Acronyms

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Acronyms

CFA	Cooperative Framework Agreement
CONAGUA	National Water Commission (Comisión Nacional del Agua)
EIA	Environmental Impact Assessments
EU	European Union
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
GWP	Global Water Partnership
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
IRBM	Integrated River Basin Management
IWRM	Integrated Water Resource Management
LNGG	Lake Naivasha Growers Group
MDG	Millennium Development Goals
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MRC	Mekong River Comission
NBI	Nile Basin Initiative
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
NRBC	Nile River Basin Commission
PES	Payment for Environmental Services
SADC	Southern African Development Cooperation
SEA	Strategic Environmental Assessment
TEEB	The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
UN CBD	United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
UNCCD	United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNECE	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP	United Nation Environmental Programme
UNESCAP	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNGA	United Nations General Assembly
WAP	Water Allocation Plan
WF	Water Footprint
WFD	Water Framework Directive (EU)
WHO	World Health Organization
WRMA	Water Resources Management Authority
WRUA	Water Resource Users Association
WWAP	World Water Assessment Program (UN)
WWF	World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF-FGRA	World Wide Fund for Nature - Fundación Gonzalo Río Arronte
World Wide Fund for NatureZMVM	Metropolitan Mexico City (Zona Metropolitana Valle de Mexico)