| ACAP | Annapurna Conservation Area Project |
| APROSC | Agricultural Projects Services Centre |
| CBS | Central Bureau of Statistics |
| CDC | Conservation and Development Committee |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| DDC | District Development Committee |
| DSC | Department of Soil conservation |
| ECG | Environmental Core Group |
| EDI | Economic Development Institute of the World Bank |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EMS | Environment management systems |
| EPA | Environment Protection Act |
| EPC | Environment Protection Council |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| IEE | Initial environmental examination |
| IUCN | World Conservation Union |
| KMTNC | King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation |
| kW | Kilowatt |
| LDO | Local Development Officer |
| NARC | Nepal Agricultural Research Council |
| NBSM | Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology |
| NCRTC | Nepal Conservation Research and Training Centre |
| NCS | National Conservation Strategy |
| NDC | National Development Council |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| NEA | Nepal Electricity Authority |
| NEFEJ | Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists |
| NEPAP | Nepal Environmental Policy and Action Plan |
| NPC | National Planning Commission |
| PCNREP | Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection |
| PDDP | Participatory District Development Programme |
| SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SAPTA | South Asian Association Preferential Trading Agreement |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| VDC | Village Development Committee |
| WECS | Water and Energy Commission |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
