NWFP(s) Non-Wood Forest Products
MPIP Medicinal Plant Incubator Project
RFPP Resident Forest Protection Program
GFCSD Global Forestry Conclave and Sustainable Development
ABD Agricultural Biodiversity
CAAS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
CAO County Agricultural Office
CBAP China Biodiversity Action Plan (1994)
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CBIK Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, Kunming
CBPF China Biodiversity Partnership Framework
CTA Chief Technical Advisor
EAB Expert Advisory Board
ECBP EU-China Biodiversity Programme
EU European Union
FFS Farmer Field School
GEF Global Environment Facility
GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
iNGO International Non Governmental Organization
MoA Ministry of Agriculture
NGO Non Governmental Organization
NPD National Project Director
PAO Provincial Agricultural Office
PME Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
PMO Project Management Office
SEPA State Environmental Protection Administration
SFA State Forestry Administration
ToR Terms of Reference
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
WTO World Trade Organisation
PROMECAFE Regional Cooperative Program for the Technological Development and Modernization of the Coffee Industry
IICA Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
BDG Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution)
CIRAD Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
CATIE Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
BERMINE Berbice Mining Enterprise
CABI CAB International
BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
CDC Civil Defense Commission
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna a Flora
ECTF Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests
EMA Environmental Management Agreement
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FMP Forest Management Plan
GGMC Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
IADB Inter-American Development Bank
ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management
LINMINE Linden Mining Enterprise
MMA-ADA Mahaica Mahaicony Abary- Agricultural Development Authority
NAP National Action Programme
NARI National Agricultural Research Institute
NBAC National Biodiversity Advisory Committee
NBAP National Biodiversity Action Plan
NCB National Coordinating Body
NCC National Climate Committee
NEAP National Environmental Action Plan
NFAP National Forestry Action Plan
NFP National Forest Plan
NGO Non-Government Organisation
NREAC Natural Resources and Environment Advisory Committee
NRMP Natural Resources Management Project
PACD Plan of Action to Combat Desertification
SFP State Forest Permission
TSA Timber Sales Agreement
UK DFID United Kingdom Department for International Development
UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
WCL Woodcutting Leases
WWF-GFECP World Wildlife Fund - Guiana Forests and Environment Conservation Project
ABP Associated British Ports
BBOP Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program
BCC Biodiversity Conservation Certificates (Malaysia)
BLM Bureau of Land Management (US)
BTAU Biodiversity Technical Assistance Units
CA DFG California Department of Fish and Game
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CONABIO Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (Mexico)
CONAFOR Comisión Nacional Forestal (Mexico)
DbD Development by Design (TNC)
DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)
EEAA Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
ELD Environmental Liability Directive (EU)
ELI Environmental Law Institute
EM Ecosystem Marketplace
EMP Environmental Management Plan (Mexico)
EPBC Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (Australia)
EPE Environmental Protection Enactment (Malaysia)
ESA Endangered Species Act
ESC Environmental Services Certificate (Paraguay)
ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
EU European Union
EVC Ecological vegetation class (Australia)
FCA Fundo de Compensação Ambiental (Brazil)
FOIA Freedom of Information Act (US)
HADD Harmful alteration, disruption or destruction (Canada)
HCT Habitat credit trading (US)
HCV High Conservation Value
ICMBio Instituto Chicho Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (Brazil)
IDEA Instituto de Derecho y Economía Ambiental (Paraguay)
IFC International Finance Corporation
ILF In-lieu fee
IMR Impact Mitigation Regulations (Germany)
INE Instituto Nacional de Ecología (Mexico)
INFOR Instituto Forestal (Chile)
IPBES Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature
LGA Ley General del Ambiente (Argentina)
LGEEPA Ley General de Equilibrio Ecológico y Protección al Ambiente (Mexico)
LOTs Large old trees (Australia)
LPNMA Lei da Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente (Brazil)
MHHC Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation
NEMA National Environmental Management Act (South Africa)
NGO Non-governmental organization
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service (US)
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (US)
NSW New South Wales (Australia)
NSW DECCW NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
OEM Office of Environmental Markets
PAE Plan d’Action Environnementale (Madagascar)
PEMEX Petróleos Mexicanos
PES Payments for Ecosystem Services
PRC People’s Republic of China
PROFEPA Procuraduría Federal de Protección Ambiental (Mexico)
PVP Property Vegetation Plan (Australia)
QMM QIT Madagascar Minerals
REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
RVMC Regional Vegetation Management Code (Australia)
SANBI South African National Biodiversity Institute
SEB Significant Environmental Benefit (Australia)
SEMARNAT Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Mexico)
SNUC Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação (Brazil)
TNC The Nature Conservancy
UCTF Uganda Conservation Trust Fund
US ACE US Army Corps of Engineers
US EPA US Environmental Protection Agency
US FWS US Fish and Wildlife Service
UWA Uganda Wildlife Authority
WCS Wildlife Conservation Society
WWF World Wildlife Fund