Environment and development
in coastal regions and in small islands

An ecological assessment of Ulugan Bay, Palawan, Philippines, CSI info 12

List of acronyms

Except for more widely known and used acronyms, links to first occurrences are underlined in grey. Links to homepages of organizations are in blue.

CADC Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim
CSI Environment and Development in Coastal Regions and in Small Islands
CS-ESP College of Science – Environmental Science Program (University of the Philippines, Diliman)
dbh (mangrove) diameter at breast height
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)
DND Department of National Defense (Philippines)
DOT Department of Tourism (Philippines)
ELAC Environmental Legal Assistance Center
ESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
EU European Union
GPS Geographical Positioning System
ICM Integrated coastal management
LCC Live coral cover
LIT Line intercept transect method
MAB Man and the Biosphere Programme
NEDA National Economic and Development Agency (Philippines)
NGO Non-governmental organization
PCG Philippine Coast Guard
PCSD Palawan Council for Sustainable Development
SD Standard deviation
SSI Sorensen’s Similarity Index
TL Transect lengths
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
URL Uniform Resource Locator
WiCoP Wise Coastal Practices for Sustainable Human Development (forum) (user name = csi, password = wise)

  

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