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ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
ERIS
Engaged Research Within an Innovation System
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FSR&E
Farming Systems Research and Extension
FST
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques
FPO
Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Ouarzazate
GAD
Gender and Development
GDI
Global Drylands Imperative
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEF
Global Environment Facility
GESP
General Ecological Spatial Plan
GFDL
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GHG
Greenhouse Gases
GIS
Geographic Information System
GO(s)
Governmental Organization(s)
GPS
Global Positioning System
ICSU
International Council for Science
IEA
International Energy Agency
IGES
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
IGM
Integrated Groundwater Management
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
INIREB
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IS
Innovation Systems
ITT
Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the
Tropics and Subtropics
IWRM
Integrated Water Resources Management
JCDAS
Japanese Climate Data Assimilation System
JMA
Japan Meteorological Agency
JRA
Japanese Reanalysis
LDN
Land Degradation Neutrality
LH
Laguna de Hormigas
LITK
Indigenous knowledge and technology
MAB
Man and the Biosphere Programme
MAP
Mean Annual Precipitation
MASL
Metres Above Sea Level
MDG
Millennium Development Goals
MEA
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
MEICS
Model for the Estimation of Indigenous Community Sustainability
MPI
Message Passing Interface
MPL
Maximum Permissible Limits
NAO
North Atlantic Oscillation
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAP(s)
National Action Programme
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Abbreviations