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ABBREVIATIONS

ATFP

American Tree Farm Program

ATO

African Timber Organization

CATIE

Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center

CIFOR

Centre for International Forestry Research

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CSA

Canada’s National Sustainable Forest Management System Standard

DFAs

Regional Initiative for the Development and Implementation of National Level Criteria and Indicators for the Sustainable Management of Dry Forests in Asia

DZAf

Dry-Zone Africa Process on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

EUR

The Pan-European Forest Process on Criteria and Inidcators for Sustainable Forest Management

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FRA

Forest Resources Assessment Programme of FAO

FSC

Forest Stewardship Council

GT

Green Tag (USA)

ITTO

International Tropical Timber Organization

LACFC

Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission

LEP

Lepaterique Process of Central America on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

MON

Montreal Process on Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests

NE

Near East Process on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NWFP

Non-wood forest products

PEFC

Pan-European Forest Certification

SFI

Sustainable Forest Initiative Program, American Forest and Paper Association

SFM

Sustainable forest management

TARA

Tarapoto Proposal of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainability of the Amazon Forest

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme


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