ABBREVIATIONS AAR  Highly Risky Activity AIDCP  Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program ADN Deoxyribonucleic Acid ANP  Protected Natural Areas APF  Federal Public Administration (Administración Pública Federal, in Spanish) APFyF  Flora and Fauna Protection Areas APRN  Natural Resources Protection Areas BID  Inter-American Development Bank CBD  Convention on Biological Diversity CCDS Consultive Councils on the Sustainable Development CDI  National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico (Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de México, in Spanish) CDIAC  Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center CDS  Commission for the Sustainable Development Cemda  Mexican Center of Environmental Legislation (Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, in Spanish) Cenapred  National Center for Disaster Prevention (Centro Nacional de Prevención de Desastres, in Spanish) CEPAL  United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean CESPEDES  Commission of Studies of the Private Sector for the Sustainable Development (Comisión de Estudios del Sector Privado para el Desarrollo Sustentable, in Spanish) CFC  Chlorofluorocarbons CFE  Federal Commission of Electricity (Comisión Federal de Electricidad, in Spanish) CH4 Methane CIAT  Inter- American Tropical Tuna Commission CITES  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna CIVS  Centers for Wildlife Conservation and Research (Centros de Conservación e Investigación de la Vida Silvestre, in Spanish) CMNUCC  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change CNA  Water National Commission (Comisión Nacional del Agua, in Spanish) CNC  National Farmers Confederation (Confederación Nacional Campesina, in Spanish) CNPR  National Commission of Rural Owners (Confederación Nacional de Propietarios Rurales, in Spanish) CO  Carbon monoxide CO2  Carbon dioxide CO2e  Carbon dioxide equivalent Conabio  National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of the Biodiversity (Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, in Spanish) Conafor  National Forestry Commission (Comisión Nacional Forestal, in Spanish) Conagua  Water National Commission (Comisión Nacional del Agua, in Spanish) Conanp  National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, in Spanish) Conapesca  National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Comisión Nacional de Acuacultura y Pesca, in Spanish) Conapo  National Population Council (Consejo Nacional de Población, in Spanish) Conaza  National Commission of Arid Zones (Comisión Nacional de Zonas Áridas, in Spanish) Coneval  National Council for Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social, in Spanish) COP   Conference of the Parties COT  Total Organic Compounds Cotecoca  Technic-Advisory Commission of Pasture Coefficients (Comisión Técnico Consultiva de Coeficientes de Agostadero, in Spanish) Coussa Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil and Water (Conservación y Uso Sustentable de Suelo y Agua, in Spanish) COV  Volatile Organic Compounds CP  Graduate College (Colegio de Posgraduados, in Spanish) CRETIB  Corrosive, reactive, explosive, toxic, flamable and biologic-infectious CTADA  Total Costs for Exhaustion and Environmental Degradation DBO  Biochemical Demand of Oxygen DBO5 Biochemical Demand of Oxygen at Five Days DET  Turtle Exclusing Devices DGGIMAR  General Direction of Integral Management of Materials and Risky Activities (Dirección General de Gestión Integral de Materiales y Actividades Riesgosas, in Spanish) DGVS  Wildlife General Direction (Dirección General de Vida Silvestre, in Spanish) DOF  Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación, in Spanish) DQO Chemical Demand of Oxygen EA  Environmental Emergencies EEA  European Environment Agency’s EIA  Evaluation of the Environmental Impact EMA  Automatic Monitoring Stations ENACC  National Strategy of Climate Change (Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático, in Spanish) ENOS  El Niño Southern Oscillation EPA Environmental Protection Agency ERA  Study of Environmental Risk FAO  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación, in Spanish) FRA  Forest Resources Assessment GDF  Mexico City Goverment (Gobierno del Distrito Federal, in Spanish) GEI  Greenhouse Gases GEM  State of Mexico Goverment (Gobierno del Estado de México, in Spanish) GEO  Global Environment Outlook Gg  Gigagrams GPRH  Pressure Degree on Water Resources Gt  Gigatonnes H2S  Hydrogen sulphide HC  Hydrocarbons HCFC  Hydrochlorofluorocarbons HDI Human Development Index HDI PI Human Development Index the Indigenous population HFC  Hydrofluorocarbons IDH Human Development Index IDH PI  Human Development Index of the Indigenous Peoples (Índice de Desarrollo Humano de los Pueblos Indígenas, in Spanish) IEA  International Energy Agency IM  Social Exclusion Index Imeca  Metropolitan Index of the Air Quality (Índice Metropolitano de la Calidad del Aire, in Spanish) IMTA  Mexican Institute of Water Technology (Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, in Spanish) INE  National Institute of Ecology (Instituto Nacional de Ecología, in Spanish) INECC National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático, in Spanish) INEGEI  National Inventory of Emissions and Greenhouse Gases (Inventario Nacional de Emisiones y Gases de Efecto Invernadero, in Spanish) INEGI  National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, in Spanish) INEM  National Institute of Emissions