| AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| BYU |
Brigham Young University |
| BP |
British Petroleum |
| BRT |
Biodiversity Research and Training (Thailand) |
| CABS |
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science |
| CBCA |
Community Based Conservation Area |
| CDB |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBO |
Community-based Organization |
| CEPF |
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund |
| CI |
Conservation International |
| CII |
Cooperative Island Initiative (of ISSG) |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CNMI |
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands |
| CROP |
Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific |
| EBA |
Endemic Bird Areas |
| EVI |
Environmental Vulnerability Index |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FFA |
Forum Fisheries Agency |
| FSM |
Federated States of Micronesia |
| FSPI |
Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GIS |
Geographical Information System |
| GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Aid) |
| IBA |
Important Bird Area |
| IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ISSG |
Invasive Species Specialist Group (of IUCN) |
| MCT |
Micronesia Conservation Trust |
| MEA |
Multilateral Environmental Agreement |
| NBSAP |
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
| NCSA |
National Capacity Self Assessment |
| NEMS |
National Environmental Management Strategy |
| NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
| NZAID |
New Zealand Agency for International Development |
| PA |
Protected Area |
| PABITRA |
Pacific Asia Biodiversity Transect Network |
| PBIN |
Pacific Basin Information Node |
| PICT |
Pacific Island Country or Territory |
| PIER |
Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk Project |
| PSA |
Pacific Science Association |
| SGP |
Small Grants Program |
| SPC |
Secretariat for the Pacific Community |
| SOPAC |
South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission |
| SPREP |
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program |
| TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
| UNCCD |
United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Program |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| USP |
University of the South Pacific |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| WCS |
Wildlife Conservation Society |
| WWF-SSP |
World Wide Fund for Nature- South Pacific Program |