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SUSTAINABLE FINANCING OF MPAs IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

ACRONYMS

ACCOBAMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea,
Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CDDA Common Database on Designated Areas (European protected-area
database)
CdL Conservatoire du Littoral (French coastal protection agency)
CIESM Mediterranean Science Commission
COP Conference of the Parties
EC European Commission
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EU European Union
FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
FFEM French Global Environment Facility

GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEF Global Environment Fund
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature
MedPAN Network of Mediterranean Marine Protected Area managers
MAP Mediterranean Action Plan
MPA Marine Protected Area
AAMP French Marine Protected Areas Agency

NA No answer in the questionnaire
NC Not collected during the survey
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
ODA Official Development Assistance
PA Protected Area
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
PES Payment for Ecosystem Services
RAC/SPA Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas

R&D Research and Development
SPA/BD Special Protected Areas and Biological Diversity
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
WCPA World Commission on Protected Areas
WDPA World Database on Protected Areas
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature

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