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In the acronym database you will find explanations of abbreviations and technical terms from various areas of taxonomy and biodiversity research.

Acronyms from related disciplines (environment, nature conservation and biodiversity) include both technical terms, institute and project names, as well as designations for committees, associations, networks, organizations and initiatives.

To help, we have compiled an acronym database consisting of more than 3,500 entries, which is constantly being expanded and checked.

Acronym	Advertised	Description	Country
3GTW	Third Global Taxonomy Workshop	The 3rd BioNET INTERNATIONAL Global Taxonomy Workshop generated a strategic framework with nine implementation elements for moving forward the...
4D4Life	Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life	4D4Life is a Scientific Data Infrastructures Project of the European Commission's e-Infrastructure Programme, itself part of the Capacities...	Europe
AAAS	American Association for the Advancement of Science	Founded in 1848, the AAAS serves all around the world as educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. It publishes the journal...	USA
AAASA	Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in Africa	Established in 1968, the AAASA promotes the development and application of agricultural sciences and the exchange of ideas. It encourages Africans to...	Africa
AAB	Association of Applied Biologists	The Association of Applied Biologists (since 1934) is a society to discuss and exchange experiences and discoveries by economic biology in...
AABC	American Association of Brewing Chemistry	The American Society of Brewing Chemists was founded in 1934 to improve and bring uniformity to the brewing industry on a technical level. ASBC is...	USA
AACC	American Association of Cereal Chemistry	The American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) changed the name to AACC International in order to better reflect the direction of the Association...	USA
AAFC	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides information, research and technology, and policies and programs to achieve security of the food system,...	Canada
AAFU	All African Farmers' Union		Africa
AAHL	Australian Animal Health Laboratory	The Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) is a national centre of excellence in disease diagnosis, research and policy advice in animal health....	Australia
AAHQS	Australian Agricultural Health and Quarantine Service	now reorganised to DAFF Biosecurity. DAFF Biosecurity is part of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF...	Australia
AAPSE	American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators	The American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators is an association of educators providing science-based pesticide safety education programs...	USA
AAS	African Academy of Sciences	The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) was founded in 1985 to strengthen the African scientific community in Africa. The Academy publishes printed...	Africa
AAU	Association of African Universities	The Association of African Universities is an international non-governmental organisation set up by the universities in Africa to promote cooperation...	Africa
AAU	Association of American Universities	The Association of American Universities (AAU) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of 63 leading public and private research universities in the...