| ABC |
Access to Belgian Collections of interest for biodiversity |
| ABIC |
African Biodiversity Information Centre |
| ABS |
access and benefit-sharing |
| ACONITE |
Association pour la Cartographie d'Organismes Naturels et les
Inventaires Taxonomiques et Ecologiques (Association for Natural
Organisms Cartography and Taxonomic and Ecological Inventories) |
| ADIE |
Association pour le Développement de l'Information Environnementale
(Environmental Information Development Association) |
| AEI |
agri-environmental indicator |
| AEM |
agri-environmental measure |
| AETFAT |
Association pour l'Etude Taxonomique de la Flore d'Afrique Tropicale
(Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical
Africa) |
| AEWA |
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory
Waterbirds |
| AIR |
agriculture and agro-industry |
| ALTER-Net |
A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research
Network |
| AMINAL |
Administratie Milieu-, Natuur-, Land- en Waterbeheer (Administration
for Environment, Nature, Land and Water Management) |
| AnGR |
animal genetic resources |
| ANKONA |
Antwerpse Koepel voor Natuurstudie (Province of Antwerp Nature Study
Umbrella) |
| API |
African Plants Initiative |
| ASCOBANS |
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and
North Seas |
| |
| BBCH |
Belgian Biosafety Clearing-House |
| BBPF |
Belgian Biodiversity Platform |
| BBS |
Belgian Biosafety Server |
| BCCM |
Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms |
| BCH |
Biosafety Clearing-House |
| B CHM |
Belgian Clearing-House Mechanism |
| Be-BIF |
Belgian Biodiversity Information Facility |
| Belspo |
Belgian Science Policy Office |
| BEM |
Biological Evaluation Map |
| BEST |
Bureau d'Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques (Office for Scientific
and Technical Research) |
| BFIS |
Belgian Forum on Invasive Alien Species |
| BIM |
Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer (Brussels Institute for the
Management of the Environment) |
| BIME |
Brussels Institute for the Management of the Environment |
| BIO |
Belgian Investment Office |
| BLEU |
Belgian-Luxemburg Economic Union |
| BWK |
Biologische Waarderingskaart (Biological Evaluation Map) |
| |
| CAR |
Central African Republic |
| CARI |
Centre Apicole de Recherche et d'Information (Beekeeping Research and
Information Centre) |
| CASTEX |
Common Approach for Scientific Touring Exhibition |
| CAWA |
Contrat d'Avenir pour la Wallonie Actualisé (Actualised Walloon
Contract for the Future) |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCIEP |
Coordination Committee for International Environmental Policy |
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
| CDPA |
Centre de Dépaysement et de Plein Air (Centre for Open Air and
Changes of Scenery) |
| CE |
Commission européenne (European Commission) |
| CECODI |
Centre International d'Ecodéveloppement Intégré (International Centre
for Integrated Ecodevelopment) |
| CEDRE |
Centre d'Etudes du Droit de l'Environnement (Study Centre for
Environmental Law) |
| CEPA |
Communication, Education and Public Awareness |
| CETAF |
Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CGMS |
Crop Growth Monitoring System |
| CHM |
Clearing-House Mechanism |
| CIAT |
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (International Center
for Tropical Agriculture) |
| CIFOR |
Center for International Forestry Research |
| CIFS |
Centre d'Information Forêt de Soignes (Information Centre of the
Sonian Forest) |
| CIMMYT |
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (International
Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) |
| CIP |
Centro Internacional de la Papa (International Potato Center) |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora |
| CIUF |
Conseil Interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique
(Interuniversity Council of the French Community of Belgium) |
| CLO |
Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (Agricultural Research
Centre) |
| CMS |
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild
Animals |
| CNDRS |
Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche Scientifique
(National Documentation and Scientific Research Centre) |
| COMIFAC |
Commission des Ministres en charge des Forêts en Afrique Centrale
(Commission of Ministers in charge of Central African Forests) |
| COP |
Conference of the Parties |
| COST |
European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical
Research |
| CP |
commitment period |
| CPDR |
Centre de Philosophie du Droit (Centre for Philosophy of Law) |
| CPF |
Collaborative Partnership on Forests |
| CRIE |
Centre Régional d'Initiation à l'Environnement (Regional Centre for
Environmental Education) |
| CRIS |
Current Research Information System |
| CRNFB |
Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forêts et du Bois (Research
Centre for Nature, Forests and Wood) |
| CUD |
coopération universitaire au développement (University Development
Cooperation) |
| CWATUP |
Code wallon de l'Aménagement du Territoire, de l'Urbanisme et du
Patrimoine (Walloon Code of Town and Country Planning, Urban Development
and Heritage) |
| |
| DAC |
Development Aid Committee |
| DG |
Directorate General |
| DGDC |
Directorate-General for Development Cooperation |
| DGRNE |
Direction générale des Ressources naturelles et de l'Environnement
(Directorate General for Natural Resources and Environment) |
| DICE |
Digital Information Centre |
| DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DR Congo |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
| |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
| EDIT |
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy |
| EEA |
European Environment Agency |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| EIA |
environmental impact assessment |
