MEP

Member of the European Parliament

MFS

Millennium Forest for Scotland

MLA

 Member of the Local Assembly (in Wales or in Northern Ireland)

MLURI

Macauley Land Use Research Institute

MoD

 Ministry of Defence

MP

Member of Parliament

MRA 

More Remote Area

MRA 

Marine Research Area

MS

Microsoft (major computer company & their software eg MS office)

MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament

MTI

Market Towns Initiative (central government funding)

MTUK 

Mammal Trust UK (charity)

MWA 

 Member of the Welsh Assembly

N for November:

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NA (or n/a)

Not Applicable or Not Available

NAC

National Agricultural Centre, based at Stoneleigh

NAFM

National Association of Farmers Markets

NAFSO

National Association of Field Study Officers

NAO

National Audit Office is the government spending watchdog

National Trail

A long distance Right of Way designated and promoted by the Countryside Agency eg Cleveland Way National Trail

Nature Explorers Club

What used to be the 'Young Ornithologists Club' and the junior wing of the RSPB

Nature Reserve

Supposedly an area 'reserved for nature' but tends to include all kinds of facilities to encourage people (car park, visitor centre, shop/s, toilets, sign posts, nature trails, picnic tables, adventure playgrounds, etc. (See 'Park')

NAWDC

National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors

New Deal

Government scheme for the unemployed, now extended to Communities.

NERC

National Environmental Research Council

NFA 

No Further Action

NFBG

National Federation of Badger Groups

NFCF

National Federation of City Farms

NFU

National Farmers Union

NGB

National Governing Body qualifications in Outdoor Education (see OE)

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NGO

 National Gamekeepers Organisation

NHLS

National HedgeLaying Society

NHMF

National Heritage Memorial Fund

NI 

Northern Ireland

NICS

Northern Ireland Civil Service

NICSA

 Northern Ireland Countryside Staff Association (see Links)

NITB

Northern Ireland Tourist Board

NMR 

National Monuments Record

NMS

National Museums of Scotland

NNR

National Nature Reserve

No.

Number

NOF

New Opportunities Fund (one of the 'Good Causes' of the National Lottery)

NP

National Park

NPA

National Park Authority

NR

Nature Reserve

NRA

National Rivers Authority (now part of the Environment Agency)

NSP

National Scrapie Plan (to eliminate Scrapie from the national sheep flock)

NSWA

National Small Woods Association

NT

National Trust

NTO

National Training Organisation

NTS

National Trust for Scotland

NVC

National Vegetation Classification

NVQ

National Vocational Qualification

NWS

National Waste Strategy

O for Oscar:

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OCR 

Optical Character Recognition (ie When a written document is scanned into a computer, the computer recognises the black marks as text and those words can be processed directly - thus avoiding the need to type-in the text)

OE

Outdoor Education (see Outdoor Education)

OELS

Organic Entry Level Scheme (organic version of ELS).

OF&G

Organic Farmers & Growers Ltd

OFC 

Outside Front Cover - a guaranteed position

OFS

Organic Farming Scheme (now replaced by Environmental Stewardship).

OHP

Over-Head Projector

OIC

Officer In Charge (ie the most senior person)

OND

Ordinary National Diploma

OP

Organophosphates

OS

Ordnance Survey

OSS

Open Spaces Society

OTE

On Target Earnings (what you WOULD get paid IF you meet all your sales targets and deadlines)

OTJ Training

On The Job Training

OTMS

Over Thirty Months Scheme (an abattoir slaughtering scheme for cattle too old for human consumption)

OU

Open University

Outdoor Education

Activities like Abseiling, Canoeing, Caving, Rock Climbing, Sailing, etc (as opposed to Environmental Education)

P for Papa: 

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P3

Parish Paths Partnership (see PPP).

P

pence

pa

per annum

PA

Public Address system. Or Personal Assistant

PAM 

Pro-Active Management (as opposed to just Management or even Re-Active Management)

PAR

Planed All Round (when ordering fence posts, rails or other timber)

park

Now taken to mean almost any green area open to the public. Can include: National Parks, Forest Parks, Deer Parks, Country Parks, Nature Parks, Town Parks and even Village Parks!

PAWS

Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites

PAY 

Used in 'CJS Weekly' to mean: The PAY is (eg £18,000 per annum)

Parish Path

A minor Right of Way used mainly by locals for short journeys

pc

politically correct eg: One pub in the North York Moors now includes on their menu a 'Non-sexist Ploughperson's Lunch!'

PC

Personal Computer

pcm

per calendar month

PFI

Private Finance Initiative - whereby the government encourages the Private Sector to finance, build and/or run major public services (eg hospitals or prisons), which the government then pays to use, so that the investors can make a big profit. (Now there's clever, isn't it)?

PGCE

Post Graduate Certificate in Education

pH

potential Hydrogen - a measure of acidity / alkalinity

ph

per hour

PILSG

Pacific Island Land Snail Group (see CJ Snail, on the 'Our Charities' page)

Plas

Plas y Brenin, the National Mountain Centre in Wales

pm

per month

POA

Price on Application

POE

Pointed One End (when ordering fence posts)

POETS

Push Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday.

