acronyms

ACHR American Convention on Human Rights AF Adaptation Fund ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BRfA Beijing Platform for Action CAFTA Central American Free Trade Agreement CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCLW Climate Change Laws of the World CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CESDH European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms COP Conference of the Parties CPTPP Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership ECtHR European Court of Human Rights ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EU European Union FWG Facilitiative Working Group GAP Gender Action Plan GATT General Agreement on Tariff and Trade GCF Green Climate Fund GEF Global Environmental Facility GES Good Ecological State GHG Greenhouse Gases HCHR UN High Commission on Human Rights IACHR Interamerican Court of Human Rights IPCC Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change IPLC Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities LCIPP Local Communities and Indigenous People Platform LWPG Lima Work Programme on Gender

MESFD Marine Environment Strategy Framework MPA Marine Protected Areas NDC Nationally Determined Contributions NGO Non Governmental Organization NZ New Zeland OFB French Biodiversity Office OJEU Official Journal of the European Union PA Paris Agreement REDD+ Reduction of Emissions Derived from Deforestation and Forest Degradation SDG Sustainable Development Goals TK / TEK Traditional Knowledge / Traditional Ecological Knowledge TRENDS Trade and Environmental Database UN United Nations Organization UNEP UN Environmental Programme UNCCD UN Convention to Combat Desertification UNFCC UN Framework Convention on Climate Change US United States (of America) USMCA United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement WGC Women and Gender Constituency WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WMO World Meterological Organization WT Waitangi Tribunal WTO World Trade rganization