| AWF |
African Wildlife Foundation |
| BAP |
Biodiversity Action Plan |
| BAPPEDA |
Badan Pembangunan Daerah (Indonesian regional body for planning and development) |
| BINP |
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park |
| BZUC |
Buffer Zone Users Committee |
| CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBNRM |
Community Based Natural Resource Management |
| CCC |
Caribbean Conservation Corporation |
| CFM |
Collaborative Forest Management |
| CFUG |
Community Forest User Groups |
| COMIFAC |
Council of Ministers in Charge of Forests in Central Africa |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
| DFID |
Department for International Development |
| DRC |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
| DWIDP |
Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention |
| EC |
European Commission |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EIA |
Environment Impact Assessment |
| ESD |
Education for Sustainable Development |
| FFI |
Flora and Fauna International |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF |
Global Environment Fund |
| GP |
Gram Panchayat |
| Ha |
Hectare |
| HACCC |
Human Animal Conflict Conservancy |
| HDI |
Human Development Index |
| HPI |
Human Poverty Index |
| HUGO |
Human-Gorilla Conflict Resolution Programme |
| ICDP |
Integrated Conservation and Development Programme |
| ICT |
Costa Rican Tourism Board |
| IDS |
Social Development Index |
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
| IGCP |
International Gorilla Conservation Programme |
| INEC |
National Institute of Statistics and Census |
| IRBM |
Integrated River Basin Management |
| IRDNC |
Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation |
| ITFC |
Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation |
| LDC |
Least Developed Countries |
| LIFE |
Living in a Finite Environment |
| IIED |
International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IUCN |
The World Conservation Union |
| Kg |
Kilograms |
| Km |
Kilometres |
| MBIFCT |
Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Conservation Trust |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MFSC |
Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation |
| MGNP |
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park |
| MINAE |
Ministry of Environment and Energy |
| MOAC |
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MUZ |
Multiple Use Zones |
| NACSO |
Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations |
| NBI |
Basic Needs Not Satisfied Index |
| NCDF |
Nkuringo Conservation Development Foundation |
| NCPGPH |
National Conservation Programme for the Giant Panda and its Habitat |
| NEG |
Nature Exploration Group |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NRM |
Natural resource management |
| NTFP |
Non-Timber Forest Product |
| PRA |
Participatory Rural Appraisal |
| PRCM |
Programme Regional de Conservation Marine |
| PRI |
Panchayati Raj Institutions |
| PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| PSSA |
Particularly Sensitive Sea Area |
| RCA |
Root Causes Analyses |
| RCNP |
Royal Chitwan National Park |
| SARPO |
Southern Africa Regional Programme Office |
| SDI |
Social Development Index |
| SIDA |
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
| SNV |
Netherlands Development Organization |
| TAL |
Terai Arc Landscape |
| TMF |
Table Mountain Fund |
| UGs |
User Groups |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| UWA |
Uganda Wildlife Authority |
| VBRC |
Vikramshila Biodiversity Research Center |
| WB |
World Bank |
| WCS |
World Conservation Society |
| WILD |
Wildlife Integration for Livelihood Diversification |
| WRI |
World Resources Institute |
| WWF |
Worldwide Fund for Nature |
| MWIOPO |
Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean Islands Programme |