PPP

Parish Paths Partnership (see P3)

PQE

Post Qualifying Experience

pw

per week

pref 

preferably

Pro Rata

'In proportion' (eg: £12,000 Annual Salary for a 6 contract = £6,000)

property

Within the National Trust (charity) 'a property' means 'a building / area owned by the National Trust'

PROW

Public Right/s of Way - A general term for both Public Footpaths and Public Bridleways

PSSA

Particularly Sensitive Sea Area

P/T

 Part Time

PTO

Please Turn Over (the page)

PTO

Power Take Off (eg on a tractor)

Public Bridleway

A route along which the general public have a legal right of passage (ie 'way') on (or leading) a horse, on (or pushing) a pedal cycle or on foot.

Public Footpath

A route along which the general public have a right of passage (ie 'way') on foot only.

Q for Quebec:

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Q&A

Question and Answer

QUANGO

QUasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation. ie A government appointed 'independent' body.

Quiet Lanes

The CPRE campaign for Safer Country Lanes would designate these so that walkers, cyclists and horse riders would have greater priority over motor vehicles. Jersey already has something similar, with a speed limit of 20 mph, so most motorists avoid them completely.

R for Romeo:

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R&D

Research and Development

RA

Ramblers' Association OR:

RA

Risk Assessment.

RAI

Ranger Association of Ireland (see Links)

Ranger

See 'Countryside Ranger' and 'Warden'

RAS

Ramblers' Association Scotland

RASE

Royal Agricultural Society of England

RBG

Royal Botanic Gardens

RBSE

Rare Breeds Survival Trust

RDA

Rural Development Adviser negotiates the HLS

RDC

Red Deer Commission

re

regarding

Red Diesel

Low tax diesel (dyed red) so that it can only be used legally in agricultural vehicles.

Red Tape

All the bureaucratic requirements that will entangle you,

REF

Reference or Reference Number

Regional Routes

Rights of Way designated and promoted by the Countryside Agency, but one stage below National Trails (eg The Captain Cook Walk)

RES

DEFRA's Rural Enterprise Scheme

reserve

short for 'Nature Reserve'

RFS

Royal Forestry Society

RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

RHS

Right Hand Side (see LHS)

RICS

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Risk Assessments

These became essential after Common Sense finally died out in the 1990s.

ROI

Republic of Ireland

ROW

Right/s of Way (eg Footpaths / Bridleways). See also PROW.

ROWIP

Rights of Way Improvement Plan

RPA

Regional Park Authority OR:

RPA

Regional Police Authorities

RPI 

Rural Priority Area (government funding scheme)

RPTC

Training Certificate (eg Chainsaw)

RSA

Secretarial proficency (eg Typing)

RSNC

Royal Society for Nature Conservation - the umberella organisation for all the County Wildlife Trusts. Now known as simply The Wildlife Trust

RSPCA

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - charity.

RTA

Road Traffic Accident

RTF 

Rich Text Format

RTI 

Rural Transport Initiative

RTPI

Royal Town Planning Institute

RUPP

Road Used as a Public Path

RV

RendezVous (ie an agreed meeting place / time)

S for Sierra:

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SAC

Special Area of Conservation

SAC

Scottish Agricultural College

SAD

Seasonally Affected Disorder (a bit like depression, but only in the winter).

SAE

A Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope (yes, we know that ought to be a SSAE)!

SAFFA

Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries Act (1975).

SAS

Surfers Against Sewage

s/b

Used in 'CJS Weekly' to mean: This project is financially 'Supported By...'

SBG

Scottish Biodiversity Group

SCC Rate

Single Column Centimetre Rate - the cost per vertical Centimeter of a Single Column of print

SCM 

 Site Condition Monitoring

SCRA

 Scottish Countryside Rangers Association (see Links)

SCP

Scottish Conservation Projects Trust (now BTCV)

SCU

 Scottish Crofters Union

SCW

Sports Council for Wales

SD

Sustainable Development

SE

 Scottish Executive

SEA

 Strategic Environmental Assessment

SEERAD

Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department

SEPA 

 Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

SFA

Scottish Forest Alliance - a collaboration between the Woodland Trust, Forest Enterprise, RSPB and BP to create new woodlands

SFSA

Scottish Field Studies Association

SIBH

 Society for the Interpretation of Britain's Heritage (now Interpret Britain)

Single Handed

As in Single Handed Keeper. A person who will run the estate / project / shoot without assistance- not a manually challenger worker!

SITREP

 SITuation REPort. An Army radio term which means 'What on earth is going on where you are?'

SMEs

 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (ie any business with an annual turnover of less than £1m)

SOAC

Scottish Outdoor Access Code. In 2003 the Scottish Parliament passed part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act. When fully in force ('late 2004?') everyone will have new statutory rights of access to the outdoors, local authorities will have new duties and powers and the public will be expected to 'Respect the interests of others; Take care of the environment and Take responsibility for your own actions.'

