List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABS Access and Benefit-Sharing
ABS-CH Access and Benefit Sharing Clearing-House
AEWA African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement
AFLEG Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
ANB Flemish Government, Ministry of Environment, Nature and Energy, Agentschap voor Nature en Bos or in English ‘Agency for Nature and Forests”
BBP Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BCH Biosafety Clearing-House
BEES BElgian Ecosystems and Society
Belspo Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
BEOH Belgian One Health Network
BIM Leefmilieu Brussel - Brussels Institute for Management of the Environment
BIOPOLS Belgian Biodiversity Policy Support Group
Bt GMO Genetically modified organism with a gene of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CBD or UNCBD, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
CBD NFP National Focal Point of the Convention on Biological Diversity
CCAMLR Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCIEP Committee for International Environment Policy
CEBIOS Capacities for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development programme
CEP Committee for Environmental Protection (under the Antarctic Treaty)
CEPA Communication, Education and Public Awareness
CESRW ‘Conseil Economic et Social de la Région Wallonne’or in English ‘Economic and Social Council of the Walloon Region’
CFDD Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development
CFP Common Fishery Policy
CGRFA FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
CHM Clearing-House Mechanism
CIDD Interdepartmental Commission for Sustainable Development
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CLO ‘Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek’ of in English ‘Agricultural Research Center’
CMS Convention on Migratory Species
COP Conference of the Parties
COP/MOP Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties
CPB NFP Primary National Focal Point to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
CRA-W Walloon Agricultural Research Centre
CRIE ‘Centres Régional d’Initiation à l’Environnement’ or in English ‘Nature Education Center in Wallonia’
DEMNA 'Département de l'étude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole' of the Walloon Region
CSD Commission on Sustainable Development
CSWCN ‘Conseil Supérieur Wallon de la Conservation de la Nature’ or in English ‘Walloon Senior Nature Conservation Council’
CWEDD ‘Conseil Wallon pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable’ or in English ‘Walloon Council of the Environment for Sustainable Development’
DGA Ministry of the Walloon Region, Direction générale de l’Agriculture
DGARNE - DNF Ministry of the Walloon Region, Directorate-General for Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment, Department of Nature and Forests
DGDC Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Belgium, Belgian Development Cooperation
DIFTAR System of differentiated tariff for waste removal
DPSIR Driving forces, Pressures, States, Impacts, Responses method
DSI Digital Sequence Information
EAFRD European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
EEA European Environment Agency
EFF European Fisheries Fund
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
ENAFLEG Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
ESD Education for Sustainable Development
EU European Union
EUFORGEN European Forest Genetic Resources Programme
EUROBAT Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe
FACT Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade Dialogue
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FLEGT Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
FPS Federal Public Service
FPSD Federal Plan for Sustainable Development
FRDO Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development
FRPP Federal Reduction Plan for Pesticides
FSC Forest Stewardship Council
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
GBF Global Biodiversity Framework
GBO Global Biodiversity Outlook
GEF Global Environment Facility
GES Good Environmental Status
GM Genetically modified
GMO Genetically Modified Organism
GSPC NFP National Focal Points to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
GURT Genetic Use of Restriction Technologies
GTI Global Taxonomy Initiative
HNV High Nature Value
HVV Hubertus Vereniging Vlaanderen vzw
IAS Invasive Alien Species
IBGE Bruxelles Environnement - Brussels Institute for Management of the Environment
ICDO Interdepartmental Commission for Sustainable Development
ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management
IEW Inter-Environnement Wallonie asbl
ILC Indigenous and Local Communities
ILO International Labor Organization
IMO International Maritime Organisation
INBO ‘Instituut voor Natuur- en Bos Onderzoek’ or in English ‘Institute for Nature and Forest Research’ of the Flemish Region
IPBES Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPEN International Plant Exchange Network
IPPC International Plant Protection Convention
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organisation
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature
IVON ‘Integraal Verwevings- en Ondersteunend Netwerk’ or in English ‘Integrated Natural Interweaving and Support Network’
IWC International Whaling Commission
LAC Limits of Acceptable Change
LIFE EU Financial Instrument for the Environment
LMOs Living Modified Organisms
LNE ‘Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie’ or in English ‘Environment, Nature and Energy’
LV Flemish Government - Landbouw en visserij
MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
MAES European project "Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services"
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MEAs Multilateral Environment Agreements
MFWB Ministère de la Communauté française Wallonie Bruxelles
MOSAICC Micro-organisms Sustainable Use and Access Regulation International Code of Conduct
MPAs Marine Protected Areas
MS Member States
MSFD Marine Strategy Framework Directive
MSP Marine Spatial Planning
MUMM Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NAPAN Nationaal Actie Plan d’Action National
NBG National Botanical Garden of Belgium
NBS National Biodiversity Strategy
NBSAPs National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
NFPs National Forest Programmes
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NSSIAS National Scientific Secretariat on Invasive Alien Species
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEWG Open Ended Working Group
OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
PCDN ‘Plan Communaux pour le Développement de la Nature’ or in English ‘Communal Plans for Nature Development’
PDOV ‘Plan Duurzame Ontwikkeling voor Vlaanderen’ or in English ‘Plan for Sustainable Development for the Flemish Region’
PEBLDS Pan-European Biodiversity and Landscape Strategy
PEDD ‘Plan d’Environnement pour le Développement Durable de la Wallonie’ or in English ‘Environmental Plan for Sustainable Development of Wallonia’
PEFC Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes
PGRFA Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
PNC Provincie Limburg, Provinciaal Natuurcentrum – Provincial Nature Centre
PP Position Paper
PRIBEL Pesticide Risk Index Belgium
PRD-GewOP ‘Plan regional de développement / Gewestelijk Ontwikkelingsplan’ or in English ‘Regional Development Plan of Brussels-Capital Region’
PRDD Plan régional de développement durable
PRPB The federal Programme for the Reduction of Pesticides and Biocides
RBINS Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
RMCA Royal Museum for Central Africa
ROS Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
SAC Special Areas for Conservation
SBSTTA Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
SBI Subsidiary Body on Implementation
SEA Strategic Impact Assessment
SEBI Streamlining European Biodiversity Indicators
SEEA System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
SFM Sustainable Forest Management
SIA Strategic Impact Assessment
SPA Special Protection Areas
SPI Science-Policy Interface
SRPD Sustainable Regional Development Plan
SSD Science for a Sustainable Development
SWAP Sector-Wide Approaches
TBEW ‘Tableau de bord de l’environnement wallon’ or in English ‘Scoreboard of the Walloon environment’
TAC Total Allowable Catches (for fishery)
TfB Together for Biodiversity Movement
TRIPS Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
UA Universiteit Antwerpen
UCL Université Catholique de Louvain
UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (or CBD)
UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
VEN ‘Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk’ or in English ‘Flemish Ecological Network’
VITO Flemish RTO - research and technology organisation
VLIZ ‘Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee’ or in English ‘Flanders Marine Institute’
VO LNE Flemish Government, Ministry of Environment, Nature and Energy, Department LNE
VSDO Vlaamse Strategie Duurzame Ontwikkeling – Flemish Sustainable development Strategy
WCO World Custom’s Organisation
WG Working Group
WHC World Heritage Convention
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development
WTO World Trade Organisation
WHO World Health Organisation
WPIEI Working Party on International Environment Issues