| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AIFS | Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| AFI | Aboriginal Finance Institution |
| AUD | Australian Dollar |
| BHP | Broken Hill Proprietary |
| BSAI | Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands |
| CAD | Canadian Dollar |
| CCP | Comprehensive Community Planning |
| CDFI | Community Development Finance Institution |
| CDQ | Community Development Quota |
| CFE | Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities |
| CIRNAC | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| DGIC | Director General of the Investment Committee |
| EA | Environmental assessment |
| EDA | Economic Development Administration |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organisation |
| FPIC | Free, prior and informed consent |
| FLERC | Frog Lake Energy Resource Corporation |
| FMG | Fortescue Metals Group |
| FNLM | First Nations Land Management Act |
| FSC | Forest Stewardship Council |
| HKKAR | He Kai Kei Aku Ringa |
| ICCA | Indigenous and Community Conserved Area |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| IEED | Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| ILRS | Indian Lands Registry System |
| ILSC | Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation |
| IN | Intermediate |
| INEGI | National Institute of Statistics and Geography |
| IPS | Indigenous Protected Areas |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| JBNQA | James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area |
| NCAI | National Congress of American Indians |
| NRS | Natural Reserve System |
| NSPA | Northern Sparsely Populated Areas |
| NSW | New South Wales (Australia) |
| NTI | Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated |
| NWT | North West Territories |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar |
| NZIER | New Zealand Institute of Economic Research |
| PES | Payments for environmental services |
| PIAAC | Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies |
| PR | Predominantly rural |
| PU | Predominantly urban |
| RA | Reconciliation Australia |
| RAP | Reconciliation Action Plan |
| RDA | Regional Development Australia |
| RDP | Rural Development Programme |
| RDPC | Regional Development Policy Committee |
| REACHE | Northern Responsible Energy Approaches for Community Heat and Electricity Programme |
| REDD+ | Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation |
| RFR | Right of First Refusal |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SPI | Strategic Partnerships Initiative |
| SSRP | South Saskatchewan Regional Plan |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| SWOT | Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats |
| TKUA | Traditional Knowledge and Use Assessment |
| TL | Territorial level |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNPFII | United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| WPRUR | OECD Working Party on Rural Policy |