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List of Acronyms Used on This Site
ACARM - Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers
BACONGO - Belize Association of Conservation NGOs
BAD - Belize Archives Department
BAHA - Belize Agricultural Health Authority
BAS - Belize Audubon Society
BBIS - Belize Biodiversity Information System
BBMS - Belize Biodiveristy Mapping System (--> now BERDS)
BCH - Biosafety Clearing-House (Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety - CBD)
BEA - Biodiversity Enabling Activity (GEF)
BERDS - Biodiversity & Environmental Resource Data System of Belize
BEMAMCCOR - Belize-Mexico Alliance for the Management of the Common Coastal Resources
BFREE - Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education
BMC - Bladen Management Consortium
BTFS - Belize Tropical Forest Studies
BWB - Birds Without Borders
BWSL - Belize Water Services Ltd.
CAA - Caribbean Archives Association
CARD - Community-initiated Agricultural and Rural Development Project
CARICOM - Caribbean Community
CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity
CBO - Community Based Organisation
CCAD - Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank
CDERA - Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
CEDS - Conservation & Environmental Data System
CHM - Clearing-House Mechanism
CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
COMSTEC - Community Managed Sarstoon Temash Conservation Project
COP - Conference of Parties
CPACC - Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Climate Change Project
CPUE - Catch Per Unit of Effort
CREP - Caribbean Regional Environment Programme
CRFM - Caribbean Regional Fisheries Management Project
CSDGM - Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
CSO - Central Statistics Office
CZMAI - Coastal Zone Management Authority & Institute
DiGIR - Distributed Generic Information Retrieval Protocol
DOE - Department of the Environment
EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment
ECOSUR - Colegio de la Frontera Sur
ESTAP - Environmental and Social Technical Assistance Project
FD - Forest Department, MNREI
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FFI - Fauna and Flora International
FGDC - Federal Geographic Data Committee (USA)
FON - Friends of Nature
FUNDAECO - Foundation for Eco-Development and Conservation
FWC - Foundation for Wildlife Conservation
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GEF - Global Environment Facility
GIS - Geographic Information System
GISP - Global Invasive Species Programme
GPA - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from
Land-Based Activities (UNEP)
GPD - Geology & Petroleum Department, MNREI
GPS - Global Positioning System
GTI - Global Taxonomic Initiative (CBD)
I3N - IABIN Invasives Information Network
IABIN - Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network
ICA - International Council of Archives
ICRAN - International Coral Reef Action Network
IDB - Inter-American Development Bank
IHP - International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO)
IICA - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture
IUCN - World Conservation Union
IWRM - Integrated Watershed Resources Management
LCRS - Las Cuevas Research Station
LIC - Land Information Centre, MNREI
LFO - Living Modified Organism
MACC - Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change Project (Caribbean)
MARPOL - International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MBC - Mesoamerican Biological Corridors Project
MBRS - Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Project
MLA - Maya Leaders Alliance
MNREI - Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Industry
MPA - Marine Protected Area
MSBC - Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation
NARMAP - Natural Resource Management and Protection Project (USAID)
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
NBII - National Biological Information Infrastructure (USA)
NEMO - National Emergency Management Organisation
NEOBAT - Neotropical bat conservation project (WCS)
NHM - Natural History Museum, London
NPAPSP - National Protected Areas Policy & System Plan
NRM - Natural Resources Management
NTFP - Non-Timber Forest Product
OAS - Organisation of American States
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIE - World Animal Health Organisation
PA - Protected Area
PACT - Protected Areas Conservation Trust
PAHO - Pan-American Health Organisation
PfB - Programme for Belize
POPS - Persistent Organic Pollutants
RBCMA - Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area
REA - Rapid Environmental Appraisal
RAMSAR - Convention on Wetlands, Ramsar, Iran 1971
SAGE - Southern Alliance for Grassroots Empowerment
SATIIM - Sarstoon-Temash Institute of Indigenous Management
SIAM - Sistema de Información Ambiental Mesoamericano (was SIMEBIO)
SIMEBIO - Sistema Mesoamericano de Información sobre Biodiversidad
SINIA - Sistemas Nacionales de Información Ambiental de Centroaméricana
SPAG - Spawning Aggregations Working Group
SPAW - Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region Programme
STNP - Sarstoon Temash National Park
TDC - Toledo Development Corporation
TEC - Tropical Education Centre (in conjunction with Belize Zoo)
TIDE - Toledo Institute for Development and Environment
TNC - The Nature Conservancy
TRIGOH - Alianza Trinacional para la conservación del Golfo de Honduras
UB - University of Belize
UB-IMS - University of Belize - Institute of Marine Studies
UB-NRM - University of Belize - Natural Resources Management Programme
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO - United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USAID - United States Agency for International Development
WB - World Bank Group
WCS - Wildlife Conservation Society
WMO - World Meteorological Organisation (UN)
WCPA - World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN)
WWF - World Wildlife Fund for Nature
YCT - Ya'axche' Conservation Trust
ZSM - Zoological Society of Milwaukee
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