| ANC
|
African National Congress |
|
BRAC
|
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
| BSE
|
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease") |
| CCAMLR
|
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources |
| CCD
|
Convention to Combat Desertification |
| CDF
|
Comprehensive Development Framework |
| CGIAR
|
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CIDA
|
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CIESIN
|
Center for International Earth Science Information Network |
| CITES
|
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CLRTAP
|
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
| CSOs
|
Civil Society Organizations |
| EDUCO
|
El Salvador's Community-Managed Schools Program |
| EPA
|
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EROS
|
Earth Resources Observation System |
| EU
|
European Union |
| EWG
|
Environmental Working Group |
| FAO
|
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FDA
|
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FONAFIFO
|
National Forestry Fund (Costa Rica) |
| FRA
|
Forest Resources Assessment |
| GEF
|
Global Environmental Facility |
| GHG
|
Greenhouse Gas |
| GIS
|
Geographic Information System |
| GMO
|
Genetically Modified Organism |
| HIPC
|
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| ICRG
|
International Country Risk Guid |
| IIED
|
International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IISA
|
International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis |
| IPCC
|
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IRRI
|
International Rice Research Institute |
| IUCN
|
Global Conservation Union |
| IWMI
|
The International Water Management Institute |
| MDG
|
Millennium Development Goals |
| MSC
|
Marine Stewardship Council |
| NEP
|
New Economic Policy |
| NEPAD
|
New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| NGOs
|
Nongovernmental organizations |
| NIC
|
Newly industrializing country |
| NOAA
|
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NSDF
|
National Slum Dwellers Federation (India) |
| ODESYPANO
|
Sylvo-Pastoral Development Authority (Tunisia) |
| OECD
|
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ORNL
|
Oak Ridge National Lab |
| PAN
|
Pesticides Action Network |
| PPP
|
Purchasing Power Parity |
| PRSP
|
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| RSDF
|
Railway Slum Dwellers Federation (India) |
| SINAMOS
|
National System for Social Mobilization (Peru) |
| SPARC
|
Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (India) |
| TI
|
Transparency International |
| TRIPs
|
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| UCCI
|
Union of Capital Cities of Ibero-America |
| UNDP/GEF
|
United National Development Programme/Global Environment
Facility |
| UNEP
|
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC
|
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNSO
|
United Nations Statistical Office |
| USDA
|
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS
|
U.S. Geological Survey |
| WCD
|
World Commission on Dams |
| WHO
|
World Health Organization |
| WRI
|
World Resources Institute |
| WTO
|
World Trade Organization |
| WWF
|
World Wildlife Fund |
| ZIES
|
Special residential zones of social interest |
