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ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS and SHORT FORMS

This searchable document shows the meaning of acronyms, abbreviations and short forms. It is separated in two chapters: one on organisations and the other general abbreviations. This document is in progress and we will regularly up-date and improve it. Let us know the short form you could not find and we will be happy to add it to the list. Send your comments to Renate Prüller, SilvaVoc at prueller(at)iufro.org!

ORGANIZATIONS – Table of Contents

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  • ACIAR – Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australia
    http://www.aciar.gov.au
  • ACTO – Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
    OTCA [pt] Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica
    http://www.otca.org.br/en/ 
  • ADB – Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
    http://www.adb.org
  • AFP – Asia Forest Partnership
    http://www.asiaforests.org/
  • ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations
    http://www.aseansec.org 
  • ATIBT – Association technique internationale des bois tropicaux, France
    [en] International Technical Association for Tropical Timber
    http://www.atibt.com
  • ATO – African Timber Organization, Libreville, Gabon
  • ATSAF e.V. – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Tropische und Subtropische Agrarforschung, Stuttgart
    [en] Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research
    http://www.atsaf.de
  • AusAID – Australian Agency for International Development
    http://www.ausaid.gov.au/

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  • BFW – Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald, Naturgefahren und Landschaft
    [en] Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape
    http://bfw.ac.at/
  • BSI – Boreal Songbird Initiative
    http://www.borealbirds.org/

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  • CATIE – Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica
    [en] Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
    http://www.catie.ac.cr/
  • CBD – Convention of Biological Diversity
    [fr] Convention sur la diversité biologique
    [es] Convenio sobre la diversidad biológica
    http://www.cbd.int/
  • CBFP – Congo Basin Forest Partnership
    PFBC Partenariat pour les Forêts du Bassin du Congo
    http://www.pfbc-cbfp.org/
  • CBI – Canadian Boreal Initiative
    IBC [fr] Initiative boréale canadienne
    http://www.borealcanada.ca/
  • CCAB-AP – Central American Council for Forsts and Protected Areas
  • CCAD – Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo
    [en] Central American Commission for the Environment and Development
    http://www.sica.int/ccad/
  • CGIAR – Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
    GCIAI [es] Grupo Consultivo para la Investigación Agrícola Internacional
    http://www.cgiar.org
  • CIAT – Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia
    [en] International Center for Tropical Agriculture
    http://www.ciat.cgiar.org
  • CIDA – Canadian International Development Agency, Canada
    ACDI [fr] Agence canadienne de développement international
    http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
  • CIFOR – Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
    http://www.cifor.cgiar.org
  • CILSS – Comité permanent Inter-États de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel, Burkina Faso
    [en] Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
    http://www.cilss.bf/
  • CIP – Centro Internacional de la Papa, Lima, Peru
    [en] International Potato Center
    http://www.cipotato.org
  • CIMMYT – Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, Mexico
    [en] International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
    http://www.cimmyt.org/
  • CITES – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
    [fr] Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvagesm enacées d’extinction
    [es] Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres
    http://www.cites.org
  • COMESA – Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
    http://www.comesa.int/
  • COMIFAC – Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale, Cameroon
    [en] Central African Forest Commission
    http://www.comifac.org
  • CPF – Collaborative Partnership on Forests
    http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf/en
  • CSD – Commission on Sustainable Development
    http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd/_aboucsd.shtml
  • CTBA – Centre Technique du Bois et de l’Ameublement, Paris, France
    http://www.fcba.fr
  • CTFT – Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, France

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  • MCPFE – Forest Europe
    Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe
    [fr] Conférence Ministerielle sur la protection des forêts en Europe
    [es] Conferencia Ministerial sobre Protección de Bosques en Europa
    [de] Ministerkonferenz zum Schutz der Wälder in Europa
    http://www.foresteurope.org/ 

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  • TRIPS – Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
    ADPIC [fr] Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au Commerce
    ADPIC [es] El Acuerdo de la OMC sobre los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio
    http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm

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  • UN – United Nations
    ONU [fr] Nations Unies
    ONU [es] Naciones Unidas
    http://www.un.org/
  • UNCCD – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
    CCD [fr] Convention sur la lutte contre la désertification
    CNULD [es] Convención de las Naciones Unidas de Lucha Contra la Desertificación
    http://www.unccd.int/
  • UNCED – United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
    UNDP – United Nations Development Program, USA
    PNUD [fr] Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement
    PNUD [es] Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo
    PNUD [pt] Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento
    http://www.undp.org
  • UNDRIP – United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    [fr] Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones
    [es] Declaración des las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos
    Indígenas
    [de] Erklärung der Vereinten Nationen über die Rechte der indigenen Völker
    http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/declaration.html
  • UNECE – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
    http://www.unece.org/
  • UNEP – United Nations Environment Program, Kenya
    [fr] Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement
    [es] Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente
    http://www.unep.org/
  • UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, France
    [fr] Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture
    [es] Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura
    http://www.unesco.org/
  • UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
    CCNUCC [fr] Convention-Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques
    CMNUCC [es] Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático
    http://unfccc.int/2860.php
  • UNFF – United Nations Forum on Forests
    http://www.un.org/esa/forests/index.html
  • UNPFII – United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
    [fr] Instance Permanente sur les Questions Autochtones des Nations Unies
    [es] Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas
    http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/index.html
  • UN-REDD programme
    United Nationals Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
    http://www.un-redd.org/
  • USAID – United States Agency for International Development
    http://www.usaid.gov/
  • USFS – United States Forest Service
    http://www.fs.fed.us/

