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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
| I | |
| IAATA | International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators |
| IABG | International Association of Botanical Gardens |
| IABIN | Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network |
| IAC | Informal Advisory Committee (to the CHM) |
| IACR | Integrated Approach to Crop Research |
| IAGLR | International Association for Great Lakes Research |
| IAIA | International Association for Impact Assessment |
| IAM | integrated area management |
| IARC | International Agricultural Research Centre |
| IATP | The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy |
| IBA | important bird area |
| IBGE | Institut
Bruxellois pour la Gestion de l'Environnement (Nl= Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer, BIM) (En= Brussels Institute for Management of the Environment) |
| IBIN | Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Information Network |
| IBOY | International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002 |
| IBP | International Biological Programme |
| IBPGR | International Board for Plant Genetic Resources |
| IBS | ISNAR Biotechnology Service (of CGIAR) |
| IBSFC | International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission |
| ICAM | Integrated Coastal Areas Management |
| ICAN | International Canopy Network |
| ICARDA | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (of CGIAR) |
| ICBG | International Cooperative Biodiversity Group |
| ICBN | International Code of Botanical Nomenclature |
| ICBP | International Council for Bird Preservation (now Birdlife International) |
| ICBT | International Conference on Biodiversity and Tourism |
| ICCBD | Intergovernmental Committee for the Convention on Biological Diversity |
| ICCP | Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol |
| ICDO | Interdepartementale
Commissie Duurzame Ontwikkeling (Belgium) [Fr= Commission Interdépartementale du Développement Durable (CIDD)] |
| ICDP | Integrated Conservation/Development Project |
| ICE | Information Center for the Environment |
| ICEL | International Council for Environmental Law |
| ICES | International Council for
the Exploration of the Sea (Fr= Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer) |
| ICIMOD | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development |
| ICL | Interministeriële Conferentie Leefmilieu (Belgium) (Fr= Conférence interministérielle de l'Environnement) (En= Interministerial Conference for the Environment) |
| ICLARM | International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (of CGIAR) |
| ICLEI | International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives |
| ICM | Integrated Coastal Management |
| ICMSF | International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods |
| ICNB | International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria |
| ICNCP | International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants |
| ICONS | Integrated Conservation Networking System (of IUCN) |
| ICPM | Interim Commission for Phytosanitary Measures |
| ICRAF | International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (of CGIAR) |
| ICRISAT | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (of CGIAR) |
| ICSU | International
Council for Science (formerly: International Council of Scientific Unions) |
| ICTDS | International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development |
| ICTV | International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses |
| ICZM | Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
| ICZN | International Code of Zoological Nomenclature |
| - IDA | Interchange of Data between Administrations (European Commission's Programme) |
| - IDA | International Depository Authority |
| - IDA | International Development Association |
| IDR | in-depth review |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
| IDRI | International Development Research Institute |
| IE | Industry and Environment Office (of UNEP) |
| IEEA | Integrated System of Environmental and Economic Accounting |
| - IEEP | Institute for European Environmental Policy |
| - IEEP | International Environmental Education Programme |
| IEPF | Institut de l' Energie et de l' Environnement de la Francophonie |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFF | International Forum on Forests |
| IFFWS | Inland Fisheries, Forestry and Wildlife Sectors of the SADC |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute (of CGIAR) |
| IG | inter-governmental |
| IGAD | Inter-Governmental Authority on Development |
| IGBP | International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IGCP | International Gorilla Conservation Programme |
| IGOs | intergovernmental organizations |
| IIASA | International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis |
| IIED | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IISD | International
Institute for Sustainable Development "Linkages" Biodiversity Meetings and Documents |
| IITA | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (of CGIAR) |
| IIUE | International Institute for the Urban Environment |
| ILCA | International Livestock Centre for Africa |
| ILDIS | International Legume Database and Information Service |
| ILRI | International Livestock Research Institute (of CGIAR) |
| IMAGE | Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effects |
| IMCAM | integrated marine and coastal area management |
| IMCO | Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMI | International Mycological Institute |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IN | Instituut voor
Natuurbehoud (Belgium) (En= Institute of Nature Conservation) |
| INBio | Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (in Costa Rica) (En= National Institute of Biodiversity) |
| INC | Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee |
| INEAC | Institut National pour l'Etude Agronomique du Congo (En= Congolese National Institute for Agronomic Research) |
| INEM | International Network for Environmental Management |
| INFORM-R | Management Information System for Agricultural Research (of CGIAR) |
| INFOTERRA | Global Environmental Information Exchange Network (of UNEP) |
