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ORGANIZATIONS
GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS

A

• 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/

B

• 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/

C

• 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
  
  

D

• DANIDA - Danish International Development Agency, Denmark
  http://www.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentPolicy/

E

• ECOSOC - United Nations Economic and Social Council
  [fr] Conseil économique et social
  [de] Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat der UNO
  [es] Consejo Económico y Social
  http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/
  
• EFI - European Forest Institute, Finland
  http://www.efi.int/portal/
  
• EU - European Union
  http://europea.eu/  
  
• EZA - Österreichische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
  [en] Austrian Development Cooperation
  http://www.entwicklung.at/

F

• FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
  [fr] Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture
  [es] Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación
  http://www.fao.org/
• FCPF - Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
  http://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org/fcp/
• FIP- Forest Investment Program, World Bank
  http://www.climatefinanceoptions.org/cfo/node/49
• FORMIN - Department for International Development Cooperation, Finland
  (FINNIDA)
  http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15316&contentlan=2&culture=en-US  
• FPAC - Forest Products Association of Canada
  [fr] Association des produits forestiers du Canada
  http://www.fpac.ca/
• FRIM - Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia
  http://www.frim.gov.my   
• FSC - Forest Stewardship Council
  http://www.fsc.org/

G

• GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  http://www.gbif.org/
  
• GEF - Global Environment Facility
  http://www.thegef.org/gef
  
• GFEP - Global Forest Expert Panels
  http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep
  
• GFTN - Global Forest & Trade Network
  http://gftn.panda.org/about_gftn/
  
• GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
  http://www.giz.de
  
• GTOS - Global Terrestrial Observing System, Rome, Italy
  [fr] Système global d’observation terrestre
  [es] Sistema global de observación terrestre
  http://www.fao.org/gtos/

I

• IAF - International Arrangement on Forests
  
• IBCC - International Boreal Conservation Campaign
  http://interboreal.org/ 
  
• ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria
  http://www.icarda.cgiar.org
  
• ICLARM - The World Fish Center, Penang, Malayisa
  (former: International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management)
  http://www.worldfishcenter.org/wfcms/HQ/Default.aspx
  
• ICRAF - World Agroforestry Centre, Kenya
  http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/
  
• ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India
  http://www.icrisat.org
  
• ICSU - International Council for Science, Paris, France
  (former International Council for Scientific Unions)
  [fr] Conseil International pour la Science
  http://www.icsu.org/
  
• ICZM - European Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/iczm/home.htm
  
• IDRC - International Development and Research Centre, Canada
  CRDI    [fr] Centre de recherches pour le développement international
  http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx
  
• IFF - Intergovernmental Forum on Forests
  http://www.un.org/esa/forests/ipf_iff.html
  
• IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
  [fr] Institut International de Recherche sur les Politiques Alimentaires
  [es] Instituto Internacional de Investigación sobre Políticas Alimentarias
  [de] das Internationale Forschungsinstitut für Agrar- und Ernährungspolitik
  http://www.ifpri.org/
  
• IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
  http://www.iita.org/
  
• IIED - International Institute for Environment and Development
  http://www.iied.org/
  
• ILO - International Labour Organization
  http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
  
• ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
  http://www.ilri.org/
  
• IPBES - Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
  http://ipbes.net/  
  
• IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, Switzerland
  http://www.ipcc.ch/
  
• IPF - Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
  http://www.un.org/esa/forests/ipf_iff.html
  
• IPGRI - International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy
  [fr] Institut international des ressources phytogénétiques
  [es] Instituto Internacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos
  
• IRRI - International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
  http://www.irri.org
  
• ITTA - International Tropical Timber Agreement
  [fr] Accord international sur les bois tropicaux
  [es] Convenio Internacional de las Maderas Tropicales
  http://www.itto.int/itta/
  
• ITTO - International Tropical Timber Organization, Japan
  http://www.itto.int/
  
• IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland
  UICN    [fr] Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature
  [es] Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza
  http://www.iucn.org
  
• IWMI - International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  [fr] Institut International de Gestion des Ressources en Eau
  http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/
  
• IYOF - International Year of Forests 2011   
  http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/

J

• JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan
  [fr] Agence Japonaise de Coopération Internationale
  [es] Agencia de Cooperación Internacional del Japón
  http://www.jica.go.jp/english/ 
• JWEE- Joint UNECE/FAO Wood Energy Enquiry
  http://www.unece.org/forests/mis/energy/JWEE.html

L

• LEI - Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute
  http://www.lei.or.id/ 

M

• 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/ 

N

• NFP - National Forest Programmes
  http://www.fao.org/forestry/nfp/en/

O

• OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  http://www.oecd.org/
  
• ONF - Office National des Forêts, France
  http://www.onf.fr/

P

• PAPTAC - Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada
  [fr] Association technique des pâtes et papiers du Canada
  http://www.paptac.ca/
• PEFC - Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
  http://www.pefc.org/
• PROFOR - Programme on Forests
  http://www.profor.info/profor/node/2041 
  

S

• SADC - Southern African Development Community
  http://www.sadc.int/
  
• SBSTA - Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
  http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/convention_bodies/items/2629.php
  
• SFI - Sustainable Forestry Initiative
  http://www.sfiprogram.org/
  
• SIDA - Styrelsen för internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete
  [en] Swedish International Development Authority, Sweden
  Asdi [fr] Agence suédois de coopération internationale au développement
  Asdi [es] Agencia Sueca de Cooperación Interacional para el Desarrollo
  http://www.sida.se/English/
  
• SPDC - Special Programme for Developing Countries (of IUFRO), Vienna, Austria
  [fr] Programme spécial pour les pays en développement
  [Es] Programa especial para los países en desarrollo
  http://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/

T

• 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

U

• 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/

W

• 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/

A

• 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

C

• 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

D

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

E

• 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

F

• 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

G

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

H

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

I

• 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/

J

• JI - Joint Implementation (-> UNFCCC)

K

• KP - Kyoto Protocol

L

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

M

• 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)

N

• 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

O

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

P

• 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

Q

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

R

• 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

S

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

T

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

U

• UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

V

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

W

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

Z

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