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  • WARDA – West African Rice Development Association, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire
    ADRAO [fr] Association pour le développement de la riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest
    http://www.warda.cgiar.org/
  • WB – The World Bank Group, USA
    [fr] Banque mondiale
    [es] Grupo del Banco Mundial (el Banco Mundial)
    http://www.worldbank.int/
  • WCED – World Commission on Environment and Development
  • WCS – Wildlife Conservation Society
    http://www.wcs.org
  • WMO – World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    OMM [fr] Organisation Météorologique Mondiale
    OMM [es] Organización Meteorológica Mundial
    http://www.wmo.ch
  • WRI – World Resources Institute, USA
    [es] Instituto de Recursos Mundiales
    http://www.wri.org
  • WRM – World Rainforest Movement, Montevideo, Uruguay
    [es] Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques Tropicales
    http://www.wrm.org.uy/index.html
  • WTO – World Trade Organization
    [fr] Organisation Mondiale du Commerce
    [es] Organización Mundial del Comercio
    http://www.wto.org/
  • WWF – WWF International [former World Wide Fund for Nature, World Wildlife Fund)
    http://wwf.panda.org/

GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS – Table of Contents

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  • A/R – Afforestation/Reforestation
  • ABS – Access and Benefit Sharing
  • AD – Avoided Deforestation
  • ADZ – Altersdurchschnittszuwachs
    [en] mean annual increment
  • AIJ – Activities Implemented Jointly (-> UNFCCC)
  • APO – Associate Professional Officer

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  • C&I – Criteria and Indicators
  • CDM – Clean Development Mechanism (-> UNFCC)
  • CER – Certified Emission Reduction
  • CF Bill – Community Forestry Bill
  • CoC – Chain-of-Custody
  • COFO – Committee on Forestry (-> FAO)
    [fr] Comité des forêts
  • CoP or COP – Conference of (the) Parties (-> UNFCCC)
  • CO2 – carbon dioxide
  • CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • DDR – Due Diligence Regulation
  • DRC – Democratic Republic of Congo

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  • ECU – European Currency Unit
    [fr] monnaie de compte de l’Union européenne
  • EIT – Economies in Transition
  • ENGO – Environmental Non-governmental Organization
  • ETS – Emission Trading Scheme

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  • FIP – Forest Investment Program
  • FLA – Forest Land Allocation
  • FLEG – Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
  • FLEGT – Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
  • FMU – Forest Management Unit
  • FPIC – Free Prior and Informed Consent
  • FRA – Forest Resources Assessment (-> FAO)
  • FRTK – Forest Related Traditional Knowledge

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  • GFS – Global Forest Survey (-> FAO)
  • GHG – Greenhouse Gases
  • GIS – Geographical Information System

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  • HDZ – Haubarkeitsdurchschnittszuwachs
  • HFC – Hydrofluorocarbon
  • HIPC – High Indebted Poor Countries

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  • IFR – International Forest Regime
  • IO – Independent Observers
  • IYM – International Year of the Mountains – 2002
  • IYOF 2011 – International Year of Forests Forests 2011; http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/

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  • JI – Joint Implementation (-> UNFCCC)

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  • KP – Kyoto Protocol

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  • LDC – Less Developed Countries
  • LFC(C) – (country with) low forest cover
  • LLDC – Least Developed Countries
  • LRTAP – Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

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  • MLG – Multi-Level Governance
  • MoF – Ministry of Forestry
  • MoU – Memorandum of Understanding
  • MPTS – Multi-purpose Tree Species
  • MRV – Monitoring, Reporting and Verification
  • MYPOW – Multi-Year Programme of Work (-> UNFF)

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  • NBSAPs – National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
  • NEM – Norm of Environmental Multilateralism
  • NFPs – National Forest Programmes
    PNF [fr] Programme national forestier
  • NFS – National Forest Strategies
  • NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
    ONG [fr] organisation non-gouvernementale
  • NLBI – Non-Legally Binding Instrument
  • NNSAs – Non-Nation State Actors
  • NRNGAs – Natural Resources New Governance Arrangements
  • NSMD – Non-State Market Driven
  • NTFPs – Non-Timber Forest Products
  • NWFPs – Non-Wood Forest Products

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  • ODA – Official Development Assistance
  • OMC – Open Method of Coordination

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  • PCI – Principles, Criteria and Indicators
  • PED – Pays en développement
  • PFE – Forest Environment Program
  • PMA – Pays moins avancés
  • pnV – potentielle natürliche Vegetation
  • PoW – Program of Work

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  • QUELRO or Quantified Emission Limitation and Reduction Commitment
  • QELRC – or Reduction Obligation (Kyoto Protocol)

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  • RD&A – Research, Development and Application technology
  • RED – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
  • REDD – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
  • REDD+ – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
  • REM – Resource Extraction Monitoring
  • RPF – Registered Professional Forester
  • rm – Raummeter

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  • SAP – Structural Adjustment Programs
  • SFM – Sustainable Forest Management
  • SLIMFs – Small and Low Intensity Managed Forests
  • SSA – smoke-sensitive area

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  • TBT – Technical Barriers to Trade
  • TLAS – Timber Legality Assurance Systems

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  • UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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  • VFR – Special Visual Flight Rules
  • VPA – Voluntary Partnership Agreement
  • VPN – Virtual Policy Network

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  • WEPS – Water Expansion Pumping System
  • WES – Water Expansion System
  • WTA – World Trade Agreement

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  • ZOPP – Zielorientierte Projektplanung
    [en] objective-oriented project planning

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