ACRONYMS

ACCOBAMS: Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area.

AECID: Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development.

AFAMP: French Agency for Marine Protected Areas (Agence des aires marines protégées de France)

AfDB: African Development Bank.

AMU / UMA: Arab Maghreb Union (Union du Maghreb arabe)

AOYE: Arab Office for Youth and Environment.

CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity.

CEAM: Centre for Environmental Studies in the Mediterranean (Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo)

CEM: IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management.

CEPF: Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.

CIHEAM: International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies.

CMEAOT: Andalusia’s regional ministry of environment and land planning (Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio de la Junta de Andalucía)

CSO: Civil Society Organization.

GFCM: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean.

ECAP: Ecosystem Approach.

EFARO: European Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Organization.

EFIMED: Mediterranean Regional Office of the European Forest Institute.

ENPI CBCMED: European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.

EU: European Union.

EDRF: European Development Regional Fund.

FB: Biodiversity Foundation (Fundación Biodiversidad).

FFEM: French Global Environment Facility (Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial).

FM6E: Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection.

GIS: Geographical Information System.

GLPA: IUCN Green List of Protected Areas.

HCEFLCD: High Commission for Water, Forests and the Fight against Desertification in Morocco.

IAMZ: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute.

ICZM: Integrated Coastal Zone Management.

IPA: Important Plant Area.

IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature.

IUCN-MED: Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

KBA: Key Biodiversity Areas.

MAGRAMA: Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

MAP: Mediterranean Action Plan.

MCSD: Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development.

MEDINA: Marine dynamics and ecosystem indicators for North Africa Project.

MedMIS: Smartphone and online information system for monitoring ivasive nonnative species in Mediterranean marine protected areas.

MEDPAN: Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean.

MEDRAS: Project to identify Priority Representative Areas and Species in the Mediterranean Sea to Conserve.

MEET: Mediterranean Experience on Eco-tourism project.

MENBO: Mediterranean Network of Basin Organizations.

MIO-ECSDE: Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development.

MDG: Millennium Development Goals.

MPA: Marine Protected Area.

OAPN: National Parks Autonomous Agency in Spain.

OTREMED: Project for the establishment of a Territorial Observatory of Mediterranean Regions.

OZHM: Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory.

PEGASO: People for Ecosystem-based Governance in Assessing Sustainable development of Ocean and Coast project.

POCTEFEX: Programme for Spanish Cooperation across Borders.

PPI-OSCAN: Small Initiatives Programme for Civil Society Organizations in North Africa.

RAC/SPC: Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production.

RAC/SPA: Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas.

RAED: Arab Network for Environment and Development.

RAED: Arab Network for Environment and Development.

RBIM: Mediterranean Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve.

RLE: Red List of Ecosystems.

ROWA: IUCN Regional Office for West Asia.

SAP BIO: Strategic Action Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean.

SBEI: Site of Biological and Ecological Interest.

SEARCH: Project on Social, Ecological and Agricultural Resilience in the face of climate change in the Mediterranean Region.

SPAMI: Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance.

SSC: UICN Species Survival Commission.

TRANSHABITAT:Project on Sustainable development of transboundary areas belonging to Natura2000 and Habitats of Common Interest between Andalucía and Morocco.

UAL: University of Alicante.

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme.

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme.

WCPA: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.