Cross-Border, Nature Based Market Solutions to Protect Blue Carbon Coastal Ecosystems in the Californias

Acronyms

AB-32: California Global Warming Solutions Act AICA: Áreas de Importancia para la Conservación de las Aves (Important Bird Areas) ANP: Área Natural Protegida/ Natural Protected Area BC: Baja California BCS: Baja California Sur BMLC: Bahia Magdalena Lagoon Complex CAP: Climate Action Plan Cal Trans: California Department of Transportation CARB: California Air Resources Board CBCRM: Community-based collaborative resource management CCC: California Coastal Commission CCTS: California Cap-and-Trade System CDFW: California Department of Fish and Wildlife CESA: California Endangered Species Act CEQA: California Environmental Quality Act COC: Commission of the Californias CSS: Coastal Sage Scrub CONANP: Mexican Commission for Natural Protected Areas CONAGUA: Mexican National Water Commission DUMAC: Ducks Unlimited EDU: Electrical Distribution Utilities EIR: Environmental Impact Report ESS: Ecosystem services ETS: Emissions Trading System GHG: Greenhouse gas GNEB: Good Neighbor Environmental Board, US EPA HCP: Habitat Conservation Plan HIP: Cooperative State-Federal Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program WHSRN: Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserves Network (RHRAP: Red Hemisférica de Reservas de Aves Playeras) IOA: Institute of the Americas LGEEPA: Mexican General Law for Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection (Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y Protección al Ambiente).

MSCP: Multiple Species Conservation Plan MSRP: Montrose Settlements Restoration Program MtCO2e: Million tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Units NbS: Nature-based Solutions NCCP/HCP: Natural Community Conservation Planning / Habitat Conservation Plans NDC: Nationally Determined Contributions NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOM 059: Mexico´s protected species norm (Norma Oficial Mexicana) NPA: Natural Protected Area POM: Particulate Organic Matter PROFEPA: Mexican Federal Judicial Agency for Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente) PNO: Pronatura Noroeste AC REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation RHRAP: Red Hemisférica de Reservas para Aves Playeras RAMSAR: UN Convention on Wetlands of International Importance SDMMP: San Diego Monitoring and Management Program SEMARNAT: Mexican Secretariat of Environment & Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medoi Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) SCC: Social Cost of Carbon SCE: Sistema de Comercio de Emisiones SIO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography US EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency USFS: United States Fish & Wildlife Service

USGS: United States Geological Service USMEX: UC San Diego Center for U.S. WCI: Western Climate Initiative

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