| ACPTP | Cooperation Plan on Transboundary Atmospheric Pollution (of ASEAN) |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| ALC | automatic location communicators |
| AMME | Ministers Meeting on the Environment (of ASEAN) |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASMA | Antarctic Specially Managed Area |
| ASPA | Antarctic Specially Protected Areas |
| ASTI | Area of Special Tourist Interest |
| ATCM | Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting |
| ATCP | Antarctic Treaty Consultative Party |
| ATHP | Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (of ASEAN) |
| ATS | Antarctic Treaty System |
| BCC | Benguela Current Commission |
| BCLME | Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem |
| BENEFIT | Benguela Fisheries Interaction Training Programme |
| BP | Bank Procedure |
| CAS | country assistance strategy (World Bank) |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCAMLR | Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| CCAS | Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals |
| CEMP | Ecosystem Monitoring Programme (of CAMLR Commission) |
| CEP | Committee for Environmental Protection (Madrid Protocol) |
| CITES | Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CRAMRA | Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities |
| CSO | civil society organization |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| EA | environmental assessment |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EIA | environmental impact assessment |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FFA | Forum Fisheries Agency |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| HOB | Heart of Borneo |
| HSM | Historic Sites and Monument |
| ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| ICZM | Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| IUU | illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing |
| LME | large marine ecosystem |
| LOI | Letter of Intent |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area; Multiple Use Planning Area |
| MSSSI | Marine SSSIs |
| NAC | North American Commission (of NASCO) |
| NASCO | North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization |
| NEAC | North-East Atlantic Commission (of NASCO) |
| NEAFC | North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
| NEMA | National Environmental Management Act (South Africa) |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| NPOA | National Plan of Action |
| NWA | National Water Act (South Africa) |
| ÖNB | Österreichischer Naturschutzbund (Austrian Nature Conservation Association) |
| OP | Operational Policy (World Bank) |
| PC | public consultation |
| PCU | Programme Co-ordination Unit (of BCLME Programme) |
| PIC | prior informed consent |
| PSC | Programme Steering Committee (of BCLME Programme) |
| RFMO | regional fisheries management organization |
| RHAP | Regional Haze Action Plan (of ASEAN) |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SALSEA | Salmon at Sea Programme |
| SAP | Strategic Action Plan |
| SCAR | Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
| SPA | SADC Programme of Action; Specially Protected Areas |
| SPC | Secretariat of the Pacific Community (of the Oceanic Fisheries Programme) |
| SRA | Specially Reserved Areas |
| SSSI | Sites of Special Scientific Interest |
| SST | sea surface temperature |
| SWA | Shared Watercourse Agreements |
| TAC | total allowable catch |
| TDA | Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFSA | UN Fish Stocks Agreement |
| VMS | vessel monitoring system |
| WCPFC | Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission |
| WCPO | Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean |
| WGC | West Greenland Commission (of NASCO) |
| WWF | World Wildlife Fund |
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