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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT NGOs (including PGOs & research institutes)


Abbreviation Organization Full Name Website
CGIAR Consultative Group on International AgriculturalResearch http://www.cgiar.org/
CI Conservation International http://www.conservation.org/
CS Cultural Survival, Inc. http://www.culturalsurvival.org/
DIVERSITAS International program of biodiversity science http://www.diversitas-international.org/
ECSP Environmental Change and Security Program (at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1413
GEF Global Environment Facility http://www.gefweb.org/
IAIA International Association for Impact Assessment http://www.iaia.org/
IDRC International Development Research Centre http://www.idrc.ca/
IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme http://www.igbp.kva.se/
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis http://www.iiasa.ac.at/
IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change http://www.ihdp.org/
IIED International Institute for Environment & Development http://www.iied.org/
IIRR International Institute for Rural Reconstruction http://www.iirr.org/
IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development http://www.iisd.ca/
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) http://www.iucn.org/
MEA Millenium Ecosystem Assessment http://www.millenniumassessment.org/
OTS Organization for Tropical Studies http://www.ots.duke.edu/
SciDev Net Science and Development Network http://www.scidev.net/en/
SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment http://www.icsu-scope.org/
SEI Stockholm Environment Institute http://www.sei.se/
Tellus Tellus Institute http://www.tellus.org/
TERI The Energy Research Institute http://www.teriin.org/
TNC The Nature Conservancy http://www.nature.org/
TWAS Third World Academy of Sciences http://www.twas.org/
WCMC World Conservation Monitoring Center http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
WCRP World Meteorological Organization http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html
WRI World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/
WWF World Wildlife Fund http://www.worldwildlife.org/
WWF World Wildlife Fund International http://www.panda.org/
KEY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS RELEVANT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CBD UN Convention on Biological Diversity http://www.cbd.int/
CCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification http://www.unccd.int/
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora http://www.cites.org/
GPA UN Global Program of Action (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities http://www.gpa.unep.org/
PIC Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade http://www.pic.int/
RAMSAR Ramsar Convention on Wetlands http://www.ramsar.org/
UNCLOS UN Convention on the Law of the Sea http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm
UNFCC UN Framework Convention on Climate Change http://unfccc.int/
INTERNATIONAL AID AGENCIES
AusAID Australian Agency for International Development http://www.ausaid.gov.au/
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency http://www.um.dk/en
DFID-UK [UK] Department for International Development http://www.dfid.gov.uk/
GTZ German Society for Technical Cooperation http://www.gtz.de/en/index.htm
JICA Japan International Co-operation Agency http://www.jica.go.jp/english/index.html
SIDA Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=121&language=en_US
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
USAID United States Agency for International Development http://www.usaid.gov/
ADB African Development Bank Group http://www.afdb.org/
ADB Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/
IADB Inter-American Development Bank http://www.iadb.org/
ISDB Islamic Development Bank http://www.isdb.org/
World Bank Group http://www.worldbankgroup.org/


Please note: This list is not intended to be comprehensive; all links accessible as of March 2009.

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