| ABC |
Allowable Biological Catch |
| ACE |
Annual Catch Entitlement |
| AFCC |
Area Fisheries Coordination Committees (Japan) |
| AFL |
Sea Lord and Aotearoa Fisheries Limited (New Zealand) |
| ANP |
Protected Natural Area (Mexico) |
| APCL |
Act on Preservation and Control of Living Marine Resources (Japan) |
| APT |
Forest and Land Inspection and Social Authority (Bolivia) |
| ASL |
Local Community Associations (Bolivia) |
| BAL |
Basic Agrarian Law (Indonesia) |
| BANPESCA |
Fishery Development Bank (Mexico) |
| BFL |
Basic Forestry Law (Indonesia) |
| BMP |
Best Management Practice |
| BPN |
National Land Agency (Indonesia) |
| C&Is |
Criteria & Indicators |
| CANAIPESCA |
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Chamber (Mexico) |
| CAR |
Corrective Action Requirements |
| CB |
Certification Body |
| CBFM |
Community-Based Forest Management |
| CCP |
Collaboration with Companies (Bolivia) |
| CFMP |
Coastal Fisheries Management Plan (Japan) |
| CFV |
Certificación Foresta Voluntaria (Bolivian Council for Voluntary Forest Certification)(Bolivia) |
| CGF |
Consumer Goods Form |
| CNCP |
National Confederation of Fishing Cooperatives (Mexico) |
| COBI |
Comunidad y Biodiversidad (Community and Biodiversity) (Mexico) |
| CONABIO |
Mexican Biodiversity Commission |
| CONAPESCA |
National Commission for Aquaculture Fisheries |
| CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act (US) |
| DAFF |
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa) |
| DoC |
Department of Conservation (New Zealand) |
| DWG |
Deep Water Group |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| ENGO |
Environmental Non-Governmental Organization |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FCAs |
Fisheries Cooperative Associations (Japan) |
| FCAL |
Fisheries Cooperative Association Law (Japan) |
| FEDECOOP |
Regional Federation of Cooperative Societies of Baja California (Mexico) |
| FES |
Economic and Social Function (Bolivia) |
| FIP |
Fishery Improvement Project |
| FL |
Fishery Law (Japan) |
| FMO |
Fishery Management Organization (Japan) |
| FOS |
Friend of the Sea Certification Scheme |
| FPIC |
Free and Prior Informed Consent |
| FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GHQ |
General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers |
| HD |
Historically Disadvantaged |
| HFMC |
Hoki Fishery Management Company (New Zealand) |
| IFCC |
Indonesian Forestry Certification Cooperation |
| IFF |
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests |
| IMP |
National Institute for Fisheries Research (Mexico) |
| INE |
Institute of Ecology (Mexico) |
| INRA |
National Institute for Agrarian Reform Law (Bolivia) |
| IPF |
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests |
| IQ |
Individual Quota |
| ISO |
International Standard Organization |
| ITQ |
Individual Transferable Quota (System) |
| ITTA |
International Tropical Timber Agreement |
| ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organization |
| IUU |
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (Fishing) |
| LEI |
Eco-Label Institute (Indonesia) |
| LP |
Independent auditors (Indonesia) |
| LV |
Independent Verifier (Indonesia) |
| MAF |
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (New Zealand) |
| MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) |
| MCM |
Department of Marine and Coastal Management (South Africa) |
| MEL |
Marine Eco-Label Japan Programme |
| MLRA |
Marine Living Resources Act (South Africa) |
| MoF |
Ministry of Fisheries (New Zealand) |
| MoF |
Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia) |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPI |
Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand) |
| MSC |
Marine Stewardship Council |
| MSY |
Maximum Sustainable Yield (New Zealand) |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NOM |
Official Mexican Standard (Mexico) |
| NPS |
Non-Point Source Water Pollution |
| NZRFC |
New Zealand Recreational Fishing Council |
| OMP |
Operational Management Procedure (South Africa) |
| P&C |
Principles and Criteria |
| PEFC |
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification |
| PHAPL |
Sustainable Production Natural Forest Management Certification (Indonesia) |
| PHBML |
Sustainable Community-Based Forest Management System (Indonesia) |
| PHPL |
Mandatory Certification Scheme (Indonesia) |
| PHTL |
Sustainable Plantation Forest Management Certification (Indonesia) |
| PROFEBA |
Environmental Enforcing Agency (Mexico) |
| PROPEMEX |
Mexican State Fishery Company |
| QMA |
Quota Management Area (New Zealand) |
| QMS |
Quota Management System |
| QOA |
Quota Owner Association (New Zealand) |
| RFBPS |
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society (New Zealand) |
| RMWG |
Resource Management Working Group (South Africa) |
| RRP |
Resource Recovery Plan (Japan) |
| RSB |
Round Table on Sustainable Biofuels |
| RSP |
Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil |
| RTRS |
Round Table on Responsible Soy |
| RTRWP |
Provincial Spatial Plants (Indonesia) |
| SA |
Agrarian Superintendence (Bolivia) |
| SADSTIA |
South Africa Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association |
| SAGARPA |
The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Mexico) |
| SECIFA |
South-East Coast Inshore Fishing Association (South Africa) |
| SF |
Forestry Superintendence (Bolivia) |
| SFA |
State Forest Agency (Sweden) |
| SFI |
Sustainable Forest Initiative |
| SLIMF |
Small and Low Intensity Management Forests Standards |
| SSF |
Small-Scale Fisheries |
| SSNC |
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation |
| SWGs |
The Scientific Working Group (South Africa) |
| TAC |
Total Allowable Catch |
| TACC |
Total Allowable Commercial Catch (New Zealand) |
| TAE |
Total Allowable Effort |
| TCOs |
Tierras Communitarias de Origen (Native Community Lands) (Bolivia) |
| TLAS |
Legal Verification Scheme (Indonesia) |
| TOKM |
Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission (New Zealand) |
| TUR |
Territorial User Right |
| UFMs |
Unidades Forestales Municipales (Municipal Forestry Unit) (Bolivia) |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 |
| UNFF |
United Nations Forum on Forests |
| US |
United States |
| US$ |
United States Dollars |
| USFS |
United States Forest Service |
| VMES |
Vulnerable Marine Eco System |
| VMS |
Vessel Monitoring System |
| VPA |
Voluntary Partnership Agreement |
| WAFCC |
Wide-Area Fisheries Coordinating Committee (Japan) |
| WGI |
Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| WWII |
Second World War |
| WWF |
World Wildlife Fund |