Global Environment Outlook 3 (GEO 3)

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABC

Asian Brown Cloud

CMS

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

AEPC AEPS AEWA

African Environmental Protection Commission Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement

CNC CNG

Chinese National Committee

compressed natural gas

CO

carbon monoxide carbon dioxide

AIDS

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

CO 2 COP

ALGAS Asia Least Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategies AMCEN African Ministerial Conference on the Environment AMU Arab Maghreb Union ANWR Arctic National Wildlife Refuge AoA Agreement on Agriculture AOC Areas of Concern APELL Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AU African Union BOD biological oxygen demand BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy CAB Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences CAMP Coastal Area Management Project CAP Common Agricultural Policy CARICOM Caribbean Community CBC community-based conservation CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBO community-based organization CCAB-AP Central American Council for Forests and Protected Areas CCAMLR Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CCD Convention to Combat Desertification CCFSC Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control CD-ROM Compact disk–read only memory CEC Commission for Environmental Cooperation CEE Central and Eastern Europe CEIT Countries with Economies in Transition CEP Committee for Environmental Protection CERES Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CH 4 methane CIAT International Centre for Tropical Agriculture CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CLRTAP Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution cm centimetre

Conference of the Parties

CPACC

Caribbean Planning for the Adaptation of Global Climate Change

CPF

collaborative partnerships on forests

CRAMRA

Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities Conservation Reserve Program (United States) Commission on Sustainable Development Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Coastal Zone Integrated Management Plan

CRP CSD

CTBT

CZIMP

DALY

disability adjusted life year dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DDT

DPSIR EANET EBRD

driving force-pressure-state-impact-response

Acid Deposition Monitoring Network

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC European Community ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EfE Environment for Europe EIA environmental impact assessment EMEP Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe EMS Environmental Management System ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation EPC Emergency Preparedness Canada EPCRA

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response

EPPR

ESA

Endangered Species Act (United States) European Spatial Development Perspective

ESDP

ESP

electrostatic precipitator

EU EVI

European Union

Environmental Vulnerability Index

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDI

foreign direct investment

FDRP FEMA FEWS

Flood Damage Reduction Program Federal Emergency Management Agency

Famine Early Warning System FEWS NET Famine Early Warning System Network FMCN Mexican Fund for Nature Conservation FSC Forest Stewardship Council FSU former Soviet Union FTAA Free Trade Area for the Americas