Abbreviations and acronyms

ARPA

Amazon Region Protected Areas

Biofin

UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CONABIO

Mexico’s National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity

ECLAC

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

EIA

Environmental impact assessment

EPR

Environmental Performance Review

Funbio

Brazilian Biodiversity Fund

GHG

Greenhouse gas

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

ODA

Official development assistance

PES

Payment for ecosystem services

SEA

Strategic environmental assessment

WAVES

World Bank Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services

ZEE

Environmental and ecological-economic zoning