| ABS | Access and Benefit-Sharing |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| BBOP | Business Biodiversity Offsets Programme |
| BIP | Biodiversity Indicators Partnership |
| BOD | Biological Oxygen Demand |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCAD | Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarollo |
| CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CEC | IUCN Commission on Education and Communication |
| CEESP | IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy |
| CEFDHAC | Conférence sur les Ecosystèmes de Forêts Denses et Humides d'Afrique Centrale |
| CEL | IUCN Commission on Environmental Law |
| CEM | IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management |
| CIFOR | Center for International Forestry Research |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CMS | Convention on Migratory Species |
| COP | Conference of Parties |
| CPF | Collaborative Partnership on Forests |
| CSD | Commission on Sustainable Development |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD) |
| DALY | Disability Adjusted Life Years |
| EbA | Ecosystem-based Adaptation |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ELC | Environmental Law Centre |
| ES | Ecosystem Services |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FLEG | Forest Law Enforcement and Governance |
| FLEGT | Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade |
| FTAA | Free Trade Area for the Americas |
| GBO | Global Biodiversity Outlook |
| GDM | Green Development Mechanism |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GFP | Growing Forestry Partnerships |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GISP | Global Invasive Species Programme |
| GWP | Global Water Partnership |
| GMO | Genetically Modified Organism(s) |
| GSTC | Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria Partnership |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| ICCAT | International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tuna |
| ICMM | International Council on Mining and Metals |
| ICRAF | International Council for Research in Agroforestry |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IIED | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IISD | International Institute for Sustainable Development |
| IOSEA | Indian Ocean South East Asia Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ISSC-MAP | International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
| ISSG | Invasive Species Specialist Group |
| IT | Information Management Technology |
| ITTO | International Tropical Timber Organization |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| IUFRO | International Union of Forest Research Organizations |
| IUU | Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported |
| IWRM | Integrated Water Resources Management |
| IWSC | International Water Sanitation Centre |
| KBA | Key Biodiversity Area(s) |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goal(s) |
| MEA | Multilateral Environmental Agreement |
| MA | Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
| MNC | Multinational Companies |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area |
| NBSAP | National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PA | Protected Area |
| PALNet | Protected Areas Learning Network |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PES | Payments for Ecosystem Services |
| REDD | Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation |
| RTA | Regional Trade Agreements |
| RFP | Requests for Proposals |
| RSB | Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels |
| SFM | Sustainable Forest Management |
| SME | Small to Medium-size Enterprises |
| SEI | Stockholm Environment Institute |
| SSC | IUCN Species Survival Commission |
| TEEB | The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity |
| UNCCD | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFF | United Nations Forum on Forests |
| UNWTO | United Nations World Tourism Organization |
| VPA | Voluntary Partnership Agreements |
| WB | World Bank |
| WBCSD | World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| WCC | World Conservation Congress |
| WCED | World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WCPA | World Commission on Protected Areas |
| WDPA | World Database on Protected Areas |
| WGWAP | Western Grey Whale Advisory Panel |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WRI | World Resources Institute |
| WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund, in some countries) |
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