Environment and development
in coastal regions and in small islands
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Coastal region and small island papers 3

List of acronyms

AEROCE Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment (Bermuda)
AMLC Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
BBSR Bermuda Biological Station for Research
CARIPOL Caribbean Pollution Program
CARMABI Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity (Curaçao)
CERC Coastal Ecosystems Research Center (Cuba)
CIMAR Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (Costa Rica)
CINVESTAV Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Mexico)
COMAR UNESCO’s Coastal Marine Program
CONACYT Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico)
CONICIT Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (Costa Rica)
DBML Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory (Jamaica)
DMC CARICOMP Data Management Centre (Jamaica)
DUMAC Ducks Unlimited de México, A.C.
EDIMAR Estación de Investigaciones Marina de Margarita (Venezuela)
EPOMEX Centro de Ecología, Pesqueirias y Oceanografía del Golfo de México
FoProBIM Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine (Haiti)
GCRMN Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
GOOS Global Ocean Observing System
ICGC Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografía (Cuba)
ICRI International Coral Reef Initiative
ICRS International Coral Reef Symposia
IES Institute of Ecology and Systematics (Cuba)
IGEO Instituto de Geografía (Cuba)
IGN Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Cuba)
INTECMAR Instituto de Tecnología y Ciencias Marinas (Venezuela)
INVEMAR Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (Colombia)
IO Institute of Oceanology (Cuba)
IOC UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
MARENA Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales y del Medio Ambiente (Nicaragua)
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat
UCBMRC University College of Belize Marine Research Centre
UNCLOS United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
UNEP United National Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
   
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