APPS—Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships
AWTS—Advanced Wastewater Treatment Systems
BREA—Business Research and Economic Advisors
CCMU—Climate Change Management Unit
CDC—Carriacou Development Corporation
CLIA—Cruise Lines International Association
CO2e—carbon dioxide equivalent
CRPA—Florida Coral Reef Protection Act
CTO—Caribbean Tourism Organization
CZMU—Coastal Zone Management Unit
EAF—Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
ECA—North American Emission Control Area
ECLAC—Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
EGCS—exhaust gas cleaning systems
EIA—Environmental Impact Assessment
EPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency
ESD—epizootic shell disease
FCCA—Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association
FDEP—Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FEE—Foundation for Environmental Education
FOE—Friends of the Earth
GDP—gross domestic product
GHG—greenhouse gas
GIDC—Grenada Investment Development Corporation
GIZ—German Agency for International Cooperation
GSTC—Global Sustainable Tourism Council
IMO—International Maritime Organization
ITF—International Transport Workers Federation
kWh—kilowatt-hours
LED—light emitting diode
LMMAs—Locally Managed Marine Areas
LNG—liquid natural gas
MARPOL—International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MAYAG—Marine and Yachting Association of Grenada
MMAs—Marine Managed Areas
MOBPC—Mangrove Oyster Bed Protection Community
MPAs—marine protected areas
MSDs—Marine Sanitation Devices
MW—megawatts
NABU—Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union
NCL—Norwegian Cruise Lines
NDC—National Democratic Congress (Grenada)
NGO—nongovernmental organization
NOx—nitrogen oxides
NPS—United States National Park Service
OAS—Organization of American States
OECD—Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
PADF—Pan American Development Foundation
PIANC—World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure
PPM—parts per million
PV—photovoltaic
RCL—Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
SEMARNAT—Environmental and Natural Resources Ministry
SIOBMPA—Sandy Island Oyster Bed Marine
SLR—sea level rise
SOLAS—International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
SOx—sulfur oxides
SRM—Shark Reef Marine Reserve
STI—Sustainable Travel International
TBT—tributyltin
UNAM—National Autonomous University of Mexico
UNDP—United Nations Development Programme
UNEP—United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO—United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNWTO—United Nations World Tourism Organization
WWF—World Wildlife Fund
WwN—Working with Nature
ZOFEMAT—Federal Terrestrial Marine Zone (Mexico)
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