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Acronyms & Abbreviations

AIDS

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

AMCEN ASEAN

African Ministerial Conference on the Environment

Association of Southeast Asian Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

CBD CEC CFC

Commission for Environmental Cooperation (under NAFTA)

chlorofluorocarbon

CITES CMS

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

CO

carbon monoxide carbon dioxide

CO 2 DDT

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DESA DEWA

Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division of Early Warning and Assessment (UNEP)

EU

European Union

FAO GDP GEO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

gross domestic product

Global Environment Outlook

GIWA

Global International Waters Assessment Global Resource Information Database

GRID

HIV IEG

human immunodeficiency virus

International Environmental Governance Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

IFF

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INEGI IPCC IUCN IWRM

Instituto Nacional de Geografia Estadistica e Informatica (Mexico)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

World Conservation Union (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)

integrated water resources management Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Millennium Development Goals multilateral environmental agreement

MA

MDGs

MEA MSC

Marine Stewardship Council

NAFTA NGO ODS OECD

North American Free Trade Agreement

non-governmental organization ozone-depleting substance

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PCB

polychlorinated biphenyls persistent organic pollutants

POPs SCP SIDS

sustainable consumption and production Small Island Developing State or States

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