Caspian Sea 2011

State of the Environment of the Caspian Sea

Acronyms and Abbreviations

GDP GEF GEO

AAB ACL

Gross domestic product Global Environment Facility Global Environment Outlook Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Anomalous Algal Bloom

Admissible Concentration Limits AGIP KCO Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Company ASTP At Sea Training Programme AZ Azerbaijan bcm Billion Cubic Meters BMP Biodiversity Monitoring Programme BODs Biological Oxygen Demand BP British Petroleum BTC Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline CAB Commission of Aquatic Bioresources CASPCOM Coordinating Committee on Hydrometeorology and Pollution Monitoring of the Caspian Sea CASPECO The Caspian Sea: Restoring Deple­

GFDL

Gg

Giga gram

GHG GISS GIWA

Greenhouse gas

Goddard Institute for Space Studies Global International Waters Assessment Global Resource Information Database Hexachlorobenzene, a fungicide Hexachlorocyclohexane, a pesticide International Atomic Energy Agency The International Commission on Aquatic Resources of the Caspian Sea International Institute for Sustainable Development International Monetary Fund Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Standard Industrial Classification International Organization for Standardization Interim Sediment Quality Guidelines Human Development Report Islamic Republic of Iran

GRID

HCB HCH HDR IAEA

ICARCS

ted Fisheries and Consolidation of a Permanent Regional Environmental Governance Framework Project Caspian Complex Environment Monitoring Administration Caspian Sea Coastal Sites Inventory Canadian Climate Center

IISD

CCC

IMF IOC

CCEMA

CCSI CDV CEH CEP CO2 COP CPC CSD DDE DDT

IPCC

Canine Distemper Virus

Caspian Economic Hinterland Caspian Environment Programme

IR

ISIC

Carbon dioxide

Conference of Parties

ISO

Caspian Pipeline Consortium Caspian Stakeholders Database Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, an insecticide Department of the Environment Driving Forces-Pressures-State- Impacts-Responses Energy Information Administration Environment and Security Initiative Environmental Quality Objectives

ISQG

ITC

International Trade Centre

IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature KaspNIRKh Caspian Fisheries Research Institute KZ Kazakhstan M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MAC

DoE

DPSIR

EIA

ENVSEC

EQO ERL

Maximum Allowable Concentration Maximum Contaminant Level Millennium Development Goals Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

MCL

Effects Range Low European Union

MDGs MENR

EU

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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