A

Herbarium, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University

AAU

Herbarium, University of Aarhus

ABSA

Access and Benefit Sharing Agreement

ADAS

Advisory and Development Service (ex MAFF)

AETFAT

Association pour l'Etude Taxonomique de la Flore D'Afrique Tropicale

AFLP

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms

AFOCEL

Station de Biotechnologies

ALCB

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina

ALVA

Association of Leading Visitor Attractions

AMES

Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames, Harvard University

ANCO

Apicultural and Nature Conservation Organisation

ANGAP

Association Pour le Gestion des Aires Protégées

APA

Área de Proteção Ambiental

APG

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

APNE

Associação Plantas do Nordeste

ASAL

Arid and Semi-Arid Land

AS-PTA

Assessoria e Serviços a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa

AV

Audio Visual

B

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universität Berlin

BAP

Biodiversity Action Plan

BAT

British American Tobacco

BAT

British Antarctic Territory

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BBOWT

Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

BBSRC

Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council

BEPA

Boyo Environmental Protection Agency

BERUDEP

Belo Rural Development Programme

BG

Botanic Garden

BGCI

Botanic Gardens Conservation International

BGMN

Botanic Gardens Micropropagation News

BHFP

Bamenda Highlands Forest Project

BI

Biological Interactions section, Jodrell laboratory

BIDS

Bath Information and Data Services

BIG

Biodiversity Information Group

BIOT

British Indian Ocean Territory

BK

Herbarium, Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand

BKF

Forest Herbarium, Bangkok, Thailand

BM

Herbarium, Natural History Museum, London

BMSFRD

British Mycological Society Fungi Records Database

BO

Herbarium Bogoriense

BOZONET

Botanical and Zoological NETwork of East Africa

BPSP

Biodiversity Planning Support Programme

BQS

Better Quality Services

BR

National Herbarium of Belgium, Meise

BRAHMS

Botanical Research and Herbarium Management System

BRUN

National Herbarium, Brunei Forestry Centre

BSBI

Botanical Society of the British Isles

BUAP

Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

BVI

British Virgin Islands

C

Botanical Museum, Copenhagen

CABI

CAB International (formerly the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau)

CAM

Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

CAMP

Conservation Assessment and Management Plan

CANB

Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research

CAPS

Convention and Policy Section, Herbarium

CAS

Herbarium, California Academy of Sciences

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CBOL

Consortium for the Barcode of Life

CCD

Convention to Combat Desertification

CCW

Countryside Council for Wales

CD-ROM

Compact Disc-Read Only Memory

CEB

Centre for Economic Botany

CEMAGREF

Division Resources Genetiques et Plantes Forestiers

CENARGEN

The National Centre for Genetic Resources, Brasil

CEPEC

Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna

CEPF

CETAF

Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CGRFA

Committee on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

CGU

Conservation Genetics Unit

CHL

Citation Half-life

CI

Conservation International

CIAT

International Center for Tropical Agriculture

CIPFA

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

CIRAD-Foret

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le dévelopement

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora

CMC

Conservation Monitoring Centre

CMPAC

Chinese Medicinal Plants Authentication Centre

CNIP

Centro de Informação sobre Plantas

CNPq

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

CNSF

Centre National de Semences Forestières

COLPARSYST

CONABIO

National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity

CoP

Conference of the Parties (to CITES or CBD)

COSHH

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

CPD

Centre of Plant Diversity

CPDU

Conservation Projects Development Unit

CPG

Common Policy Guidelines

CPSP

Centre de Production de Semences Pastorales

CRES

Conservation and Research for Endangered Species

CRIS-TM

Computer Retrieval and Information System - Transaction Management

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CU

Conservation Unit

DANIDA

Danish Agency for Development Assistance

DDA

Disability Discrimination Act

DoE

Department of the Environment

Defra

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK government; formally MAFF)

DETR

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

DELTA

DEscription Language for TAxonomy

DfID

Department for International Development

DGXII

Directorate Generale 12 Agriculture

DI

Darwin Initiative

DIGIT

Digitisation of Natural History Collections

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DPhil

Doctor of Philosophy

dpi

dots per inch

DSM

Herbarium, University of Dar es Salaam

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry

E

Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

EA

Environment Agency

EBBD

Economic Botany Bibliographic Database

EC

European Community

ECCB

European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes

ECOSYN

ECPIGR

European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic resources

ECTI

Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification

EEC

European Economic Community

EMBRAPA

Empresa BRAsileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

EN

English Nature [now forms Natural England]

