adat

culture

ASEAN

Association of South-East Asian Nations

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

EEC

European Economic Community

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

HIV

human immune deficiency virus

ICCs/IPs

Indigenous Cultural Communities and/or Indigenous Peoples

INBio

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (National Biodiversity Institute)

IPR

intellectual property rights

jamu

traditional (mainly herbal) medicine, practiced in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia

MOH

Ministry of Health

MTA(s)

Material Transfer Agreement(s)

NA-DFC

National Agency for Drug and Food Control

NGO(s)

Non-Governmental Organization(s)

OAU

Organization of African Unity

OTC

over the counter (without prescription)

PIC

prior informed consent

PVP

plant variety protection

R&D

research and development

SEARICE

South-East Asia Regional Institute for Community Education

SRISTI

Society for Research & Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions

sui generis

of its own kind; unique

TM

traditional medicine

TRIPS

(Agreement on) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UPOV

Union pour le Protection des Obtentions Vegetals

(Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants)

US

United States (of America)

WHO

World Health Organization

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization