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Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

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List of Acronyms<br />

Acronym full name<br />

AFB Air Force Base<br />

AUD Australian dollar<br />

BP before present<br />

CAA U.S. Civil Aviation Authority<br />

CCOP/SOPAC SOPAC former name<br />

CEPF Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund<br />

CI Conservation International<br />

CITES Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species<br />

Co Cobalt<br />

CORAL Coral Reef Alliance<br />

CPUE catch per unit effort<br />

Cu Cooper<br />

CVA cumulative volcano amplitude<br />

D Dimensional<br />

DOI U.S. Department of Interior<br />

ECD Environment and Conservation Department, MELAD<br />

EEZ exclusive economic zone<br />

ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation<br />

ESCAP U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asian and the Pacific<br />

FAA U.S. Federal Aviation Agency<br />

FAO Food and Agriculture Department of the United Nations<br />

GBRMPA Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority<br />

GCF Global Conservation Fund<br />

GEF Global Environment Facility<br />

GEIC Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony<br />

GOK Government of Kiribati<br />

IFREMER Institu Francais de Recherche Pour L'exploitation de la Mer<br />

IUCN World Conservation Union<br />

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency<br />

JOGMEC Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation<br />

KSSL Kiribati Shipping Services, Ltd.<br />

LMS London Missionary Society (now the Kiribati Protestant Church)<br />

LORAN Long Range Navigation Station<br />

MARC Micronesia Area Resource Center, University of Guam<br />

MARPOL Maritime Pollution Convention<br />

MELAD Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Agricultural Development, Kiribati<br />

MJO Madden-Julian Oscillation<br />

MLPID Ministry of Line and Phoenix Islands Development, Kiribati<br />

Mn Manganese<br />

MOU Memorandum of Understanding<br />

MPA marine protected area<br />

NASA U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration<br />

NEAq New England Aquarium<br />

Ni Nickel<br />

NOAA U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<br />

PAA Pan American Airways<br />

PCBs Polychorinated biphenyl<br />

PCRF Planetary Coral Reef Foundation<br />

PI Phoenix Islands<br />

PIKS Phoenix Islands Kakai Scheme<br />

PIMRIS Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System

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