of Mexico (Inventario Nacional de Emisiones de México, in Spanish) INFyS National Forestry and Soil Inventory (Inventario Nacional Forestal y de Suelos, in Spanish) IPA International Permafrost Association IPCC  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ITESM  Technological Institute and Superior Studies of Monterrey (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, in Spanish) IUCN  International Union for Conservation of Nature IUSS  International Union of Soil Sciences LAU  Unique Environmental License (Licencia Ambiental Única, in Spanish) LGDS  General Law for Social Development (Ley General de Desarrollo Social, in Spanish) LGEEPA  General Law of the Ecological Balance and the Environment Protection (Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente, in Spanish) LGPGIR  General Law for the Prevention and Integral Management of Waste (Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos, in Spanish) LMD  Limit of incidental mortality of dolphins MAB  Man and the Biosphere Programme mae  Meters of Water Equivalent MBR  Meters of Water Equivalent MCF  Methyl chloroform MDL  Clean Development Mechanism MEA  Millennium Ecosystem Assessment  MI Marginalization Index MN  Natural Monuments MtCO2e  Metric Tonne Carbon Dioxide Equivalent N2O  Nitrous oxide NAMO  Level of Ordinary Maximum Waters NAS  National Academy of Sciences NASA  National Aeronautics and Space Administration NH3  Ammonia NH4  Ammonium NO2  Nitrogen dioxide NOAA  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOx  Nitrogen oxide O3 Ozone ODM  Millennium Development Goals OECD  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos, OCDE, in Spanish) OEMGC  Marine Ecological Regulation of the California Gulf OET  Ecological Regulation of the Territory OIM  International Organization for Migration OMC  World Trade Organization OMM  World Meteorological Organization (Organización Meteorológica Mundial, in Spanish) OMS  World Health Organization (Organización Mundial de la Salud, in Spanish) ONG  Non-goverment Organization ONU  United Nations (Organización de las Naciones Unidas, in Spanish) PACE  Action Programs for the Species Conservation (Programas de Acción para la Conservación de Especies, in Spanish) PAO  Ozone Depletion Potential Pb  Lead PDSI  Palmer Drought Severity Index PECC  Special Program of the Climate Change PEMEX  Mexican Oil Company (Petróleos Mexicanos, in Spanish) PFC  Perfluorocarbons PFNM  Non-timber Forest Products PGR  Attorney’s General Office (Procuraduría General de la República, in Spanish) PGRP  National Register of Hazardous Waste Generators pH  Hydrogen Potential Piasre  Integral Program of Sustainable Agriculture and Productive Conversion in Areas of Recurrent Accident Rate (Programa Integral de Agricultura Sostenible y Reconversión Productiva en Zonas de Siniestralidad Recurrente, in Spanish) PIB  Gross Domestic Product PIMVS  Lands and Facilities that Manage Wildlife (Predios e Instalaciones que Manejan Vida Silvestre, in Spanish) PM10  Particles that are less than 10 micrometers PM2.5 Particles that are less than 2.5 micrometers PINE  Ecological Net Domestic Product PN  National Parks PNUD  United Nations Development Program (Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, in Spanish) PNUMA  United Nations Environment Program (Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente, in Spanish) POEGT  Program for the  General Ecological Management of the Territory (Programa de Ordenamiento Ecológico General del Territorio, in Spanish) PPA  Programs for Accident Prevention (Programas para la Prevención de Accidentes, in Spanish) ppm  parts per million ppmm  parts per a thousand million PREP  Priority Species Recovery Programs (Programas de Recuperación de Especies Prioritarias, in Spanish) Procer  Conservation Program of Endangered Species (Programa de Conservación de Especies en Riesgo, in Spanish) Procoref  Conservation and Restoration Program of Forest Ecosystems (Programa de Conservación y Restauración de Ecosistemas Forestales, in Spanish) Procymaf  Project of Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forestry Resources (Proyecto de Conservación y Manejo Sustentable de Recursos Forestales, in Spanish) Prodefor  Forestry Development Program (Programa de Desarrollo Forestal, in Spanish) Prodeplan  Program of Commercial Forestry Plantations (Programa de Plantaciones Forestales Comerciales, in Spanish) Profepa  Federal Attorney’s Office for Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente, in Spanish) Pronare  National Reforestation Program (Programa Nacional de Reforestación, in Spanish) PSA  Pay for Environmental Services PSA-CABSA  Program to Develop the Environmental Services Market for Carbon Sequestration and the Biodiversity-based Products and to Foster the Establishment and Improvement of Agroforestry Systems (Programa para Desarrollar el Mercado de Servicios Ambientales por Captura de Carbono y los Derivados de la Biodiversidad y para Fomentar el Establecimiento y Mejoramiento de Sistemas Agroforestales, in Spanish) PSAH  Pay Program for Hydrological Environmental Services (Programa de Pago por Servicios Ambientales Hidrológicos, in Spanish) PST  Total Suspended Particles PyRE  State Parks and Reservoirs RB  Biosphere Reserves RCE  Certified Reductions of Emissions REDD+  Emission Reduction Derived from the Forest Deforestation and Degradation (Reducción de Emisiones Derivadas de la Deforestación y la Degradación de los Bosques, in Spanish) REDDA  Atmospheric Deposit Network (Red de