Glossary of terms used on this site

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CARICOM

Caribbean Community and Common Market , Headquarters: Carribean , URL: www.caricom.org , TKBD:

CARPE

Central African Regional Program for the Environment - an initiative by USAID, set up to address the issues of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the Congo Basin forest zone. , Headquarters: United Kingdom , URL: agrifor.ac.uk/whatsnew/detail/4001564.html , TKBD:

CARs

Central Asian Republics , Headquarters: United States Government , URL: www.usaid.gov/locations/europe_eurasia/car/ , TKBD:

CAS

Chemical Abstracts Service , Headquarters: United States , URL: www.cas.org , TKBD:

CATIE

Centro Agron

CATIE 2

Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre , Headquarters: Costa Rica , URL: webbeta.catie.ac.cr/ , TKBD:

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity - a global, comprehensive agreement addressing all aspects of biological diversity. , Headquarters: , URL: www.biodiv.org/ , TKBD:

CBHC

community based health care , Headquarters: , URL: , TKBD:

CBO

community based organisation , Headquarters: , URL: , TKBD:

CCAD

Comision CentroAmericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo , Headquarters: , URL: , TKBD:

CCC

Copyright Clearance Center - a nonprofit entity which acts as a clearinghouse to permit individuals, teachers, and others to obtain permission to reproduce copyrighted works. , Headquarters: US , URL: www.copyright.com , TKBD:

CCD

Convention to Combat Desertification , Headquarters: UN , URL: www.unccd.int/main.php , TKBD:

CDA

Community Development Association , Headquarters: , URL: , TKBD:

CDB

Caribean Development Bank , Headquarters: Carribean , URL: www.caribank.org/ , TKBD:

CDF

Comprehensive Development Framework (World Bank Initiative)