Acronyms & Abbreviations

AIDESEP - Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest

CAA/NM - Center for Alternative Agriculture of Northern Minas

CBO – Community-based Organization

CI – Conservation International

CIF – Climate Investment Funds

CONAP – Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru

COP – Conference of the Parties (of the UNFCCC)

CSO – Civil Society Organization

DGM – Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

DGM [Country] – DGM Country Project in [Country]

DGM Global – DGM Global Learning and Knowledge Exchange Project

DRC – Democratic Republic of the Congo

FIP – Forest Investment Program (of the Climate Investment Funds)

GEA – Global Executing Agency (of the DGM Global Project)

GSC – Global Steering Committee (of the DGM Program and Global Project)

IPLCs – Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

IUCN – International Union for the Conservation of Nature

LCIPP – Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform

NDC – Nationally Determined Contribution

NEA – National Executing Agency (of a DGM Country Project)

NGO – Non-governmental organization

NRM – Natural Resource Management

NSC – National Steering Committee (of a DGM Country Project)

REDD+ - Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation¹

REPALEF – Network of Indigenous Populations for the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in the DRC

UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

WB – World Bank

WWF – World Wildlife Fund

¹Cancun Agreement, para.70: https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2010/cop16/eng/07a01.pdf