Country study Burkina Faso 
Biodiversity 

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

BDPA :	Agricultural Production Development Office
BF :	Burkina Faso
BUNASOL :	National Soils Office
CAP :	Certificate of Professional Aptitude
CES/AGF :	Conservation of Waters and Soils/Agro-Forestry
CES/DRS :	Conservation of Waters and Soils/Defence and Restoration of Soils
CFD :	French Development Fund
CIEH :	Inter - States Committee for Hydraulic Study
CILSS :	Inter - States Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
CIRAD :	International Centre for Research in Agronomy for Development
CIRDES :	International Centre for Research Development of Animal Rearing in  Humid Zones
CIRP :	International Council for Phytogenetic Resources
CNDA :	National Centre for Agricultural Documentation
CNRST :	National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research
CNSF :	National Centre for Forest Seeds
CONAGESE :	National Council for Environmental Management
CRPA :	Regional Centre for Agro - Pastoral Promotion
CRTO :	Regional Remote Sensing Centre of Ouagadougou
DNA :	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DOET :	Directorate of the Organisation of Traditional Animal Rearing
DPIA :	Directorate of Animal Production and Industries
DRARA :	Regional Directorates of Agriculture and Animal Resources
DSA :	Agricultural Services Directorate
EU :	European Union
FAO :	United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
F CFA :	Franc of the African Financial Community
FED :	European Development Fund
FEM :	Global Environment Fund (French Acronym)
GEF :	Global Environment Fund
GEPRENAF :	Participatory Management of Natural Resources and Fauna
ICRAF :	International Centre for Agro-Forestry Research
ICRISAT :	International Centre for Research on Crops of Semi-arid Tropical Zones
IDR :	Rural Development Institute
IEMVT :	Institute of Animal Rearing and Tropical Veterinary Medicine
IGN :	National Geographic Institute (in France)
INERA :	Environmental and Agricultural Research Institute (ex Survey and Agricultural Research Institute)
INSD :	National Statistical and Demography Institute
IITA :	International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
IPD/AOS :	Pan-African Institute for Development/ West Africa Sahel
IRAT :	Institute for Tropical Agronomic Research
IRBET :	Institute for Research in Tropical Biology and Ecology
MARA :	Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources
MAT :	Ministry of Territorial administration (Ministry of Interior)
MEE :	Ministry of Environment and Water
ORSTOM :	French Institute of Scientific Research for Development in Cooperation
OCCGE :	Organisation for Cooperation and Fight Against Important Endemic Diseases
OCDE :	Organisation for Cooperation and Economic Development
ONAT :	National office of Soil Development
ONG :	Non-Governmental Organisation
ORANA :	Organisation for Research on African Food and Nutrition
ORD :	Regional Development Organisation
OXFAM :	Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (NGO for struggle against famine)
PANE :	National Environmental Action Plan
PDAV :	Village Agriculture Development Project
PDRI/HKM :	Integrated Rural Development Project /Houet-Kossi-Mouhoun
PNB :	Gross National Product
PNGT :	National Programme for Soil Management
PNUD :	United Nations Development Programme
PNUE :	United Nations Environmental Programme
RAF :	Agrarian and Land Reorganisation
SIG :	Geographic Information System
SOPAL :	Alcohols and Liqueurs Production Company
SOSUCO :	Sugar Company of Comoé
SPA :	Provincial Services of Agriculture
SATEC :	Technical Assistance and Cooperation Company
UICN :	International Union for Nature
UO :	University of Ouagadougou
USAID :	United States Agency for International Development