Blue Carbon - First Level Exploration of Blue Carbon in the Arabian Peninsula

ACRONYMS

AGEDI

Abu-Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative

CBD CDM

Convention for Biological Diversity Clean Development Mechanism

CO

Carbon dioxide

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EAD

Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi

ES

Ecosystem Services

GEF GHG GRID IUCN

Global Environment Facility

Greenhouse gases

Global Resource Information Database International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN ROWA

IUCN Regional Office for West Asia

MPA

Marine protected area

NOAA

US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

PES PPG UAE

Payment for Ecosystem Services

Project Preparation Grant United Arab Emirates

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNEP-WCMC UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Center UNESCO UNESCO-IOC UNESCO International Oceanographic Commission UNFCCC

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

VCM

Voluntary Carbon Market

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