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Abbreviations and acronyms related to the Convention
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| C | |
| C & I | criteria and indicators |
| CABI | Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International |
| CABRI | common access to biotechnological resources and information |
| CAFF | Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna |
| CAMP | Coastal Areas Management Programme |
| CAMPFIRE | Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources |
| CAMRE | Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment |
| CAN-Europe | Climate Action Network Europe (formerly CNE) |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy (of the EU) |
| CAR | Caribbean Environment Programme (see also GPA / UNEP) |
| CARICOMB | the Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Programme |
| CARPE | Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (sponsored by USAID) |
| CAS | Central Advisory Service (of CGIAR) |
| CATIE | Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Center |
| CBA | cost-benefit analysis |
| CBD | Convention on Biological
Diversity (N= Verdrag inzake biologische diversiteit, VDB) (F= Convention sur la diversité biologique, CDB) |
| CBDC | Community Biodiversity Development and Conservation Programme |
| CBIN | Canada Biodiversity Information Network |
| - CC | carrying capacity |
| - CC | culture collections; see e.g. BCCM |
| CCAMLR | Convention on the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources also: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| CCD | Convention to Combat Desertification (also UNCCD) |
| CCEWNH | Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats |
| CCIEP | Co-ordinating Committee for International Environmental Policy |
| CCIM | Coördinatie-Comité Internationaal Milieubeleid (F= CCPIE) |
| CCPIE | Comité de Coordination de la Politique Internationale de
l'Environnement (N= CCIM) |
| CCTA | Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa South of the Sahara |
| CDB | Convention sur la diversité biologique (E= CBD; N= VBD)) |
| - CDC | Conservation Data Center |
| - CDC | Conservation for Development Centre |
| CDM | clean development mechanism (under the Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC) |
| CDS | Catalogue of Data Sources |
| - CEC | Commission of the European Communities |
| - CEC | Commission for Environmental Cooperation |
| - CEC | Commission on Education & Communication (of IUCN) |
| CEDAR | Central European Environmental Data Request Facility |
| CEDARE | Centre for Environment and Development in the Arab Region and Europe |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CEECs | Central and Eastern European Countries |
| CEESE | Centre d'Etudes Economiques et Sociales de l'Environnement (ULB, Belgium) |
| CEESP | Commission on Environmental Economics, Strategy and Policy |
| CEEWEB | Central and East European Working Group for the Enhancement of Biodiversity |
| CEI | Cochrane Ecological Institute (Canada) |
| CEL | Commission on Environmental Law (of IUCN) |
| CELINE | Cellule Interrégionale
de l'Environnement (Belgium) (N= IRCEL; E= Interregional Cell for the Environment) |
| CEM | Commission on Ecosystem Management (of IUCN) |
| CEO | Centre for Earth Observation |
| CEP | Commission on Environmental Planning |
| CEPLA | Commission on Environmental Policy, Law and Administration |
| CERES | Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies |
| CERO | Office for Central Europe (of the World Conservation Union) |
| CESIS | China's Endangered Species Information System |
| CESP | Commission on Environmental Strategy and Planning (of IUCN) |
| CESSE | Centre for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment (ULB, Belgium) |
| CFCAA | Current Forest Conservation Action Alerts |
| CFCs | chlorofluorocarbons |
| CFDD | Conseil
Fédéral du Développement Durable (N= Federale Raad voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling) (E= Federal Council for Sustainable Development) |
| CFE | Caring for the Earth |
| CFPS | Conseil
Fédéral de la Politique Scientifique (UK= Federal Council for Science Policy) (NL = Federale Raad voor Wetenschapbeleid) |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CGRFA | Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (of FAO) |
| CHM | Clearing-House Mechanism (under the CBD) |
| CHMEM | International Expert Meeting on "Building the Clearing-house" |
| CHMIM FPS | Informal Meeting on Formats, Protocols and Standards for Improved Exchange of Biodiversity-related Information |
| CHMLAC | Latin America and Caribbean regional meeting on the Clearing-house Mechanism |
| CHMRW | Clearing-house Mechanism regional workshops |