Depósito Atmosférico, in Spanish) REIA  Regulations on the Issue of Environmental Impact Evaluation (Reglamento en Materia de Evaluación del Impacto Ambiental, in Spanish) REPDA  Public Register of Water Rights (Registro Público de Derechos de Agua, in Spanish) RETC  Emission and Pollutants Transfer Record (Registro de Emisiones y Transferencias de Contaminantes, in Spanish) RHA  Hydrological-Administrative Regions RHP  Priority Hydrological Regions RIOD-Mex  Mexican Network on Efforts Against the Natural Resources Desertification and Degradation (Red Mexicana de Esfuerzos Contra la Desertificación y la Degradación de los Recursos Naturales, in Spanish) RME Special Handling Waste RNM  Monitoring National Network RP  Hazardous Waste RP- BI  Biological-infectuous Hazardous Waste RPM  Priority Marine Regions RSM  Municipal Solid Waste RSU Urban Solid Waste S  Sanctuaries Sagarpa  Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, in Spanish) SAO  Ozone Depletion Substances SARH  Secretariat of Agriculture and Water Resources (Secretaría de Agricultura y Recursos Hidráulicos, in Spanish) SCBD  Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Secretaríado de la Convención sobre Diversidad Biológica, in Spanish) SE  Secretariat of Economy (Secretaría de Economía, in Spanish) Sectur  Secretariat of Tourism (Secretaría de Turismo, in Spanish) Sedeso  Secretariat of Social Development (Secretaría de Desarrollo Social, in Spanish) Sedesol  Secretariat of Social Development (Secretaría de Desarrollo Social, in Spanish) SEGOB  Secretariat of the Interior (Secretaría de Gobernación, in Spanish) Semar  Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaría de Marina, in Spanish) Semarnap  Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca, in Spanish) Semarnat  Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, in Spanish) SEP  Secretariat of Public Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública, in Spanish) SF6  Sulphur hexafluoride SIEIM  Information System on Invasive Species in Mexico (Sistema de Información sobre Especies Invasoras en México, in Spanish) Simat  Atmospheric Monitoring System (Sistema de Monitoreo Atmosférico, in Spanish) SINADES  National System of Fight Against the Natural Resources Desertification and Degradation (Sistema Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Degradación de Recursos Naturales, in Spanish) SINEA  Sub System of National Inventory of Emissions to the Atmosphere of Mexico (Subsistema del Inventario Nacional de Emisiones a la Atmósfera de México, in Spanish) SIOVM  Information System of Living Modified Organisms (Sistema de Información de Organismos Vivos Modificados, in Spanish) Sisco  Computer System of Polluted Sites (Sistema Informático de Sitios Contaminados, in Spanish) SISSAO  Information and Monitoring System of Imports, Exports and Production of Depleting Substances of the Ozone Layer (Sistema de Información y Monitoreo de Importaciones, Exportaciones y Producción de Sustancias Agotadoras de la Capa de Ozono, in Spanish) SMAGDF  Secretariat of the Environment of the Mexico City Goverment (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno del Distrito Federal, in Spanish) SNIB  National Information System on Biodiversity (Sistema Nacional de Información sobre Biodiversidad, in Spanish) SO2  Sulphur dioxide SOx  Sulphur oxide SRA  Secretariat of Agrarian Reform (Secretaria de la Reforma Agraria, in Spanish) SS  Secretariat of Health (Secretaría de Salud, in Spanish) SSA  Secretariat of Health (Secretaría de Salud, in Spanish) SSSA  Soil Science Society of America SST  Total Suspended Solids Suma  System of Management Units for the Wildlife Conservation (Sistema de Unidades de Manejo para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre, in Spanish) tCO2  Tonnes of CO2 tCO2e  Tonnes of CO2 equivalent TET Carbon tetrachloride UAAAN  Agrarian Autonomous University Antonio Narro (Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, in Spanish) UACh  Chapingo Autonomous University (Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, in Spanish) UBA  Ultra low sulfur UD  Dobson Units Uma  Management Units for the Wildlife Conservation (Unidades de Manejo para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre, in Spanish) UN  United Nations UNAM  National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, in Spanish) UNCCD  United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNDP  United Nations Development Program UNEP  United Nations Environment Program UNESCO  United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFCCC  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNICEF  United Nations Children’s Fund USCUSS  Land Use, Land Use Change and Silviculture (Uso del Suelo, Cambio de Uso del Suelo y Silvicultura, in Spanish) UV  Ultraviolet WBCSD  World Business Council for Sustainable Development WGMS  World Glacier Monitoring Service WHO  World Health Organization Wm-²  Watt per square meter WMO  World Meteorological Organization WRI World Resources Institute WWF  World Wildlife Fund ZMG  Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara, in Spanish) ZMM  Monterrey Metropolitan Area (Zona Metropolitana de Monterrey, in Spanish) ZMVM  Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, in Spanish) ZMVT  Toluca Valley Metropolitan Area (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Toluca, in Spanish) ZPE  Ecological Preservation Areas of the Population Centers (Zonas de Preservación Ecológica de los Centros de Población, in Spanish)