ADAB | Australian Development Assistance Bureau |
AGPE | Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Unit of FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division |
CCMFR | Committee for Coordination of Mediterranean Forestry Research |
CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CNPPA | Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (IUCN) |
CNRF | Centre National de Recherches Forestières (Senegal) |
COHDEFOR | Corporación Hondureña de Desarrollo Forestal (Honduras) |
CONAF | Corporación Nacional Forestal (Chile) |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) |
CTFT | Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (France) |
DANIDA | Danish International Development Agency |
DFR | Division of Forest Research (CSIRO, Australia) |
DG | Director-General |
EEC | European Economic Community |
EMBRAPA | Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisas Agropecuarias (Brazil) |
ENGREF | Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts (France) |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FD | Forestry Department |
FGRI | “Forest Genetic Resources Information” |
FRI | Forestry Research Institute |
FSC | Forest Seed Centre (Denmark) |
FTSC | Forest Tree Seed Centre (Macon) |
GPTMGF | Grupo Pérmanente de Trabalho in Mellioramento Genetico Forestal (Brazil) |
IBDF | Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal |
IBPGR | International Board for Plant Genetic Resources |
IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ICRAF | International Council for Research on Agroforestry |
IDRC | International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
INFOR | Instituto Nacional Forestal y de Fauna (Peru) |
INIF | Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales (Mexico) |
ISS | Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura (Italy) |
ISTA | International Seed Testing Association |
IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
IUFRO | International Union of Forestry Research Organizations |
LDA | Land Development Authority (Israel) |
MAB | Man and Biosphere (Unesco Programme) |
ODA | Overseas Development Administration (UK) |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OFI | Oxford Forestry Institute (U.K.) |
PNG | Papua New Guinea |
PNPF | Programa Nacional de Pesquisa Florestal |
SNR | Strict Natural Reserve |
SSC | Species Survival Commission (IUCN) |
TAC | Technical Advisory Committee (of CGIAR) |
TPC | Threatened Plants Committee (IUCN) |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
Unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UTS | Unit of Tropical Silviculture (CFI, (U.K.) |
WWF | World Wildlife Fund |