ACRONYMS

ACCOBAMS: Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area.

AECID: Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development.

AfDB: African Development Bank.

CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity.

CEAM: Centre for Environmental Studies in the Mediterranean.

CEPF: Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.

GFCM: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean.

ECAP: Ecosystem Approach.

EFARO: European Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Organization.

ENPI: European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.

EU: European Union.

EDRF: European Development Regional Fund.

FFEM: French Global Environment Facility (Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial).

FREDIE: Freshwater Diversity Identification for Europe.

GIS: Geographical Information System.

HCEFLCD: High Commission for Water, Forests and the Fight against Desertification in Morocco.

ICZM: Integrated Coastal Zone Management.

IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature.

MAGRAMA: Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

MCSD: Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development.

MEDINA: Marine dynamics and ecosystem indicators for North Africa Project.

MEDPAN: Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean.

MEDRAS: Project to identify Priority Representative Areas and Species in the Mediterranean Sea to Conserve.

MEET: Mediterranean Experience on Eco-tourism project.

MIO-ECSDE: Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development.

MDG: Millennium Development Goals.

MPA: Marine Protected Area.

OAPN: National Parks Autonomous Agency in Spain.

OTREMED: Project for the establishment of a Territorial Observatory of Mediterranean Regions.

OZHM: Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory.

PAM: Mediterranean Action Plan.

PEGASO: People for Ecosystem-based Governance in Assessing Sustainable development of Ocean and Coast project.

POCTEFEX: Programme for Spanish Cooperation across Borders.

PPI-OSCAN: Small Initiatives Programme for Civil Society Organizations in North Africa.

RAC/SPA: Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas.

RAED: Arab Network for Environment and Development.

SAP BIO: Strategic Action Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean.

SBEI: Site of Biological and Ecological Interest.

SEARCH: Project on Social, Ecological and Agricultural Resilience in the face of climate change in the Mediterranean Region.

SPAMI: Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance.

SSC: UICN Species Survival Commission.

TRANSHABITAT:Project on Sustainable development of transboundary areas belonging to Natura2000 and Habitats of Common Interest between Andalucía and Morocco.

UAL: University of Alicante.

UMA: Union for the Maghreb Arab.

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme.

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme.

WCPA: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.