| AGPE | Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Unit of FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division |
| CCMFR | Committee for Coordination of Mediterranean Forestry Research |
| CFI | Commonwealth Forestry Institute (Oxford) |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| 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) |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FGRI | “Forest Genetic Resources Information” |
| FRIN | Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria |
| FTSC | Forest Tree Seed Centre (Macon) |
| IBDF | Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal |
| IBPGR | International Board for Plant Genetic Resources |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| INDAF | Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo y Aprovechamiento Forestales (Cuba) |
| 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 |
| MAB | Man and Biosphere (Unesco Programme) |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| TAC | Technical Advisory Committee (of CGIAR) |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| Unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UTS | Unit of Tropical Silviculture (CFI, Oxford) |
