| ADFL | Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Zaïre |
| ANICO | Animateurs de la Conservation |
| ANIECO | Animateurs Ecologiques pour la Conservation |
| AWF | African Wildlife Foundation |
| BINP | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park |
| CARE | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere |
| CARPE | Central African Regional Program for the Environment |
| CEPGL | Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs |
| CISWF | Coexistence Initiative of the State of the World Forum |
| COMESA | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| CODEP | Network on Conflict, Development and Peace (United Kingdom) |
| CSpro | Provisional Supervisory Committee (DR Congo) |
| DFGF | Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| ECCP | European Centre for Conflict Prevention |
| ECOFAC | Ecosystèmes Forestiers de l’Afrique Centrale |
| EU | European Union |
| FAR | Forces Armées Rwandaises |
| FFI | Fauna and Flora International |
| GIC | Gilman International Conservation |
| GTZ | Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Technical Agency for Development) |
| HUGO | Human-Gorilla Conflict Resolution program |
| ICCN | Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature |
| IGCP | International Gorilla Conservation Programme |
| IFOR NATO | (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Implementation Force |
| IIPT | International Institute of Peace through Tourism |
| IRF | International Rhino Fund |
| IRIN | Integrated Regional Information Network |
| ITFC | Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation |
| IUCN | The World Conservation Union |
| IZCN | Institut Zaïrois pour la Conservation de la Nature |
| MBIFCT | Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Conservation Trust |
| MGNP | Mgahinga Gorilla National Park |
| MGP | Mountain Gorilla Project |
| MGVP | Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project |
| MINETO | Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Rwanda) |
| MINETER | Ministry of Land, Reinstallation and Environment (Rwanda) |
| NEMA | National Environmental Management Agency (Uganda) |
| NGO | Nongovernmental organization |
| OBK | Organisation du Bassin de la Kagera |
| ORTPN | Office Rwandais du Tourisme et des Parcs Nationaux |
| PEVi | Programme Environnementale Virunga |
| PNV | Parc National des Volcans |
| PNVi | Parc National des Virunga |
| PTA | Preferential Trade Area—or Zone d’Echanges Préférentiels (ZEP) |
| RBM | Ranger-Based Monitoring program |
| RCD | Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie |
| RCD-ML | Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie—Mouvement de la Libération |
| RCD-MLC | Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie—Mouvement pour la Libération du Congo |
| RPF | Rwandan Patriotic Front |
| RRAM | Ruhengeri Resource Analysis and Management Project |
| TBPA | Transboundary (or Transborder) Protected Area |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
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UNICEF |
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| UNP | Uganda National Parks |
| UNTS | United Nations Treaty Series (Registration Number) |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| UWA | Uganda Wildlife Authority |
| WCPA | World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN) |
| WCS | Wildlife Conservation Society |
| WFP | World Food Programme (UN) |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund in the United States) |
| ZEP | Zone d’Echanges Préférentiels—or Preferential Trade Area (PTA) |