| A |
 ABGS | Agricultural Biodiversity of Global Significance |
| ADE | Amazonian Dark Earth (Brazil) |
| B |
| C |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CET | Centro de Educación y Tecnología (Chiloé, Chile) |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research |
| CGRFA | Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CSO | Civil Society Organization |
| D |
| E |
| EC | European Commission |
| F |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FSP | Full Scale Project/ Full Size Project |
| G |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GIAHS | Globally Important Agriculture Heritage Systems |
| H |
| ha | hectare |
| I |
| ICCROM | International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and restoration of Cultural Property |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| In situ conservation | on site conservation (definition) |
| IPGRI | International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
| IRT | Ifugao Rice Terraces (Philippines) |
| ISC | International Steering Committee |
| IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
| J |
| K |
| L |
| M |
| m. | metre |
| MAB | UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Programme |
| msl | mean sea level |
| MSSRT | M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (India) |
| N |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
| O |
| P |
| PDF-A | Project Development Facility Block A |
| PDF-B | Project Development Facility Block B |
| PPVFR | Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act (India) |
| Q |
| R |
| S |
| sp. | species (singular) |
| spp. | species (plural) |
| ssp. | subspecies |
| T |
| TTP | Territory of Traditional Land Use of Indigenous People (Russia) |
| U |
| UNCCD | United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNU | United Nations University |
| V |
| var. | varieties |
| W |
| WHC | World Heritage Commission |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| X |
| Y |
| Z |
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