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NGO —nongovernmental organization PVPA 



NMFS —National Marine Fisheries Service R&D 



(Department of Commerce) RFLP 

 NMR —nuclear magnetic resonance 



NOAA —National Oceanic and Atmospheric RNA 



Administration (Department of RNA 



Commerce) RPIS 

 NPGS —National Plant Germplasm System 



(USDA) RSSA 



NPS —National Park Service (Department of SAF 



the Interior) SCMU 

 NRRL —Northern Regional Research Labora- 

 tory (USDA) SCS 

 NSF —National Science Foundation SMCRA 

 NSSL —National Seed Storage Laboratory 



(NPGS, USDA) SSPs 



OAS —Organization of American States TNC 



OECD —Organisation for Economic Cooper- TNCI 



ation and Development UN 



OTA —Office of Technology Assessment UNEP 



(U.S. Congress) 



PASA —Participating Agency Service UNESCO 



Agreement 



PBR —plant breeders' rights USDA 



PD —Policy Determination (USAID) WCS 



PNV —potential natural vegetation 



—Plant Variety Protection Act 



—Research and Development 



—restriction fragment length polymor- 

 phisms 



—Research Natural Area 



—ribonucleic acid 



—Regional Plant Introduction Station 

 (USDA) 



—Resource Services Support Agreements 



—Society of American Foresters 



—Species Conservation Monitoring Unit 

 (lUCN) 



—Soil Conservation Service (USDA) 



—Surface Mining Control and Recla- 

 mation Act 



—Species Survival Plans (AAZPA) 



—The Nature Conservancy 



—The Nature Conservancy International 



—United Nations 



—United Nations Environment 

 Programme 



—United Nations Educational, Scien- 

 tific, and Cultural Organization 



—U.S. Department of Agriculture 



—World Conservation Strategy 



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