| CHMRW MW | Clearing-house
Mechanism regional workshops Southern Africa Regional Training Workshop on the Establishment and Operationalisation of the Commonwealth Knowledge Network and Clearing-house Mechanism |
| CI | Conservation International |
| C & I | criteria and indicators |
| CIAT | Centro
Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (of CGIAR) (E= International Center for Tropical Agriculture) |
| CIC | Conseil International de la Chasse |
| CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency |
| CIDD | Commission
Interdépartementale du Développement Durable (Belgium) (N= Interdepartementale Commissie Duurzame Ontwikkeling, ICDO) |
| - CIE | Cartographie des Invertébrés Européens (= Erfassung der Europäischen Wirbellosen) (= European Invertebrate Survey) |
| - CIE | Conférence interministérielle de l'Environnement
(Belgium) (N= Interministeriële Conferentie Leefmilieu (E= Interministerial Conference for the Environment) |
| CIEL | Center for International Environmental Law |
| CIEM | Conseil
International pour l'Exploration de la Mer (E= International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) |
| CIESIN | Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network |
| CIFOR | Center for International Forestry Research (of CGIAR) |
| CILSS | Comité Inter-Etats pour la Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel |
| CIMMYT | Centro
Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (of CGIAR) (E= International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) |
| CIP | Centro
Internacional de la Papa (of CGIAR) (E= International Potato Center) |
| CIPR | community intellectual property rights |
| CIPRA Inter- national |
Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes (E= International Commission for the Protection of the Alps) |
| CIPV | Convention
internationale pour la protection des végétaux - texte (E= International Plant Protection Convention - text presently in force) |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CLRAE | Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (consultative body of the Council of Europe) |
| - CMC | Center for Marine Conservation |
| - CMC | Conservation Monitoring Centre (now WCMC) |
| CMRT | crop management research and technology |
| CMS | Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) |
| CNA | competent national authority |
| CNE | Climate Network Europe, changed in CAN-Europe (Febr. 2002) |
| CNPPA | Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (of IUCN) |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| COBASE | Cooperativa Tecnico Scientifica di Base |
| CoCoCoCocks | Coordination Committee for the Conservation of Black Cocks (and Hens !); has been created on the fate of the Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix. [to be nominated for the most original acronym?] |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| COE | Commission on Ecology |
| COMAR | UNESCO's Coastal-Marine programme |
| COMEMIS | Coastal and Marine Environment Management Information System |
| CONABIO | Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y de la
Biodiversidad (the Mexican National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity) |
| CONNECT | European Conservation Institutes Research Network |
| COP | Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (N = Conferentie van de Partijen) (F = Conférence des Parties) |
| COP-1,2,3,4,5 | First, second, third, fourth and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties |
| CORDIS | The Community R & D Information Service |
| CORINE | Information System on the Co-ordination of Information on the Environment |
| COW | Committee of the Whole |
| CP | Contracting Party |
| CPC | Center for Plant Conservation (USA) |
| CPC | Climate Prediction Center |
| CPGR | Commission on Plant Genetic Resources (of FAO) |
| CPP | crop protection product |
| CPRM | common property resource management |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
| CRMP | Coastal Resource Management Project |
| CRO | contract research organisation |
| CROW | Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife |
| CRPs | Conference Room Papers, see glossary pages C |
| CS-EASIZ | Coast and Shelf - Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone |
| CSD | Commission on Sustainable Development (of the UN) |
| CSI | Coastal Regions and Small Islands (initiative launched by UNESCO) |
| CSI | common sense initiative |
| CSIRO | Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
| CSIS | China's Species Information System |
| CSO | civil society organisation |
| CT | Conservation Terrestrial |
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