Acronyms and Abbreviations xxxiii
IPBES
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Services
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPLCs
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
IPR
Intellectual Property Right
IRD
Institut de recherche pour le développement (France)
ISE
International Society of Ethnobiology
ISSD
International Institute for Sustainable Development
ITPGRFA
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food
and Agriculture
IU
International Undertaking on Plant Genetic
Resources (FAO)
IUCN
International Union for Conservation of Nature
LINKS
Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (UNESCO)
MAB
Man and the Biosphere (Programme – UNESCO)
MAEP
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
(Madagascar)
MAT
Mutually Agreed Terms
MEDD
M inistry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
(Madagascar)
MLS
Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing (Plant
Treaty)
MRC
Medical Research Council of Canada
MTA
Material Transfer Agreement
Nagoya Protocol N agoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the
Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their
Utilization to the CBD
NAHO
National Aboriginal Health Organization
NFP
National Focal Point
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NGS
Next Generation Genomic Sequencing
NHMRC
National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
NKSC
National Khoi and San Council (South Africa)
NPO
Non-Profit Organization
NSERC
N atural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Canada)
OCAP
Ownership, Control, Access, Possession
PGR
Plant Genetic Resource
PGRFA
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
PIC
Prior Informed Consent
PRE-TACAR
Panel on Research Ethics-Technical Advisory Committee on
Aboriginal Research (Canada)