| AsDB | Asian Development Bank |
| AFD | Agence française de développement (French Development Agency) |
| BIOFIN | UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CIFs | Climate Investment Funds |
| CMPs | Collaborative management partnerships |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease |
| CRS | Creditor Reporting System |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| Eco-DRR | Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction |
| ENABEL | Belgian Development Agency |
| EU | European Union |
| GBF | Global Biodiversity Framework |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Co-operation) |
| GPEDC | Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IDDRI | Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations) |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IWT | Illegal wildlife trade |
| IPBES | Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
| IPLCs | Indigenous peoples and local communities |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| KfW | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Credit Institute for Reconstruction) |
| LDCs | Least Developed Countries |
| LICs | Low Income Countries |
| LMICs | Lower Middle-Income Countries and Territories |
| NBSAP | National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
| NGOs | Non-government organisations |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| ODF | Official development finance |
| OOF | Other official flows |
| PES | Payment for ecosystem services |
| QFFD | Qatar Fund for Development |
| REDD+ | Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SEGIB | Secretaría General Iberoamericana (Ibero-American General Secretariat) |
| SIDS | Small island developing states |
| SSTrC | South-South and triangular co-operation |
| TOSSD | Total official support for sustainable development |
| UMICs | Upper Middle-Income Countries and Territories |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCCD | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDP-BIOFIN | UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative |
| UNEP-WCMC | United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| USD | United States Dollar |
A Decade of Development Finance for Biodiversity
