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BD
Biodiversity
BIP
Biodiversity Indicators Partnership
EBV
Essential Biodiversity Variables
ESPA
Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation
GDP
Gross domestic product
GEF
Global Environment Facility
GHG
Greenhouse Gases
IPBES
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and ecosystem Services
LDCs
Least Developed Countries
LME
Large Marine Ecosystems
LMMA
Locally managed marine areas
MCES
Marine and coastal ecosystem services
MES
Marine Ecosystem Services
MPA
Marine protected areas
MSP
Marine Spatial Planning
NBSAP
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
OHI
Ocean Health Index
SDG
Sustainable Development Goals
SEEA
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
SIDS
Small Island Development States
TEEB
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
WAVES
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services
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