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LIST OF ACRONYMS
Acronyms
100 HS Secretariat of the Programme for the Protection of Coastal
Historic Sites
ACCOBAMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans
of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous
Atlantic Area
AFDC Association for Forests, Development and Conservation
APNEK Association for the Protection of Nature and Environment
BP/RAC Regional Activity Centre for the Blue Plan
BOD5
five-day biochemical demand
CEDARE Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab
Region and Europe
CIDCE International Centre of Comparative Environmental Law
CIHEAM International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean
CP/RAC
Agronomic Studies
Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production
DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
EBSA ecologically or biologically significant area
ECAT Environmental Center for Administration and Technology
ELV emission limit value
ENDA-Maghreb Environnement, Développement et Action au Maghreb
EU European Union
FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO/GFCM FAO/General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
HELMEPA Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management
IME Institut méditerranéen de l’eau
IMO International Maritime Organization
INARE Institute for Sustainable Development and Management of
Natural Resources
INDEMER Institut du droit économique de la mer
INFO/RAC Regional Activity Centre for Information and
IUCN
Communication
International Union for Conservation of Nature
MAP Mediterranean Action Plan
MEA Mouvement écologique algérien
MEAs multilateral environmental agreements
MEDMARAVIS Mediterranean Marine Bird Association
MedPAN Network of Managers of Marine Protected Areas in the
Mediterranean
MED POL Programme for the Assessment and Control of Pollution in
the Mediterranean region
MIO-ECSDE Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture
and Sustainable Development
MSSD Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development