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Acronyms and abbreviations

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

EIA EU

Environmental Impact Assessment

European Union

FAO FDI FPA GDP GEF GNH

Food and Agriculture Organization

Foreign Direct Investment

Fisheries Partnership Arrangement

Gross Domestic Product Global Environment Facility Gross National Happiness Genuine Progress Indicator

GPI

GS

Genuine Savings

HASSMAR

Haute autorité chargée de la coordination de la Sécurité Maritime et de la Sûreté Maritime

HDI ICE

Human Development Index

Intergovernmental Committee of Experts Integrated Coastal Zone Management

ICZM

IEA

International Energy Agency

IGAD

Intergovernmental Authority on Development

IGO IMF IMO

Intergovernmental Organization International Monetary Fund International Maritime Organization

INPOH

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Oceânicas e Hidroviárias

IOC

Indian Ocean Commission

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISA

International Seabed Authority

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (fishing)

IUU KPI

Key Performance Indicator

MARPOL

International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships

M&E MPA MSP

Monitoring and Evaluation Marine Protected Area Marine Spatial Planning

NAPA

National Adaptation Programme of Action Natural Capital Accounting (system)

NCA

NCTTCA

Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority

NEPAD

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NGO

Nongovernmental Organization Nauru Seabed Minerals Authority Official Development Assistance

NSMA

ODA

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