Abbreviations
AAPG |
Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity |
AHWG |
Ad hoc working group |
AMCEN | African Ministerial Conference on Environment |
AMCOW |
African Ministerial Conference on Water |
ATBIS |
All Taxon Biodiversity Inventories |
BWM | International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments |
CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
CEPA |
Communication, Education and Public Awareness |
CIESIN |
Center for International Earth Sciences Information Network |
CILSS |
Comité Permanent Inter Etats de Lutte Contre la Sécheresse au Sahel |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CMS | Convention on Migratory Species |
COP |
Conference of the Parties |
EBM |
Ecosystem Based Management |
e.g. |
Exempli gratia (for instance) |
EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
GISP | Global Invasive Species Programme |
GMO |
Genetically Modified Organisms |
GSPC |
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation |
GTI |
Global Taxonomy Initiative |
HPAI |
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza |
IAS | Invasive Alien Species |
ICPM |
Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures |
IFF |
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests |
IMCAM |
Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management |
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
IPF |
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests |
IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention |
ISPM | International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures |
IUCN | World Conservation Union (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) |
IUCN-WCPA | World Conservation Union - World Commission on Protected Areas |
IUU | Illegal, unregulated and unreported |
IWRM | Integrated Water Resources Management |
KP |
Kyoto Protocol |
LDC | Least Developed Countries |
LME | Large Marine Ecoregion |
MA | Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
MAB |
Man and Biosphere |
MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
MPA |
Marine Protected Area |
MEA |
Multilateral Environmental Agreement |
MedWet |
Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative |
NAP |
National Action Programme |
NAPA |
National Adaptation Programme of Action |
NBSAP |
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
NGO | Non-governmental organization |
PA |
Protected Area |
RIS |
Ramsar Information Sheet |
SBSTTA |
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice |
SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
SIL |
Stakeholders and Indigenous and Local communities |
SPS |
Saintary and Phytosanitary |
STRP |
Scientific and Technical Review Panel |
TBPA |
Trans Boundary Protected Area |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCCD |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNEP-WCMC | United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNICPOLOS | United Nations Informal Consultative Process on the Law of the Sea |
WDPA |
World Database on Protected Areas |
WHC |
World Heritage Convention |
WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development |
