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ANNEX 5
List of acronyms
| CARICOMP | Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity project |
| CLC | International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage |
| COLREG | Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea |
| COSALC | Coast and Beach Stability in the Smaller Caribbean Islands project |
| CSI | Environment and Development in Coastal Regions and in Small Islands platform |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| FoProBiM | Foundation for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity (in French: Fondation pour la protection de la biodiversité marine) |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GIS | Geographic information system |
| ICM | Integrated coastal management |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IUCN | World Conservation Union |
| MARPOL 73/78 | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto |
| OPC | Oil Pollution Compensation |
| OPRC | International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft |
| SOLAS | International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
| SPOT | Satellite-based earth observing system (in French: Système Pour l'Observation de la Terre) |
| TM | (Landsat) Thematic Mapper |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
