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List of Abbreviations<br />

ATC Africa Technology Centre<br />

ABSM Access Benefiting and Sharing Mechanism<br />

BPC Bio Prospecting Contracts<br />

CBD Convention for Biological Biodiversity<br />

CBS Central Bureau of Statistics<br />

CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species<br />

COP Conference of Parties<br />

DFID Department For International Development<br />

EA East Africa<br />

EAC East Africa Community<br />

EMCA Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act<br />

FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations<br />

FD Forest Department<br />

FRM Forest Reserve Management<br />

FS Forest Services<br />

GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />

GEF Global Environmental Facility<br />

GTZ German Technical Service<br />

GOK Government of Kenya<br />

G8 Group of Eight<br />

IMF International Monetary Fund<br />

INRS Integrated Natural Resource Society<br />

IUCN World Conservation Union<br />

INCRAF International Centre For Research In Agro forestry<br />

IPR Intellectual Property Rights<br />

KANU Kenya African National Union<br />

KENRIK Kenyan Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge<br />

KI Key Informant Interview<br />

KFS Kenya Forestry Society<br />

KM Kilometre<br />

KWS Kenya Wildlife Services<br />

LVEMP Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project<br />

LR Licensing Regimes<br />

MNC Multi National Corporation<br />

MOU Memorandum of Understanding<br />

MTA Multilateral Trading Agreement<br />

NBI Nile Basin Initiative<br />

NEAP National Environmental Action Plan<br />

NEMA National Environmental Management Authority<br />

NEMP National Environmental Management Policy<br />

NES National Environmental Services<br />

NASSEP National Sample Survey Evaluation Programme<br />

NGO Non Governmental Organization<br />

NMK National Museums of Kenya<br />

NSAP National Biodiversity Action Plan<br />

OAU Organisation of African Unity<br />

PSP Principle Sampling Point<br />

RCI Rational Choice Institutionalism<br />

RSA Republic of South Africa<br />

SOP Standard Operation Procedures<br />

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