ENBI

European Network for Biodiversity Information

ENHSIN

European Natural History Specimen Information Network

ERH

Equilibrium Relative Humidity

ERUDEF

Environment and Rural Development Foundation

ESALO

Eastern and Southern African Liaison Office

ESD

Electronic Services Delivery

ESRI

Environmental Systems Research Institute

ePIC

Electronic Plant Information Centre

EU

European Union

F

Field Museum, Chicago

FAMES

Fatty Acid Methyl Esters

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organisation

FCO

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

FFI

Flora and Fauna International

FRIM

Forestry Research Institute Malaysia

FRS

Fellow of the Royal Society

FIS

Field Information System

FSC

Forest Stewardship Council

FSU

Former Soviet Union

F/T

Full time

FTA

Fixed Term Appointment

FTEA

Flora of Tropical East Africa

FWF

Austrian Science Foundation

FWTA

Flora of West Tropical Africa

FZ

Flora Zambesiaca

G

Herbarium, Geneva, Conservatoire et Jardins Botaniques

G8

Group of 8

GB

Herbarium, Göteborg University, Sweden

GBF

Global Biodiversity Forum

GBIF

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

GEF

Global Environment Facility

GIS

Geographic Information System

GPS

Global Positioning Systems

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit

HIA

Head of Internal Audit

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HMC&E

Her Majesty's Customs and Excise

HN

Herbarium, Hanoi, Vietnam

HNC

National Herbarium of Cameroon

HNU

Herbarium, Vietnam National University

HoDs

Heads of Department

HSCT

Health and Safety Consultative Team

HTA

Horticultural Trades Association

HTC

Herbarium Techniques Course

HUEFS

Herbarium, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

HUH

Harvard University Herbaria

IBAMA

Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente

IBC

International Botanical Congress

IBIS

International Botanical Information Server

ICLARM

International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management

ICRISAT

International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

ICSB

Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd

ICT

Information Communications and Technology

IDT

Information, Dissemination and Training

IF

Impact Factor

IF

Index Filicum

IIP

Investors in People

IIIP

Integrated Information Infrastructure Project

IK

Index Kewensis

ILDIS

International Legume Database and Information Service

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INBio

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad

INIA

National Institute of Agricultural Research

INSTECO

Instituto de Ecología, La Paz, Bolivia

IOPI

International Organisation of Plant Information

IOS

International Organisation for Succulent Plant Study

IP

Intellectual Property

IPA

Herbarium Dárdano de Andrade Lima, Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

IPM

Integrated Pest Management

IPNI

International Plant Names Index

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights

IPTS

Institute for Prospective Technical Studies

IRA

Institut des Regions Arides, Tunisia

IRD

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

ISD

Information Services Department

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISI

Institute for Scientific Information

ISOC

Intersessional Meeting on the Operations of the Convention

IT

Information Technology

ITIS

Integrated Taxonomic Infrastructure System

ITPGRFA

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

IU

Intenational Undertaking (relating to PGFRA)

IUCN

The World Conservation Union

IUCN SSC BSG

The World Conservation Union Species Survival Commission Bryophyte Specialist Group

IUFRO

International Union of Forest Research Organisations

JEGs

Job Evaluation and Grading System

JNCC

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

K

Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

KARI

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

KEFRI

Kenya Forestry Research Institute

KIFP

Kilum-Ijim Forest Project

K-IMFP

Kilum-Ijim Mountain Forest Project

K.U. Leuven

Katholieke University of Leuven

KWS

Kenya Wildlife Services

KYO

Herbarium, Kyoto University

L

Rijksherbarium, Leiden (part of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands)

LAE

Herbarium, Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute

LARI

Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute

LBG

Limbe Botanic Garden

LCD

Living Collections Department

LC-MS

Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

LC-NMR

Liquid Chromatography-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

LE

Herbarium, Leningrad, Komarov Botanical Institute

MA

Management Authority (relating to COP)

MA

Herbarium, Real Jardín Botánico, Spain

MAICh

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute Chania (Crete)

MAN

Herbarium, Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia

MARY

Herbarium, University of Maryland

MATE

Ministry of Agriculture, Trade and the Environment (of the Montserrat Government).

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

MEXU

Herbarium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

MHz

Mega-Hertz

MINEF

Ministry of Environment and Forest

MINREST-IRAD

Ministry of Research, Science and Technology - Institute for Agricultural Research & Development

MMFP

Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme

MNH

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

MNHN

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

MO

Missouri Botanical Garden

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

MRC

Medical Research Council

MSA

Material Supply Agreement

MSB

Millennium Seed Bank

MSBP

Millennium Seed Bank Project

MSc

Master of Science

MWF

Mauritian Wildlife Foundation

NAPCD

National Action Programme to Combat Desertification

NBG

Compton Herbarium, NBI, South Africa

NBI

National Botanical Institute, South Africa

NBPGR

National Bureau for Plant Genetic Resources

NBRI

National Botanical Research Institute, Namibia

NCARTT

National Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer

NCCPG

National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens

NDPB

Non-Departmental Public Body

NE

North East

NEPA

Natural Environment Protection Agency

NERC

Natural Environment Research Council

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NHM

Natural History Museum

NHN

National Herbarium of the Netherlands

NHT

Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania

NIES

National Institute for Environmental Studies

NMK

National Museums of Kenya

NMR

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

NP

National Park

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSW

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

NTFP

Non-Timber Forest Products

NY

New York Botanical Garden

O

Botanical Museum, Oslo

ODA

Overseas Development Administration (now DfID)

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

ONADEF

Office National de Développement des Forêts (Cameroon) / National Office for the Development of Forestry

