Acronyms


AEZFM

Association of Exporters from the Free Zone of Manaus

CENARGEN

National Center for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CITA

Food Technology Research Center (Costa Rica)

CPATU

Agricultural Research Center for the-Humid Tropics

CS

Cultural Survival

CSE

Cultural Survival Enterprises

CTM

Wood Technology Center (Brasilia, Brazil)

EMAPA

Agricultural Research Enterprise of Maranhao

EMBRAPA

Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FINED

Financiadora do Estudos e Projetos

FUPEF

Foundation for Forestry Research

IBGE

Brazilian Institute of Geography and Economics

INPA

Nation Research Institute for Amazonia

NWFP

Non-Wood Forest Products

RADAMBRASIL

Radar Mapping of Brazil

SUDAM

Superintendency for the Development of the Amazon

SUFRAMA

Superintendency of the Free Zone of Manaus

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

WHO

World Health Organization

WWF

World Wildlife Fund