List of abbreviations
Aarhus Convention United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
ABMT Area-based management tool
ABNJ Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
ABS Access and Benefit Sharing
BMUB German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
BfN German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Bonn Guidelines Bonn guidelines on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilization
CAMLR Convention Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention
CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)
The Convention UNCLOS
EBSA Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas
EIA Environmental impact assessment
EIS Environmental information statement
Espoo Convention Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUU Fishing Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Kiev Protocol Protocol On Strategic Environmental Assessment To The Convention On Environmental Impact Assessment In A Transboundary Context
Madrid Protocol Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
MGR Marine genetic resources
MPA Marine protected area
MSP Marine spatial planning
MSR Marine scientific research
Nagoya Protocol The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Noumea Convention Noumea Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region
OSPAR Convention Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
RFMO/A Regional fisheries management organisations and arrangements
Rotterdam Convention Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
SEA Strategic environmental assessment
SPA Specially Protected Area
SPA/BD Protocol Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution
SPRFMO South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation
TRIPS Agreement Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFSA UN Fish Stocks Agreement (Agreement For The Implementation Of The Provisions Of The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea Of 10 December 1982 Relating To The Conservation And Management Of Straddling Fish Stocks And Highly Migratory Fish Stock)
UNGA United Nations General Assembly
UN Working Group United Nations Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction
VME Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem
