Global Environment Outlook 3 (GEO 3)

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ACRONYMS

TRI

Toxics Release Inventory

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Office of Critical Infrastructure and Emergency Preparedness Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic Plan of Action to Combat Desertification Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment

TRIPs UEBD

Trade-Related Aspects of International Property Rights Executive Unit for Settlements in Development (Honduras)

OCIPEP

OSPAR

UK UN

United Kingdom

United Nations UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development UNCHS United Nations Commission on Human Settlements UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCOD United Nations Conference on Desertification UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNEP-WCMC United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre UNESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNF United Nations Foundation UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNSO United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office (now UNDP Office to Combat Desertification) US United States US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency USAID United States Agency for International Development USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service USGS United States Geological Survey UV ultraviolet VOC volatile organic compound WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development WCED World Commission on Environment and Development WCP World Climate Programme WCS World Conservation Strategy WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization WHYCOS World Hydrological Cycle Observing System WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WMO World Meteorological Organization WSSCC Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development WTO World Trade Organization WWC World Water Council WWF World Wide Fund for Nature ZACPLAN Zambezi River System Action Plan ZAMCOM Zambezi Basin Commission

PACD PAME

PCB PCP

polychlorinated biphenyls

Permanent Cover Program (Canada) PEBLDS Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy PEEN Pan-European Ecological Network PEFC Pan-European Forest Certification PERSGA Protection of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden PFRA Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (Canada) PICs Pacific Island Countries PM2.5 particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less POPs persistent organic pollutants PRRC Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (Philippines) PSR pressure-state-response RAP remedial action plan REMPEC Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea ROPME Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment SACEP South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme SADC Southern African Development Community SANAA National Autonomous Water and Sewage Authority (Honduras) SAP structural adjustment programme SARA Species At Risk Act (Canada) SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment SEA strategic environmental assessment SEI Stockholm Environment Institute SIDS Small Island Developing State or States SO 2 sulphur dioxide SOE state of the environment SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geosciences Commission SPIRS Seveso Plants Information Retrieval System SPM suspended particulate matter SPRD Strategic Planning and Research Department (Singapore) START System for Analysis, Research and Training TAI Technology Achievement Index TAO tropical atmospheric ocean TCA Treaty for Amazonian Cooperation TCDD 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin TEA Transportation Equity Act TEK traditional ecological knowledge TEN Trans-European Network TFAP Tropical Forestry Action Plan TRAFFIC Trade Records Analysis for Flora and Fauna in International Commerce