Highly risky activity

Agreement on the international dolphin conservation program

Protected Natural Areas

Fauna and Flora Protection Areas

Natural Resource Protection Areas

Convention on Biological Diversity

Commission for Sustainable Development

National Center for Disaster Prevention

Chlorofluorocarbons

Federal Electricity Commission

Methane

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Environmental Information and Management Center

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna

Wildlife Conservation and Research Centers

CO

Carbon monoxide

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

CO₂e

Carbon dioxide equivalent

COA

Annual Operation Card

Conabio

National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity

Conafor

National Forestal Commission

Conagua

National Water Commission

Conanp

National Commission of Protected Natural Areas

Conapo

National Population Council

Conaza

National Commission of Arid Zones

Coneval

National Council for Evaluation of Social Development Policy

Cotecoca

Technical Advisory Commission of Grazing Capacity

CPCTM

Sea Turtle Protection and Conservation Centers

CRETIB

Corrosiveness (C), reactivity (R), explosiveness (E), toxicity (T), flammability (F) or bio-hazardousness (B)

CTADA

Total cost of natural resource depletion and environmental deterioration

DBO

Biochemical oxygen demand

DBO₅

Five-day biochemical Oxygen demand

DET

Turtle- excluding Devices

DGVS

General Wildlife Direction

DOF

Federation Official Gazette

DQO

Chemical Oxygen demand

EA

Environmental contingencies

ECLAC

Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean

EIA

Environmental impact assessment

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERA

Environmental risk assessment study

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FNUAP

United Nations Population Fund

FRA

Forest Resources Assessment

GDF

Federal District government

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEF

Global Environment Facility

GEO

Global Environment Outlook

GHGs

Greenhouse gases

GISP

Global Invasive Species Programme

GPR

Degree of pressure resource

GTZ

German Agency for Technical Cooperation

GW

Gigawatt

H₂S

Hydrogen sulfide

HC

Hydrocarbons

HCFC

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

HDI

Human Development Index

HDI IP

Human Development of Indigenous People

HFC

Hydrofluorocarbons

HW

Hazardous waste

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IEA

Internacional Energy Agency

Imeca

Metropolitan Air Quality Index

INE

National Institute of Ecology

INEGEI

National Inventory on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

INEGI

National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information Sciences

INEM

National Inventory of Emissions in Mexico

INFP

Periodical National Inventory of Forest Resources

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPN

National Polytechnic Institute

ISSG

Invasive Species Specialist Group

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

LAU

Universal Environmental License

LGEEPA

General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection

LGPGIR

General Law for Waste Prevention and Integrated Management

LMD

Incidental dolphin mortality limit

MAB

Man and the Biosphere Programme

MBR

Methyl bromide

MCF

Methyl chloroform

MEA

Milleniun Ecosystem Assessment

MI

Marginality Index

MN

Natural Monuments

N₂O

Nitrous oxide

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NH₃

Ammonia

NH₄

Ammonium

NO₂

Nitrogen dioxide

NO_x

Nitrogen oxides

NTFPs

Non-timber forest products

O₃

Ozone

ODS

Ozone depletion substances

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OET

Territory Ecological Land-Use Planning

PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

Pb

Lead

Pemex

Mexican Petroleums

PFC

Perfluorocarbons

PGRP

Registry of Producers of Hazardous Waste

Piasre

Program for Sustainable Agriculture and Production Recovery in Areas Affected by Recurrent Disasters

PIMVS

Wildlife Management Land and Facilities

PM₁₀

Particles smaller than 10 µm

PM_2.5

Particles smaller than 2.5 µm

PN

National Parks

ppm

parts per million

PREP

Program to Recover Priority Species

Procoref

Forest Ecosystems Conservation and Restoration Program

Procymaf

Forest Resource Sustainable Management and Conservation Project

Prodefor

Forest Development Program

Prodeplan

Program for Commercial Forest Plantations

Profepa

Federal Environmental Protection Attorney

Pronare

National Reforestation Program

PSA

Pay-per-Environmental-Services Programs

PSA-CABSA

Program to Develop the Environmental Services Market for Carbon Capture and Those Derived from Biodiversity and to Promote the Establishment and Improvement of Agroforestal Systems

PSAH

Payment for Hydrological Environmental Services Program

PyRE

State parks and reserves

RB

Biosphere Reserves

REDDA

Atmospheric Deposit Network

RETC

Register of Pollutant Emissions and Transfer

RHP

Priority Hydrological Regions

RME

Wastes requiring special management

RNM

National Monitoring Network

RP- BI

Biohazardous wastes

RPM

Priority Marine Regions

RSM

Municipal solid wastes

S

Sanctuaries

Sagarpa

Board of Agriculture, Cattle Raising, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food

SCBD

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

SE

Ministry of Economy

Sectur

Ministry of Tourism

Sedesol

Ministry for Social Development

Semar

Ministry of the Sea

Semarnap

Ministriy of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries

Semarnat

Ministriy of the Environment and Natural Resources

SEP

Ministriy of Public Education

SF₆

Sulfur hexafluoride

SIEIM

Information System on Invasive Species in Mexico

Simat

Atmosphere Monitoring System

Sinades

National System to Fight Desertification and Natural Resource Degradation

SIOVM

Information System on Modified Living Organisms

Sisco

Development of the Information System on Contaminated Sites

SISSAO

Information and Monitoring System on the Importation, Exportation and Production of Ozone-Layer Depleting Substances

SNIB

National Information System on Mexico´s Biodiversity

SO₂

Sulfur dioxide

SO_x

Sulfur oxides

SRA

Board of the  Agricultural Reform

SS

Ministries of Health

SSSA

Soil Science Society of America

SST

Total concentration of suspended solids

Suma

System of Management Units for Wildlife Conservation

TET

Carbon tetrachloride

TOCs

Total organic compounds

TSP

Total suspended particles

UD

Dobson Units

Uma

Management Units for Wildlife Conservation

UN

United Nations

UNAM

Mexico’s National Autonomous University

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

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, changes in land use or forestry

USW

Urban solid waste

UV

Ultraviolet

VOCs

Volatile organic compounds

WBCSD

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WHO

World Health Organization

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WRB

World Reference Base for Soil Resources

WRI

World Resources Institute

WWAP

World Water Assessment Programme

WWF

World Wildlife Fund

ZMG

Guadalajara Metropolitan Zone

ZMM

Monterrey Metropolitan Zone

ZMVM

Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Zone

ZMVP

Valley of Puebla Metropolitan Zone

ZMVT

Valley of Toluca Metropolitan Zone

ZPE

Ecological preservation areas belonging to population centers