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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AEF

Afrique Equatoriale Française (French Equatorial Africa)

APLS

Armée Populaire de Libération du Soudan (Sudanese rebellion front)

ARCOS

Albertine Rift Conservation Society (formerly OBICO: Organisation for Biodiversity Information and Conservation in the Albertine Rift)

ART

Africa Resources Trust

AWF

African Wildlife Foundation

BSP

Biodiversity Support Program

CAR

Central African Republic

CARPE

Central African Regional Program for the Environment

CEEAC

Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (Economic Community of Central African States)

CEFDHAC

Conférence sur les Ecosystèmes de Forêts Denses et Humides d’Afrique Centrale (Conference on Central African Moist Forest Ecosystems)

CEMAC

Communauté Economique et Monetaire d’Afrique Centrale (Central African Monetary Community)

CEPGL

Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (Economic Community of the Countries of the Great Lakes Region)

CERUT

(Center for the Environment and Rural Transformation)

CFA

Communauté Financière d’Afrique (African Financial Community)

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.A.)

CIB

Congolaise Industrielle de Bois (timber company)

CIFOR

Center for International Forestry Research

CIMA

Conférence Interafricaines des Marchés d’Assurance

CIPRES

Conférence Interafricaines de Prévoyance Sociale

CIRAD

Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CMS

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)

DGIS

Dutch governmental program on the environment (Directorate-General for International Cooperation)

DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo

ECOFAC

Conservation et Utilisation Rationelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d’Afrique Centrale (Conservation and Rational Use of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa)

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

GEF

Global Environment Facility (UNDP)

GNP

Gross National Product

GTZ

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German government agency for technical cooperation)

ICCN

Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation)

IFIA

Interafrican Forest Industries Association

IGCP

International Gorilla Conservation Programme

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)

IUCN-ROCA

IUCN–Regional Office for Central Africa

IZCN

Institut Zairois pour la Conservation de la Nature

kWh

Kilowatt hour

MINEF

Ministry of the Environment and Forests (Cameroon)

MW

Megawatt

NGO

Nongovernmental Organization

NNNP

Nouabale-Ndoki National Park

NTFPs

Non-timber forest products

NWFPs

Non-wood forest products

OAU

Organization for African Unity

OHADA

Organisation pour l’Harmonisation des Droit des Affaires en Afrique

ORTPN

Office Rwandais du Tourisme et des Parcs Nationaux (Rwanda Office of Tourism and National Parks)

PA

Protected Area

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

PROTOMAC

Protection de Tortues Marines d’Afrique Centrale (Protection of the Marine Tortoise in Central Africa)

SFAC

Societé Forestiere Algero-Congolaise

SNV

Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (Dutch developmental organization)

TBCA

Transboundary Conservation Area

TBNRM

Transboundary Natural Resource Management

UDEAC

Union Dounière des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (Economic and Customs Union of Central Africa)

UEAC

Union des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (Union of Central African States)

UEMOA

Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (West African Economic and Monetary Union)

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Social, and Cultural Organization

UNESCO-MAB

UNESCO–Man and the Biosphere program

WCMC

World Conservation Monitoring Center

WCS

Wildlife Conservation Society

WWF

World Wildlife Fund