AGEE Advisory Group on Environmental Emergencies (OCHA/UNEP)
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BIRD Bi-spectral Infrared Detection (BIRD) satellite mission (DLR)
CagM Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CBFiM community-based fire management
CFS Canadian Forest Service
CoE Council of Europe
COFO Committee on Forestry (FAO)
CRC Cooperative Research Centre
CTIF Comité Technique International du Feu (International Technical Committee for the Prevention and Extinction of Fire/International Association of Fire and Rescue Services)
DLR German Aerospace Center
EEP Environmental Emergencies Partnership
EFFIS European Forest Fire Information System
EFNCN Eurasian Fire in Nature Conservation Network
EHS Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU)
EOS-DIS Earth Observing System – Data and Information System
EUR-OPA European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Open Partial Agreement
FRA Global Forest Resources Assessment (FAO)
GEC Global Environment Centre
GEF Global Environment Facility
GEO Group on Earth Observations
GEOSS Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GFP Global Fire Partnership
GFMC Global Fire Monitoring Center
GOFC-GOLD Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (a project of GTOS, sponsored by IGOS)
GRID Global Resource Information Database
GTOS Global Terrestrial Observing System
GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation
GWFN Global Wildland Fire Network (UN-ISDR)
IAWF International Association of Wildland Fire
IBFRA International Boreal Forest Research Association
ICS Incident Command System
IDNDR United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (1990s; since 2000 UN-ISDR)
IEWP International Early Warning Programme (UN-ISDR)
IFFN International Forest Fire News
IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IGOS Integrated Global Observing Strategy
ILO International Labour Organization
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization
IUCN World Conservation Union
IUFRO International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (OCHA)
JRC Joint Research Centre
MCDA Military, Civil Defence and Civil Protection Assets
MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OFID OPEC Fund for International Development
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PPEW Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning
PPP Public-Private Partnership
START System for Analysis, Research and Training
STDM Space Technology and Disaster Management Programme (UN-OOSA)
TCP Technical Cooperation Programme (FAO)
TNC The Nature Conservancy
UMD University of Maryland
UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNDRO United Nations Disaster Relief Organization (founded 1971; since 1998 OCHA)
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
UN-ISDR United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UN-OOSA United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
UNOSAT United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme of UNITAR (implemented in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Project Services)
UNU United Nations University
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USFS United States Forest Service (United States Department of Agriculture)
UXO Unexploded ordnance
WCDR World Conference on Disaster Reduction
WFAG Wildland Fire Advisory Group (UN-ISDR)
WHO World Health Organization
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
WWRP World Weather Research Programme
