Acronyms and Abbreviations


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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