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Guidance and Lessons Learned for Canada's Marine Protected Area Networks
ABBREVIATIONS
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PDF Version| BfN |
German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| COP |
Conference of the Parties |
| DFO | Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
| EBSA | Ecologically and Biologically Significant Area |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GBRMP | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park |
| IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) |
| LOMA | Large Ocean Management Area |
| MBS | Migratory Bird Sanctuary |
| MCPA | Marine and Coastal Protected Area |
| MEC | Marine Environment Classification |
| MLPA | Marine Life Protection Act (California) |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area* |
| MPPF | Marine Protection Planning Forum |
| MWA | Marine Wildlife Area |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
| NMCA | National Marine Conservation Area† |
| NRSMPA | National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas |
| NWA | National Wildlife Area |
| NZBS | New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy |
| OSPAR | Oslo-Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic |
| POW | Program of Work |
| SAC | Special Area of Conservation |
| SBSTTA | Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice |
| SCI | Site of Community Importance |
| SPA | Special Protection Area |
| WCPA | World Commission on Protected Areas |
* In this document, the term "marine protected area (MPA)" is used in a generic sense and not to refer to any one specific legislative or regulatory mechanism - unless otherwise noted.
† While the Federal Marine Protected Areas Strategy applies to the ocean environment, it is recognized that Parks Canada Agency's NMCA program also includes the Great Lakes.
