| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIER | Centre For Indigenous Environmental Resources |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| WWI | Worldwatch Institute |
| REC | Regional Environment Centre (Budapest |
| TRIPS | Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights Trade |
| IDS | University Of Sussex. Institute Of Development Studies |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| SEI | Stockholm Environment Institute |
| IFAD | International Fund For Agricultural Development |
| WHO | World Health Organization |