AFR100 — African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative.
CBD — Convention on Biological Diversity.
CIFOR-ICRAF — Center for International Forestry Research-International Centre for Research in Agroforestry.
DCCEEW — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Australia).
FAO — United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.
FPIC — Free, Prior and Informed Consent.
FERM — Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring.
GEF — Global Environment Facility.
GET — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology.
ISF — Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework.
IUCN — International Union for Conservation of Nature.
KM-GBF — Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
LDN — Land Degradation Neutrality.
MEAs — Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
NDCs — Nationally Determined Contributions under the UNFCCC.
NGOs — non-governmental organizations.
NBSAP — National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
SBSTTA — Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice.
SCBD — Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
SDGs — UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
SEEA — System of Environmental-Economic Accounting.
SER — Society for Ecological Restoration.
SOPs — standards of practice.
STAPER — Short Term Action Plan on Ecosystem Restoration.
UN Ocean Decade — United Nations Restoration Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
UN Restoration Decade — United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
UNCCD — United National Convention to Combat Desertification.
UNDP — United Nations Development Programme.
UNEP — United Nations Environment Programme.
UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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