SPA

Special Protection Area (for birds)

SNH

Scottish Natural Heritage

SNIFFER

Scotland & Northern Ireland Forum For Environmental Research

SNCI

Site of Nature Conservation Importance (or sometimes Interest)

SRB

Single Regeneration Budget (EU money).

SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest

STB

Scottish Tourist Board

Sustrans

SUStainable TRANSport (charity)

SUV

Sports Utility Vehicle. The USA equivalent of an Off Road Vehicle used for purely domestic / fashion / tax break purposes.

SWAP

Save Waste And Prosper Ltd

SWB

Short Wheel Base eg Land Rover

SWCL

Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link

T for Tango:

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T2000

Transport 2000

TAM

Telephone Answering Machine

TBA

To Be Agreed or To Be Announced

TBC

To Be Confirmed

TBG

Tidy Britain Group (previously 'Keep Britain Tidy Group')

TCPA

Town and Country Planning Association

TFSR

Tools For Self-Reliance (charity)

TGA

Timber Growers Association

TLA

Three Letter Abbreiviation – you count…

TOPAS

Training of Protected Area Staff (EU national parks, etc).

Townswomens' Guild

An urban version of the WI

TPO

Tree Preservation Order: statutory protection for tree/s.

TfL

Trees for Life, A charity to regenerate the Caledonian Forest

TRL

Traffic Research Laboratory

TRO

Traffic Regulation Order: to control vehicles using a path or track.

TRUE

Trust for Urban Ecology

U for Uniform:

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UFAW

Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

UFRC

Ulster Federation of Rambling Clubs

UFTM

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

UK 

United Kingdom (of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)

UKELA

United Kingdom Environmental Law Association

UNESCO 

United Nations Educational Social and Cultural Organisation

USPCA 

Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

UW

Ulster Wildlife Trust

V for Victor:

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VAT

Value Added Tax.

VDU

Visual Display Unit (ie: the computer screen you are looking at now)!

VisitBritain

The new (May 2003) name for the British Tourist Authority

VMNR

Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve

W for Whiskey:

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WAGBI 

Was the Wildfowlers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, now BASC

Wales Link

Wales Wildlife and Countryside Link

WATCH

Wildlife Watch, the junior wing of the County Wildlife Trusts

Waymark

A standardised arrow used to mark Public Rights of Way: Yellow for Footpaths, Blue for Bridleways

WEEE

EU Directive in force from 13/2/04 requiring the collection and recovery of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

WCMC

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WDA

Welsh Development Agency

WDCS

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (charity)

WEN

Women's Environmental Network

WESG

Wales Environmental Standards Group

WFS

Wild Flower Society

WGS

Woodland Grant Scheme

WHGT

Welsh Historic Gardens Trust

WI

Womens' Institute

WildCRU

Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (of the University of Oxford)

Wildlife Trusts

The County Wildlife Trusts (see RSNC)

WMF

Waste Management Forum

WMIB

Waste Management Information Bureau

WOA

Welsh Orienteering Association

WRF

Wales Rural Forum

WRG

 Waterway Recovery Group

WSPA

World Society for the Protection of Animals

WT

Woodland Trust (charity) or

WTB

Wales Tourist Board

WWF UK

World Wide Fund for Nature (charity. Previously the World Wildlife Fund until it thought this was an improvement)

WWOOF

Willing Workers on Organic Farms

WWT

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (formerly the Wildfowl Trust) founded by Sir Peter Scott

X for X-ray:

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X

Xtremly difficult to find a single example. How about:

Xtinction

 is for ever?

Y for Yankee: 

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YHA 

Youth Hostels Association

YHANI

Youth Hostels Association of Northern Ireland

YHC

Young Herpetologists Club

YO

Young Ornithologists Club. The junior wing of the RSPB, but now called the Nature Explorers Club

Z for Zulu: 

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Symbols:

* 

an 'asterisk', which can sometimes mean 'see below'

&

an 'ampersand', which means 'and'

@ 

at

- 

hyphen (sometimes called a 'dash.' See also 'underscore' below).

_ 

underscore_thus (not to be confused with a hyphen-thus).

> 

greater than OR go to

<  

less than OR go back

v 

scroll down to

£1b

 £1 billion (= £1,000,000,000 ie one thousand million)

£1m

£1 million (= £1,000,000)

Hash

Hash. Symbol for Number (eg: 'hash1' means 'Number 1')

[?] 

Used in 'CJS Weekly' to mean: No, we don't know what it means either

Numbers: 

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1i/c

The number 1 person In Charge (ie the most senior officer)

2+ years experience

Used in CJS Weekly to mean: 2 or more years experience – but then this was disallowed in the Age Discrimination Act which came in in October 2006.

3Rs

The 3Rs are: Reading, wRiting and aRithmatic (Yes, I know that's really only one R, but its still supposed to be the basis of a good education!)

4Rs

Reduce, Repair, Re-use and Recycle (we could all make fewer demands on the earth's resources if we followed the 4Rs)

4X4 

Four by four. A 4 Wheel Drive vehicle (useful in the countryside but even more popular in the cities. See Fashion Victim)

42

The ultimate answer (but nobody has yet found out what the question is)!