Appendix A 



Glossary of Acronyms 



AAZPA —American Association of Zoological FAA 

 Parks and Aquariums FAO 



AID —U.S. Agency for International Devel- 



opment FNR 



AIDS —acquired immune deficiency syndrome 



AMBC —American Minor Breeds Conservancy FWS 



APHIS —Animal and Plant Health Inspection 



Service (USDA) FWS/ESO 



ARS —Agricultural Research Service (USDA) 



ATCC —American Type Culture Collection 



BGCCB —Botanical Gardens Conservation Co- GAO 



ordinating Body 

 CACs —Crop Advisory Committees (USDA) GEMS 



CAMCORE— The Central America and Mexico 



Coniferous Resources Cooperative CIS 



CAST —Council for Agricultural Science and GRID 



Technology 

 CDCs —Conservation Data Centers (TNCI) GRIN 



CDSS —Country Development Strategy 



Statements HPLC 



Council for Environmental Quality 



Consultative Group on International lARCs 



Agricultural Research 



Centro Internacional de Agricultura IBPGR 



Tropical (CGIAR, Colombia) 



Committee of International Develop- ICBP 



ment Institutions on the Environment 



Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento IITA 



de Maiz y Trigo (CGIAR, Mexico) 



Centro Internacional de la Papa IMS 



(CGIAR, Peru) IPPC 



Convention on International Trade in 



Endangered Species of Wild Flora IRDP 



and Fauna 



Conservation Monitoring Center IRRI 



(lUCN) 



Center for Plant Conservation ISIS 



Competitive Research Grants Office lUCN 



(USDA) 



Cooperative State Research Service lUPOV 



(USDA) 



deoxyribonucleic acid MAB 



U.S. Department of Energy 



Ecosystem Conservation Group (FAO, MARC 



UNEP, UNESCO, and lUCN) MDBs 



enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay MIRCENs 



U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NAS 



Economic Support Funds (AID) NCS 



CEQ 

 CGIAR 



CIAT 



CIDIE 



CIMMYT 



CIP 



CITES 



CMC 



GPC 

 CRGO 



GSRS 



DNA 

 DOE 

 ECG 



ELISA 



EPA 



ESF 



-Foreign Assistance Act 



-Food and Agriculture Organisation 

 (U.N.) 



-Forestry, Natural Resources, and the 

 Environment Office (AID) 



-Fish and Wildlife Service (Depart- 

 ment of the Interior) 



-Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered 

 Species Office (Department of the In- 

 terior) 



-General Accounting Office (U.S. 

 Congress) 



-Global Environment Monitoring Sys- 

 tem (UNEP) 



-Geographic Information Systems 



-Global Resources Information Data- 

 base (GEMS,UNEP) 



-Germplasm Resources Information 

 Network (NPGS.USDA) 



-high-performance liquid chroma- 

 tography 



-International Agricultural Research 

 Centers 



-International Board for Plant Genetic 

 Resources 



-International Council for Bird Pres- 

 ervation 



-International Institute of Tropical 

 Agriculture (CGIAR, Nigeria) 



-Institute of Museum Services 



-International Plant Protection Con- 

 vention 



-Integrated Regional Development 

 Planning (OAS) 



-International Rice Research Institute 

 (CGIAR, Philippines) 



-International Species Inventory System 



-International Union for the Conser- 

 vation of Nature and Natural Resources 



-International Union for the Protec- 

 tion of New Varieties of Plants 



-Man in the Biosphere Program 

 (UNESCO) 



-Meat Animal Research Center (USDA) 



-Multilateral Development Banks 



-Microbiological Resource Centers 



-National Academy of Sciences 



-National Conservation Strategy 



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