Indigenous Wisdom for Sustainable Livelihoods
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Acronyms & AbbreviationsNote:
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Acronyms & Abbreviations
See also fact sheet on important terms
| ABS | Access & Benefit Sharing |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| IGC | World Intellectual Property Organization Intergovernmental Committee on Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Cultural Expressions |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IPRs | Intellectual Property Rights |
| MYPOW | Convention on Biological Diversity Open-ended intersessional meeting on the Multi-year Programme of Work of the Conference of the parties up to 2010 |
| PBRs | Plant Breeders Rights |
| PIC | Prior Informed Consent |
| TRIPS | World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| UNHCHR | United Nations High Commission for Human Rights |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WGIP | United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