| INGER | International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice |
| INIBAP | International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain |
| INTECOL | International Association of Ecology |
| INTERFACE | Système d'échange d'informations et d'expériences sur l'environnement et le développement |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO) |
| IOCU | International Organisation of Consumers' Unions |
| IODE | International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange |
| IOPI | International Organization for Plant Information |
| IOPN | International Office for the Protection of Nature |
| IP | indigenous peoples |
| IPBC | International Panel on Biodiversity Conservation |
| IPBN | Indigenous People's Biodiversity Network |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (under WMO and UNEP) |
| IPEC | International Program on Ecosystem Change |
| IPEN | International Plant Exchange Network |
| IPF | Intergovernmental Panel on Forests |
| IPGRI | International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (of CGIAR) |
| IPH | Scientific Institute of
Public Health (Belgium) (Fr= Institut Scientifique de la Santé Publique, ISP) (Nl= Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid, WIV) |
| IPM | integrated pest management |
| IPNI | The International Plant Names Index |
| IPPC | International
Plant Protection Convention (text
presently in force) (Fr= Convention internationale pour la protection des végétaux - texte) |
| IPR | intellectual property rights --- helpdesk |
| IRAOH | International Registration Authority for Orchid Hybrids |
| IRB | International Register on Biosafety |
| IRCEL | Intergewestelijke
Cel voor het Leefmilieu (F= CELINE) (En= Interregional Cell for the Environment) |
| IRGT | Institut
Royal pour la Gestion durable des ressources naturelles et la promotion
des Technologies propres (Nl= Koninklijk Instituut voor het duurzame beheer van de Natuurlijke rijkdommen en de bevordering van schone Technologie, KINT) (En= Royal Institute for the sustainable Management of natural resources and the promotion of clean Technology, RINT) |
| IRN | International Rivers Network |
| IRPTC | International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (of UNEP) |
| IRRI | International Rice Research Institute (of CGIAR) |
| IRSAC | Institut pour la Recherche Scientifique en Afrique
Centrale (En= Institute for Scientific Research in Central Africa) |
| IRScNB | Institut
royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Nl= Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen) (De= Königlich Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften) (En= Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) |
| ISDO | Informatiesysteem
voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling (En= Information System for Sustainable Development) (Fr= Système d'information pour le développement durable) |
| ISEI | International Society for Ecological Informatics |
| ISEE | International Society for Ecological Economics |
| ISEU | International Socio-Ecological Union |
| ISIS | International Species Information System |
| ISNAR | International Service for National Agricultural Research (of CGIAR) |
| ISOC | Intersessional Meeting on the Operations of the Convention |
| ISP | Institut
Scientifique de la Santé Publique (Belgium) (Nl= Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid, WIV) (En= Scientific Institute of Public Health, IPH) |
| ISPMs | International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures |
| ISRIC | International Soil Reference and Information Centre |
| ISSD | Information System
for Sustainable Development (Fr= Système d'information pour le développement durable) (Nl= Informatiesysteem voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling) |
| ISSG | Invasive Species Specialist Group |
| ISTA | The International Seed Testing Association |
| ISTRA | Images Scientifiques et Techniques et
Réalisations Audio-visuelles a programme of GENAGRO |
| ITC | International Trade Centre UNCTAD / WTO |
| ITCPGR | International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources |
| ITE | Institute for Terrestrial Ecology (UK) |
| ITFF | Inter-agency Task Force on Forests |
| ITIS | Integrated Taxonomic Information System |
| ITM | Initiative taxonomique mondiale (En= Global Taxonomy Initiative) |
| ITTA | International Tropical Timber Agreement |
| ITTO | International Tropical Timber Organization |
| ITWG | Intergovernmental Technical Working Group |
| ITWG-AnGR | Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| ITWG-PGR | Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| IU | International Undertaking (on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture) |
| IUBS | International Union of Biological Sciences |
| IUC | Information Unit for Conventions (of UNEP) |
| IUCN | The World
Conservation Union (formerly: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) |
| IUCN / CERO | The World Conservation Union's Office for Central Europe |
| IUCN / CIS | The World Conservation Union's Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| IUCN / ELC | The World Conservation Union's Environmental Law Centre |
| IUCN / ERO | The World Conservation Union's European Regional Office |
| IUDZG | The World Zoo Organization |
| IUFRO | International Union of Forestry Research Organizations |
| IULA | International Union of Local Authorities |
| IUMS | International Union of Microbiological Societies |
| IUPGR | International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| IUPN | International Union for the Protection of Nature |
| IWC | International Whaling Commission |
| IWETO | Inventory of Scientific and Technological Research (the Flemish Research Database under the auspices of the Science and Innovation Administration, Ministry of Flanders, Belgium) |
| IWMI | International Water Management Institute (of CGIAR) |
| IWRB | International Wildfowl Research Bureau |
| IYO | International Year of the Ocean |
| IZWO | Instituut
voor Zeewetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Belgium) (En= Institute for Marine Scientific Research) |
| IZY | International Zoo Yearbook |
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