| EIONET |
European Environment Information and Observation Network |
| ENBI |
European Network for Biodiversity Information |
| ENHSIN |
European Natural History Specimen Information Network |
| EPBRS |
European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy |
| EPIC |
European Platform for International Biological Resources
Consolidation |
| ERAIFT |
Ecole Régionale Post-Universitaire d'Aménagement et de Gestion
Intégrée des Forêts Tropicales (Regional Post-Graduate Training School on
Integrated Management of Tropical Forests) |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUFORGEN |
European Forest Genetic Resources Programme |
| EUROBATS |
Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats |
| |
| FAIR |
Agriculture and Fisheries Programme |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FELNET |
Flanders Environmental Library Network |
| FEN |
Flemish Ecological Network |
| FLEGT |
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade |
| FNRS |
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Scientific
Research Fund) |
| FP6 |
Sixth Framework Programme |
| FPSD |
Federal Plan for Sustainable Development |
| FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
| FUL |
Fondation Universitaire Luxembourgeoise (Luxembourg University
Foundation) - now Département des Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement
(Sciences and Environmental Management Department of the ULg) |
| FUNDP |
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix |
| FUSAGx |
Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux (Gembloux
Agricultural University) |
| |
| GAWI |
Groupement d'Arboriculteurs pratiquant en Wallonie les techniques
Intégrées (Organisation of Walloon Fruit growers who apply the Integrated
Techniques) |
| GBIF |
Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| GBP |
Gewestelijk Bestemmingsplan (Regional Land Use Plan) |
| GEB |
Grensoverschrijdend Ecologisch Basisplan (Transboundary Ecological
Plan) |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GMO |
Genetically modified organism |
| GSPC |
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation |
| GTI |
Global Taxonomy Initiative |
| GURTs |
Genetic Use Restriction Technologies |
| |
| HELCOM |
Helsinki Commission |
| |
| IACS |
Integrated Administration and Control System |
| IAS |
invasive alien species |
| IAUP |
International Association of University Presidents |
| IBGE |
Institut bruxellois pour la Gestion de l'Environnement (Brussels
Institute for Management of the Environment) |
| IBW |
Instituut voor Bosbouw en Wildbeheer (Institute for Forestry and Game
Management) |
| ICCN |
Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (Congolese
Institute for Nature Conservation) |
| ICE |
Inter-Ministerial Conference for Environment |
| ICP (Forests) |
International Co-operative Programme (on Assessment and Monitoring of
Air Pollution Effects on Forests) |
| ICRAF |
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry |
| ICRISAT |
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |
| ICZM |
integrated coastal zone management |
| ICZO |
Informatiecentrum Zoniënwoud (Information Centre of the Sonian
Forest) |
| IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IGEAT |
Institut de Gestion de l'Environnement et d'Aménagement du Territoire
(Institute for Environmental Management and Physical Planning) |
| IHEM |
Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology, Mycology collection - now
IPH: Scientific Institute of Public Health |
| IITA |
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| ILRI |
International Livestock Research Institute |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organisation |
| IN |
Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (Institute of Nature Conservation) |
| INCO(-DC) |
International Cooperation (with Developing Countries) |
| INIBAP |
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain |
| INTERREG |
Community initiative concerning border areas (INTERREG 1), concerning
border development and cross-border cooperation (INTERREG 2), and
concerning trans-European cooperation intended to encourage harmonious
and balanced development of the European territory (INTERREG 3) |
| IPBO |
Instituut voor Plantenbiotechnologie voor Ontwikkelingslanden (Plant
Biotechnology Institute for Developing Countries) |
| IPEN |
International Plant Exchange Network |
| IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
| IPH |
Scientific Institute of Public Health (formerly IHE) |
| IPR |
intellectual property rights |
| IRPI |
Inter-Disciplinary Research for Poplar Improvement |
| IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
| ISB |
Inventaire et Surveillance de la Biodiversité (Inventory and
Monitoring of Biodiversity) |
| ISH |
Inventaire et Surveillance des Habitats (Inventory and Monitoring of
Habitats) |
| ITPGR |
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources |
| ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organization |
| IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources - The World Conservation Union |
| |
| JI |
joint implementation |
| |
| KULeuven |
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven) |
| |
| LANDSCAPE |
European Landscape Convention |
| LIFE |
Financial Instrument for the Environment |
| LMBP |
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Plasmid collection (at UGent) |
| LMG |
Laboratory for Microbiology (at UGent) |
| LUC |
Limburgs Universitair Centrum (University Centre of Limburg) - now
UHasselt: Universiteit Hasselt (Hasselt University) |
| |
| MAE |
mesure agri-environnementale (agri-environmental measure) |
| MCPFE |
Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MEA |
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
| MEA |
multilateral environmental agreement |
