R&D
Research & Development
RCAP
Canada & Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
REDD+
R educing Emissions from Deforestation and forest
Degradation, Plus the sustainable management of forests, and
the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks
RES
Resolution
SARC
South African Rooibos Council
SBSTTA
S ubsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological
Advice
SCBD
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
SMTA
Standard Material Transfer Agreement (ITPGRFA)
SPDA
Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (Peru)
SSHRC
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
TCPS
T ri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research
Involving Humans (Canada)
TCPS2
T ri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research
Involving Humans 2 (Canada)
TEK
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
TK
Traditional Knowledge
TKECA
Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Culture
Authority (Vanuatu)
TRC
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
TRIPS
Trade related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(Agreement, WTO)
TRRs
Traditional Resources Rights
UN
United Nations
UNCED
United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNDRIP
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
People
UNDROP
U nited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and
Other People Working in Rural Areas
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO
U nited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
UNFCCC
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNTS
United Nations Treaty Series
UPOV
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of
Plant
USPQ
United States Patents Quarterly
VKS
Vanuatu Cultural Centre
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