Abbreviations
ABNJ
Areas beyond national jurisdiction
AMAZUL S/A Blue Amazon Defense Technologies Corporation
CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
CCAMLR
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources
CIRM
Brazilian Interministerial Commission for Marine Resources
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora
CLCS
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
CONAMA
Brazilian National Council for the Environment
CPLP
Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries
CSC
Continental Shelf Convention
EEZ
Exclusive economic zone
FAO
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
IBAMA
Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural
Resources
IBAS
India, Brazil, and South Africa Dialogue Forum
ICCAT
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
ICJ
International Court of Justice
ILA
International Law Commission
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IOC
International Oceanographic Commission
ISA
International Seabed Authority
ITLOS
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
LEPLAC
Brazilian Continental Shelf Survey Plan
MARPOL
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution Caused by Ships
MEA
Multilateral environmental agreement
MGR
Marine genetic resources
MMA
Ministry for the Environment
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