| METAFRO |
Metadata African Organisation |
| MIKE |
Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants |
| MINA |
Milieubeleids- en Natuurontwikkelingsplan voor Vlaanderen (Flanders
Environment and Nature Policy Plan) |
| MIRA |
Milieurapport Vlaanderen (Flanders Environmental Report) |
| MMIS |
Milieu Management Informatiesysteem (Environmental Data Information
System) |
| MMM |
Marien Milieu Marin (Marine Environment) |
| MOSAICC |
Micro-organisms, Sustainable Use and Access Regulation, International
Code of Conduct |
| MPA |
marine protected area |
| MRW |
Ministère de la Région wallonne (Ministry of the Walloon Region) |
| MTA |
Material Transfer Agreement |
| MUCL |
Mycothèque de l'Université Catholique de Louvain (Mycological
Collection of the Catholic University of Louvain) |
| MUIENR |
Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural
Resources |
| MUMM |
Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models |
| |
| NA |
not applicable |
| NAP |
National Action Programme |
| NARA |
Natuurrapport Vlaanderen (Flanders Nature Report) |
| NBGB |
National Botanic Garden of Belgium |
| NBSAP |
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
| NFP |
national focal point |
| NGO |
non-governmental organisation |
| NMK |
National Museums of Kenya |
| NoE |
Network of Excellence |
| NOP |
Nature Objective Plan |
| |
| OA |
Official Aid |
| ODA |
Official Development Aid |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OFFH |
Observatoire de la Faune, de la Flore et des Habitats (Observatory of
Fauna, Flora and Habitats) |
| OSPAR |
Oslo and Paris Conventions for the protection of the marine
environment of the North-East Atlantic |
| |
| PBEPT |
Plan de Base Ecologique et Paysager Transfrontalier (Transboundary
Ecological and Landscape Plan) |
| PCDN |
Plan Communal de Développement de la Nature (Municipal Nature
Development Plan) |
| PEBLDS |
Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy |
| PEFC |
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification |
| PIRENE |
Programme Intégré de Recherche Environnement-Eau (Environment-Water
Integrated Research Programme) |
| PoW |
Programme of Work |
| PRAS |
Plan Régional d'Affectation du Sol (Regional Land Use Plan) |
| PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| pSCI |
proposed Sites of Community Importance |
| |
| RBINS |
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
| RDP |
Rural Development Programme |
| REIMP |
Regional Environmental Information Management Programme |
| RMCA |
Royal Museum for Central Africa |
| RTD |
Research and Technological Development |
| RZSA |
Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp |
| |
| SAC |
Special Area of Conservation |
| SACEP |
South Asian Co-operative Environment Programme |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SAGRIWATEL |
Suivi de l'Etat de l'Agriculture wallonne par Télédétection
(Agriculture Monitoring by Remote Sensing in the Walloon Region) |
| SBB |
Service of Biosafety and Biotechnology |
| SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (under
UNFCCC) |
| SBSTTA |
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
(under UNCBD) |
| SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
| SCBD |
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity |
| SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| SEP |
Structure Ecologique Principale (Major Ecological Structure) |
| SFM |
sustainable forest management |
| SGIB |
Sites de Grand Intérêt Biologique (Sites of Great Biological
Interest) |
| SHER |
Société pour l'Hydraulique, l'Environnement et la Réhabilitation
(Hydraulics, Environment and Rehabilitation Society) |
| SIBW |
Système d'informations sur la Biodiversité en Wallonie (System of
Information on Biodiversity in Wallonia) |
| SoW |
State of the World |
| SPA |
Special Protection Area |
| SURWAL |
Surveillance de l'environnement wallon par les bioindicateurs
(Monitoring of the state of the Walloon environment through
bio-indicators) |
| SYGIAP |
Système de Gestion d'Information pour les Aires Protégées
(Information Management System for Protected Areas) |
| SYNTHESYS |
Synthesis of Systematic Resources |
| |
| TAFIRI |
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute |
| |
| UA |
Universiteit Antwerpen (University of Antwerp) |
| UCL |
Université Catholique de Louvain (Catholic University of
Louvain) |
| UCT |
University of Cape Town |
| UDC |
University Development Cooperation |
| UE |
Union européenne (European Union) |
| UGent |
Universiteit Gent (Ghent University) |
| ULB |
University Libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels) |
| ULg |
Université de Liège (University of Liège) |
| UMH |
Université de Mons-Hainaut (University of Mons-Hainaut) |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNCBD |
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity |
| UNCCD |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| 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 |
| UNHCR |
United Nations Refugee Agency |
| UNIKIS |
Université de Kisangani (University of Kisangani) |
| UNIN |
University of the North |
| UNV |
United Nations Volunteers |
| |
| VIB |
Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie (Flanders
Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology) |
| VIS |
Vis Informatie Systeem (Fish Information System) |
| VLIR |
Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (Flemish Interuniversity
Council) |
| VLIZ |
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (Flanders Marine Institute) |
| VUB |
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) |
| |
| WHC |
World Heritage Convention |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WMU |
Wildlife Management Unit |
| WWF |
Worldwide Fund for Nature |
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