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"Abbreviations" [2013] ELECD 1079; in Maes, Frank; Cliquet, An; du Plessis, Willemien; McLeod-Kilmurray, Heather (eds), "Biodiversity and Climate Change" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) xiii

Book Title: Biodiversity and Climate Change

Editor(s): Maes, Frank; Cliquet, An; du Plessis, Willemien; McLeod-Kilmurray, Heather

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781782546887

Section Title: Abbreviations

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Abbreviations
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
BCP Bio-cultural Community Protocol
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CEC Commission for Environmental Cooperation
CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
COP Conference of the Parties
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EU European Union
GMO Genetically Modified Organism
IACHR Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights
IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development
ILO International Labour Organization
IPBES Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISPM International Standards for Phytosanitary Measure
IUCNAEL International Union for Conservation of Nature Academy
of Environmental Law
LMO Living Modified Organism
MDG Millennium Development Goal
NAPA National Adaptation Programme of Action
NDDCU National Drought and Desertification Control Unit
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
REDD Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation
SEA Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment
UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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UN United Nations
UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
UNGA United Nations General Assembly
UNHRC United Nations Human Rights Council
WTO World Trade Organization
WWF World Wildlife Fund