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Abbreviations

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (instrument of NOAA satellites)

BEF

Biomass Expansion Factor

BV

Biomass of inventoried volume

CATIE

Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza

DBH

Diameter of tree at Breast-Height

EDC

Eros Data Centre

FAO

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

FORIS

Forest Resources Information System

FRA

Forest Resources Assessment

GFS

Global Forest Survey

GIS

Geographic Information System

GPS

Global Positioning System

OLC

Other Land Cover

PUs

Primary Units

SNU

Sub National Unit(s)

SUs

Secondary Units

UN-ECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

VOB

Volume Over Bark

WD

Wood Density

WCMC

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

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