Sierra Leone - State of the Marine Environment 2015

14. Acronyms

CECAF Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic COADS Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set ECC Equatorial Counter Current EE Expert Elicitation EPA-SL Environment Protection Agency – Sierra Leone FAO Food and Agricultural Organization GCLME Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem GDP Gross Domestic Product IMBO Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography IMO International Maritime Organization IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IPCC International Panel on Climate Change ISFM Institutional Support for Fisheries Management MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships MDGs Millennium Development Goals NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans SOME State of the Marine Environment

UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNIDO United Industrial Development Organization USL University of Sierra Leone WACOM West African Coast ObservationMission WGASPS FAO/CECAF Working Group on the Assessment of Small Pelagic Fish Sub-Group South WHO World Health Organization WIWO Working Group International Waterbirds and Wetland Research

Front GRID-Arendal & EPA SL 6-7 GRID-Arendal 11 iStock/Icoccia 16 GRID-Arendal & EPA SL 17 EPA SL 19 EPA SL 22 EPA SL 24 Seawatch. org 26-27 iStock/viti 28 EPA SL 35 EPA SL 36 iStock/Abenaa 37 iStock/ Abenaa 41 iStock/Abenaa 44 EPA SL 45 EPA SL 46 EPA SL 49 EPA SL Back GRID-Arendal Photo Credits

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