ORDEP

Organisation for Rural Development and Environmental Protection

OSG

Orchid Specialist Group of Species Survival Commission

OST

Office of Science and Technology

P

Laboratoire de Phanérogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

PADU

Protected Areas Data Unit

PAEA

Projet d'Appui aux Exportations Agricoles

PARSYST

PAW

Partnership Against Wildlife Crime

PBZT

Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza

PDR

People's Democratic Republic

PGCE

Post Graduate Certificate of Education

PGR

Plant Genetic Resources

PGRFA

Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

PGRWG

Plant Genetic Resources Working Group

PHA

Polyhydroxyalkaloids

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

PNE

Plantas do Nordeste

PNE-IDT

Plantas do Nordeste: Information, Dissemination and Training project

PNH

Philippine National Herbarium

PR

Public Relations

PRE

National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

PRA

Participatory Rural Appraisal

PRC

People's Republic of China

PRD

Plant Records Database

PROTA

Plant Resources of Tropical Africa

PSRE

Public Sector Research Establishments

PSU

Herbarium, Haad Yai, Songkhla University, Thailand

P/T

Part time

QBG

Herbarium, Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Thailand

QCA

Herbarium, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

QCNE

Herbário Nacional del Ecuador

QSA

Quality Safety Standard

RB

Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro

RBGE

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

RBG Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

RDBMS

Relational Database Management System

RDL

Red Data List

RLS

Radial Longitudinal Section

RNA

Ribonucleic Acid

RNG

University of Reading

RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

S

Herbarium, Stockholm, Swedish Museum of Natural History

S & T

Science and Technology

SA

Scientific Authority (provides MA with scientific advice)

SABONET

South African Botanical diversity NETwork

SANBI

South Africa National Biodiversity Institute

SAP

Species Action Plan

SATEC

Sustainable Agriculture Technicians

SBSTTA

Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

SCA

Herbarium, Victoria Botanic Gardens, Cameroon / Limbe Botanic Garden

SCBD

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

SCD

Seed Conservation Department

SCI

Science Citation Index

SCMU

Species Conservation Monitoring Unit

SCRI

Scottish Crop Research Institute

SDC

Scientific Databases Committee (RBG, Kew)

SE

South East

SEARRP

South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme

SEDS

Sustainable Environment and Development Strategy

SEM

Scanning Electron Microscope

SEPASAL

Survey of Economic Plants of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

SET

Science, Engineering & Technology

SHBC

Scientific and Horticultural Books Advisory Committee

SID

Seed Information Database

SIDT

Subprogramme on Information, Dissemination and Training

SING

Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SNGF

Silo National de Graines Forestières, Madagascar

SNH

Scottish Natural Heritage

SORP

Statement of Recommended Practice

SP

Herbarium, Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo

SP2K

Species 2000

SPALE

Society for the Protection of Animal Life and the Environment

SPF

Herbarium, Universidade de São Paulo

SPICE

Species 2000 Interoperability Coordination Environment

SPREP

South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme

SSC

Species Survival Commission

SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest

SUDENE

Superintendency for the Development of North East Brasil

SYNTHESYS

Synthesis of Systematic Resources

TAN

National Herbarium of Madagascar, Antananarivo

TCD

Herbarium, Trinity College, Dublin

TCI

Turks and Caicos Islands

TCM

Traditional Chinese Medicine

TDWG

Taxonomic Database Working Group

TEM

Transmission Electron Microscope

TLS

Tangential Longitudinal Section

TMR

Training and Mobility of Researchers (European Union)

TNS

Herbarium, National Science Museum, Tokyo

TPA

Threatened Plants Appeal

TPC

Threatened Plants Committee

TPU

Threatened Plant Unit

TRAFFIC

Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce

TS

Transverse Section

TSO

The Stationery Office

U

Herbarium, University of Utrecht

UACH

Universidad Autónoma Chapingo

UC

University College

UEFS

State University of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil

UFPB

Federal University of Paraíba

UFPE

Federal University of Pernambuco

UFRPE

Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

UK

United Kingdom

UKBAP

United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan

UKBG

United Kingdom Biodiversity Group

UKGAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Practice in the United Kingdom

UKOT

United Kingdom Overseas Territories

UKOTCF

United Kingdom Overseas Territories Conservation Forum

UNALM

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

UNAM

Universidad National Autónoma de Mexico

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit)

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP-WCMC

United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

UNESCO

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNESP

Universidade Estadual de São Paulo

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UPS

Herbarium, Institute of Ecological Botany, Uppsala, Sweden

US

Smithsonian Institution

USA

United States of America

USD

United States Dollars

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USP

Universidade de São Paulo

USGS

United States Geological Survey

VAT

Value Added Tax

WACALM

Western Australia Department of Conservation and Land Management

WAG

Wageningen University Herbarium

WCB

World Checklists and Bibliographies

WCMC

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WOC

World Orchid Congress

WRI

World Resources Institute

WTMU

Wildlife Trade Monitoring Unit

WWF

World-Wide Fund for Nature

WWW

World-Wide Web

XML

Extensible Markup Language

Y

Herbarium, Samuel Jones Record Memorial Collection, Yale University

YA

Herbier National Camerounais