- 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
- 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
