International Waters learning Exchange & Resource Network

Acronyms

ABMJ

Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

BCR

Benefit Cost Ratio

CARE

Comprehensive Assessment of Risk to Ecosystems

CBA

Cost Benefit Analysis

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CEA

Cost Effectiveness Analysis

CICES

Common International Classification for Ecosystem Services

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

CTF

Conservation Trust Fund

CTI-CFF

Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security

CTMPAS

Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System

DNS

Debt for Nature Swaps

EbA

Ecosystem based Adaptation

EBA

Ecosystem Based Approach

EBM

Ecosystem Based Management

EDF

Environmental Defence Fund

EEA

Experimental Ecosystem Accounting

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

ERA

Ecosystem Risk Assessment

ES

Ecosystem Services

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organisation

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEF

Global Environmental Facility

IAM

Integrated Assessment Model

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Seas

ICM

Integrated Coastal Management

IEEFM

Integrated Ecological-Economic Fisheries Models

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INCA

Integrated system for Natural Capital and ecosystem services Accounting

IOC

International Oceanographic Commission

IRR

Internal Rate of Return

ITQ

Individual Transferable Quota

IUU

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

LME

Large Marine Ecosystem

LME:LEARN

Large Marine Ecosystems: Learning Exchange and Resource Network

MCA

Multi Criteria Analysis

MPA

Marine Protected Area

MSP

Marine Spatial Planning

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NPV

Net Present Value

NPV

Net Present Value

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

PEMSEA

Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia

PES

Payments for Ecosystem Services

SCC

Social Cost of Carbon

SECA

Simplified Ecosystem Capital Accounts

SEEA

System of Environmental-Economic Accounting

SIA

Sustainability Impact Assessment

SNA

System of National Accounts

TAC

Total Allowable Catch

TDA

Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis

TEEB

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

TEV

Total Economic Value

TURF

Territorial Use Rights for Fishing

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

VA-LEAP

Vulnerability Assessment Local Early Action Plan

WAVES

Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services

WRI

World Resources Institute

WTO

World Trade Organisation