Acronyms in English
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AGRRA = Rapid Assessment of Reefs in the Atlantic and Gulf
AMP = Protected Marine Area
ASP = Protected Wild Area
BICA = Bay Islands Conservation Association
CETS = Commission on Sustainable Tourism of the Bay Islands
CAFTA = Free Trade Agreement between Central America and the United States of America and theDominican Republic
CEMU = Utila Marine Ecology Center
CGA = Environmental Management Committees
CITES = Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Wild
COCO = Advisory Councils
COCONAFOR = National Advisory Council for Forestry, Protected Areas and Wildlife
DAP = Department of Protected Areas
DIGEPESCA = General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture
ENTS = National Strategy for Sustainable Tourism
ICF = National Institute of Forest Conservation and Development, Protected Areas and Life Wild
GEF = Global Environment Facility
IHT = Honduran Institute of Tourism
INA = National Agrarian Institute
LFAPVS = Forestry Law Protected Areas and Wildlife
LMA = High tide line
ONG = Non Governmental Organization
PESINAPH = Strategic Plan of the National System of Protected Areas of Honduras
POA = Annual Operational Plan
PRONAFOR = National Forestry Program
PNMIB = Bay Islands National Park
SAG = Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock
SAM = Mesoamerican Reef System
SERNA = Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment
SICA = Secretariat of the Central American Integration System
SINAPH = National System of Protected Areas and Wildlife of Honduras
SINFOR = National System of Forestry Research, Protected Areas and Wildlife
SPAG's = Fish Spawning Aggregation Sites
SSF = Social Forestry System
TNC = The Nature Conservancy
IUCN = International Union for the Conservation of Nature
UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
WSORC = Whale Shark & ceanic Research Center
ZA = Buffer Zone
ZC = Coastal Zone
ZDE-ZUM = Economic Development Zone - Multiple Use Zone
ZEM = Special Marine Area
ZPEM = Special Marine Protection Zone
ZRPA = Zone Restricted to Fisheries and Aquaculture
Acrónimos en Español
AGRRA = Evaluación Rápida de Arrecifes en el Atlántico y el Golfo
AMP = Área Marina Protegida
ASP = Área Silvestre Protegida
BICA = Bay Islands Conservation Association
CETS = Comisión de Turismo Sostenible de Islas de la Bahía
CAFTA = Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Centro América y Estados Unidos de América y la República Dominicana
CEMU = Centro de Ecología Marina de Utila
CGA = Comités de Gestión Ambiental
CITES = Convención sobre Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestre
COCO = Consejos Consultivos
COCONAFOR = Consejo Consultivo Nacional Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre
DAP = Departamento de Áreas Protegidas
DIGEPESCA = Dirección General de Pesca y de Acuacultura
ENTS = Estrategia Nacional de Turismo Sostenible
ICF = Instituto Nacional de Conservación y Desarrollo Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre
GEF = Global Environment Facility
IHT = Instituto Hondureño de Turismo
INA = Instituto Nacional Agrario
LFAPVS = Ley Forestal Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre
LMA = Línea de marea alta
ONG = Organización No Gubernamental
PESINAPH = Plan Estratégico del Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas de Honduras
POA = Plan Operativo Anual
PRONAFOR = Programa Nacional Forestal
PNMIB = Parque Nacional Marino Islas de la Bahía
SAG = Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería
SAM = Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano
SERNA = Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y de Ambiente
SICA = Secretaría del Sistema Integración Centroamérica
SINAPH = Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre de Honduras
SINFOR = Sistema Nacional de Investigación Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre
SPAG’S = Sitios de Agregación de Desove de Peces
SSF = Sistema Social Forestal
TNC = The Nature Conservancy
UICN = Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza
UNESCO = Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura
WSORC = Whale Shark & Oceanic Research Center
ZA = Zona de Amortiguamiento
ZC = Zona Costera
ZDE-ZUM = Zona de Desarrollo Económico – Zona de Uso Múltiple
ZEM = Zona Especial Marina
ZPEM = Zona de Protección Especial Marina
ZRPA = Zona Restringida a la Pesca y la Acuicultura