| ACOPS | Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Sea |
| ADB | African Development Bank |
| ADMADE | Administrative Management Design for Game Areas (Zambia) |
| AEC | African Economic Community |
| AEO | Africa Environment Outlook |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| AMCEN | African Ministerial Conference on the Environment |
| AMU | Arab Maghreb Union |
| APINA | Air Pollution Impact Network for Africa |
| ArabMAB | Arab Man and Biosphere (network) |
| ARI | acute respiratory infection |
| ASCN | African Sustainable Cities Network |
| ATO | African Timber Organization |
| AU | African Union |
| CAIP | Cairo Air Improvement Project |
| CAMRE | Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment |
| CARPE | Central Africa Regional Programme for the Environment |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBNRM | Community-Based Natural Resource Management |
| CCF | Climate Change Fund |
| CEDARE | Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe |
| CEFDHAC | Conference on Ecosystems of Dense Humid Forests in Central Africa |
| CEMAC | Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa |
| CESP | Country Environmental Strategy Papers |
| CFC | chlorofluorocarbon |
| CILSS | Inter-State Committee to Combat Drought in the Sahel |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CMS | Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
| CO | carbon monoxide |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| COMESA | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| DEAW | Division of Environment Assessment and Early Warning |
| DRBC | Drill Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre (Nigeria) |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| EAC | East African Community |
| EAEC | East Africa Economic Community |
| ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States |
| ECOFAC | Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale |
| ECOMOG | Monitoring Group (ECOWAS) |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ENSO | El Niño Southern Oscillation |
| EU | European Union |
| EWS | Early warning systems |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GEO | Global Environment Outlook |
| GHG | greenhouse gas |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
| GM | genetically modified |
| GMO | genetically modified organism |
| GNP | gross national product |
| GOOS | Global Ocean Observing System |
| GoU | Government of Uganda |
| GPA | Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HYCOS | Hydrological Cycle Observing Systems |
| IADD | Inter-governmental Authority on Drought and Development |
| ICCON | International Consortium for Cooperation on the Nile |
| ICZM | Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
| IFF | International Forest Forum |
| IGADD | Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development |
| IGAD | Inter-governmental Authority on Development |
| IIED | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IOC | Indian Ocean Commission,Mauritius |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPF | International Panel on Forests |
| IT | information technology |
| ITCZ | Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone |
| ITTO | International Tropical Timber Organization |
| IUCN | World Conservation Union |
| IWRM | Integrated Water Resource Management |
| KICK | Kisumu Innovation Centre-Kenya |
| KWS | Kenya Wildlife Service |
| LCBC | Lake Chad Basin Commission |
| LIFE | Living in a Finite Environment (Namibia) |
| LVEMP | Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme |
| MAP | Mediterranean Action Plan |
| MAP | Millennium Africa Recover Plan |
| MAP | Millennium Partnership for the African Recovery Programme |
| MARPOL | Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MBIFCT | Mgahinga Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Conservation Trust |
| MEA | Multilateral Environmental Agreement |
| MoFPED | Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development |
| MPA | Marine Protected Area |
| NBI | Nile Basin Initiative |
| NBO | Nile Basin Organization |
| NBSAP | National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
| NCC | National Climate Committee (Mauritius) |
| NCS | National Conservation Strategy |
| NEAP | National Environment Action Plan |
| NEMA | National Environment Management Authority |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NPCAD | National Plan of Action to Combat Desertification |
| NPP | Net Primary Productivity |
| NSA | Nubian Sandstone Aquifer |
| NTFPA | National Tropical Forestry Action Plans |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| ODS | ozone-depleting substance |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PACSICOM | Pan-African Conference on Sustainable Integrated Coastal Management |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
| PERGSA | Protection of the Environment of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (Organization for) |
| POM | polycyclic organic matter |
| POP | persistent organic pollutant |
| PTA | Preferential Trade Area |
| SADC | Southern Africa Development Community |
| SAP | Structural Adjustment Programme |
| SARCCUS | Southern African Regional Commission for the Conservation and Utilization of the Soil |
| SARDC | Southern African Research and Documentation Centre |
| SIDA | Swedish International Development Agency |
| SWIMS | Shoal World Integrated Satellite Monitoring System |
| TLA | Tree Lovers Association (Cairo, Egypt) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNCBD | United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity |
| UNCCD | UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCHS | United Nations Commission for Human Settlements (Habitat) |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNECA | UN Economic Commission for Africa |
| UNECE | UN Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFF | United Nations Forest Forum |
| USAID | US Agency for International Development |
| WB | World Bank |
| WCED | World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WCS | World Conservation Strategy |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WSF | World Solidarity Fund |
| WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WWF | World Wildlife Fund |
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