| ADAB | Australian Development Assistance Bureau |
| AGPE | Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Unit of FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division |
| COMFR | Committee for Coordination of Mediterranean Forestry Research |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CNPPA | Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (IUCN) |
| CNRF | Centre National de Recherches Forestières (Senegal) |
| COHDEFOR | Corporación Hondureña de Desarrollo Forestal (Honduras) |
| CONAF | Corporación Nacional Forestal (Chile) |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) |
| CTFT | Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (France) |
| DANIDA | Danish International Development Agency |
| DFR | Division of Forest Research (CSIRO, Australia) |
| DG | Director-General |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EMBRAPA | Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisas Agropecuarias (Brazil) |
| ENGREF | Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts (France) |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FD | Forestry Department |
| FGRI | Forest Genetic Resources Information |
| FRI | Forestry Research Institute |
| FSC | Forest Seed Centre (Denmark) |
| FTSC | Forest Tree Seed Centre (Macon) |
| GPTMGF | Grupo Permanente de Trabalho in Mellioramento Genetico Forestal (Brazil) |
| IBDF | Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal |
| IBPGR | International Board for Plant Genetic Resources |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICRAF | International Council for Research on Agroforestry |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
| INFOR | Instituto Nacional Forestal y de Fauna (Peru) |
| INIF | Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales (Mexico) |
| ISS | Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura (Italy) |
| ISTA | International Seed Testing Association |
| IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
| IUFRO | International Union of Forestry Research Organizations |
| IUFRO/SPDC | Special Programme for Developing Countries |
| LDA | Land Development Authority (Israel) |
| MAB | Man and Biosphere (Unesco Programme) |
| ODA | Overseas Development Administration (UK) |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFI | Oxford Forestry Institute (UK) |
| PGR | Plant Genetic Resources |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| PNPF | Programa Nacional de Pesquisa Florestal |
| RP | Regular Programme |
| SNR | Strict Natural Reserve |
| SSC | Species Survival Commission (IUCN) |
| TAC | Technical Advisory Committee (of CGIAR) |
| TFAP | Tropical Forestry Action Plan |
| TPC | Threatened Plants Committee (IUCN) |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| Unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UTS | Unit of Tropical Silviculture (OFI, UK) |
| WWF | World Wildlife Fund |
