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Abbreviations Used in the Text
AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
BYU | Brigham Young University |
BP | British Petroleum |
BRT | Biodiversity Research and Training (Thailand) |
CABS | Center for Applied Biodiversity Science |
CBCA | Community Based Conservation Area |
CDB | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CBO | Community-based Organization |
CEPF | Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund |
CI | Conservation International |
CII | Cooperative Island Initiative (of ISSG) |
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CNMI | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands |
CROP | Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific |
EBA | Endemic Bird Areas |
EVI | Environmental Vulnerability Index |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
FFA | Forum Fisheries Agency |
FSM | Federated States of Micronesia |
FSPI | Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International |
GEF | Global Environment Facility |
GIS | Geographical Information System |
GTZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Aid) |
IBA | Important Bird Area |
IUCN | World Conservation Union |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
ISSG | Invasive Species Specialist Group (of IUCN) |
MCT | Micronesia Conservation Trust |
MEA | Multilateral Environmental Agreement |
NBSAP | National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
NCSA | National Capacity Self Assessment |
NEMS | National Environmental Management Strategy |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NZAID | New Zealand Agency for International Development |
PA | Protected Area |
PABITRA | Pacific Asia Biodiversity Transect Network |
PBIN | Pacific Basin Information Node |
PICT | Pacific Island Country or Territory |
PIER | Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk Project |
PSA | Pacific Science Association |
SGP | Small Grants Program |
SPC | Secretariat for the Pacific Community |
SOPAC | South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission |
SPREP | Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program |
TNC | The Nature Conservancy |
UNCCD | United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification |
UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
USP | University of the South Pacific |
USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
WCS | Wildlife Conservation Society |
WWF-SSP | World Wide Fund for Nature- South Pacific Program |