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Abbreviations and acronyms related to the Convention
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| MA | Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
| MAB | The Man and
the Biosphere Programme (of UNESCO) see also: AfriNET, EABRNet, EuroMAB, MABNetAmericas, U.S.MAB. |
| MAP | Mediterranean Action Plan |
| MAR | a joint ICBP-IWRB project to study and access the conservation priority for wetlands (marecages) |
| MARBID | Marine Biodiversity Database |
| MARPOL | marine pollution |
| MARPOL 73/78 | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto |
| MARS | Marine Research Stations network |
| MAS | marker assisted selection |
| MAST | Marine Science & Technology (of DGXII, The European Commission) |
| MBALs | minimum biological acceptable levels |
| MCDP | Marine Conservation and Development Program |
| MCPFE | Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe |
| MCSD | Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development |
| MDBs | multilateral development banks |
| MEAs | Multilateral Environmental Agreements |
| MED POL | Mediterranean Pollution Monitoring and Research Programme |
| MEDALUS | Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use |
| MEDASSET | Mediterranean Association to Save the Turtles |
| MEDO | Mediterranean Environment and Development Observatory |
| MEDU | Co-ordinating Unit for the MAP |
| MEP | Monitoring Environmental Progress (of the World Bank) |
| MGRs | microbial genetic resources |
| MINA-plan | Milieubeleidsplan
en Natuurontwikkelingsplan voor Vlaanderen (Belgium) (E= Flemish Environmental Policy and Nature Development Plan) |
| MIRA | Milieu- en Natuurrapport van Vlaanderen (Belgium) (E= Flemish Environmental and Nature Report) |
| MIRCEN | Microbiological Resources Centres |
| MIS | Management Information System for Agricultural Research (of CGIAR) |
| MOSAICC | Micro-organisms Sustainable Use and Access Regulation, an
International Code of Conduct (a proposal for a voluntary code of conduct to facilitate easy access to and international circulation of MGRs is in preparation; for information: Philippe Desmeth, BCCMtm International Co-operation Officer); see also BCCM |
| MOU | memorandum of understanding |
| MRA | mutual recognition agreement |
| MRAC | Musée
royal de l'Afrique centrale (En= Royal Museum for Central Africa) (Nl= Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika) (De= Königliches Museum für Zentral-Afrika) |
| MRL | maximum residue level |
| MSDS | material safety data sheet |
| MSP | Meeting on the Strategic Plan |
| MSS | multispectral scanner |
| MSW | Mammal Species of the World (by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington) |
| MSY | maximum sustainable yield |
| MTA | material transfer agreement |
| M-T WP | medium-term work programme |
| MUCL | Mycological
Collection of the Catholic University of Louvain F= Mycothèque de l'Université Catholique de Louvain |
| MUMM | Management Unit of the
Mathematical Model of the North Sea and Scheldt Estuary, from 01.01.97 onward the sixth department of the RBINS. (F= UGMM; N= BMM) |
| MVP | minimum viable population |
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