| Environment and development in coastal regions and in small islands |
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 | UNESCOs 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 | UNESCOs 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 |