5MHRP |
Five Million Hectare Reforestation Programme (Vietnam) |
AAC |
annual allowable cut |
ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
APAFRI |
Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ATSC |
Australian Tree Seed Centre |
AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
BAP |
Biodiversity Action Plan |
BAPPEDA |
Provincial Planning Agency (Indonesia) |
BAPPENAS |
National Planning Board (Indonesia) |
BE |
Buddhist Era |
BGO |
Botanic Garden Organization of Thailand |
BIOTEC |
National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Thailand) |
C&I |
criteria and indicators |
CATIE |
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre) |
CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
CCD |
Convention to Combat Desertification |
CFDTC |
Central Forestry Development Training Centre (Myanmar) |
CFSC |
Central Forest Seed Company (Vietnam) |
CGRFA |
FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
CIFOR |
Centre for International Forestry Research |
CIRAD-Forêt |
Département Forestier du Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Forestry Department, Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development) |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
COFO |
FAO Committee on Forestry |
COGREDA |
Consultative Group for Research and Development of Acacia |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
CSIRO FFP |
CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products |
CTIA |
Cambodian Timber Industry Association |
CTSP |
Cambodia Tree Seed Project |
DANCED |
Danish Cooperation for Environment and Development |
Danida |
Danish International Development Agency |
DAO |
DENR Administrative Order (Philippines) dbh diameter at breast height (= 1.3m) |
DENR |
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines) |
DEQP |
Department of Environmental Quality Promotion (Thailand) |
DFSC |
Danida Forest Seed Centre |
DFW |
Department of Forestry and Wildlife (Cambodia) |
DZGD |
Dry Zone Greening Department (Myanmar) |
EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
ERDB |
Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (Philippines) |
EUFORGEN |
European Forest Genetic Resources Programme |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations vi |
F/FRED |
Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development Project |
FGR |
forest genetic resources |
FGRID |
Forest Genetic Resources Information Database |
FINNIDA |
Finnish International Development Agency |
FIO |
Forest Industry Organization (Thailand) |
FIPI |
Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (Vietnam) |
FLMA |
Forest Land Management Agreement (Philippines) |
FMB |
Forest Management Bureau (Philippines) |
f.o.b. |
free on board |
FORGENMAP |
Forest Genetic Resources Conservation and Management Programme |
FORGRiS |
Forest Genetic Resources Information System |
FORRU |
Forest Restoration Research Unit (Thailand) |
FORSPA |
Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific |
FORTIP |
Regional Forest Tree Improvement Project |
FRA |
Forest Resources Assessment |
FRI |
Forest Research Institute (Myanmar) |
FRIM |
Forest Research Institute Malaysia |
FSIV |
Forest Science Institute of Vietnam |
FSTCU |
SADC Forestry Sector Technical Coordination Unit |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GMO |
genetically modified organism |
GNP |
gross national product |
GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for Technical Cooperation) |
GxE |
genotype by environment ha hectare |
ICIMOD |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development |
ICRAF |
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry |
ICRTS |
International Centre for Research and Training on Seabuckthorn |
IFMA |
Industrial Forest Management Agreement (Philippines) |
INBAR |
International Network on Bamboo and Rattan |
IOF |
Institute of Forestry (Myanmar) |
IPAF |
Integrated Protected Areas Fund (Philippines) |
IPAS |
Integrated Protected Area System (Philippines) |
IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
IPR |
intellectual property rights |
ITSP |
Indochina Tree Seed Programme |
ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organization |
IU |
International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources |
IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
IUFRO |
International Union of Forest Research Organizations |
JFM |
Joint Forest Management |
JICA |
Japanese International Cooperation Agency |
km2 |
square kilometre |
LEUCANET |
International Network on Leucaena Research and Development |
LIPI |
Indonesian Science Institute |
LUS |
lesser-used species m3 cubic metre |
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Cambodia) |
MARD |
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam) vii |
MBG |
Makiling Botanic Gardens (Philippines) |
MGFPMPP |
Malaysian-German Forest Planting Material Procurement Programme |
MOAC |
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand) |
MOF |
Ministry of Forestry (Vietnam) |
MOSTE |
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Thailand & Vietnam) |
MRC |
Mekong River Commission |
MSS |
Myanmar Selection System |
MTA |
Material Transfer Agreement (Australia) |
MTC |
Malaysian Timber Council |
MTE |
Myanmar Timber Enterprise |
MTIB |
Malaysian Timber Industry Board |
MUS |
Malayan Uniform System |
n.a. |
not available |
NAFRI |
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (Lao PDR) |
NBCA |
National Biodiversity Conservation Area (Lao PDR) |
NBSAP |
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for the Philippines |
NESDP |
National Economic and Social Development Plan (Thailand) |
NFC |
National Forestry Council (Malaysia) |
NFP |
National Forest Programme [also National Forest Plan] National Forestation Programme (Philippines) |
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
NIPAS |
Law National Integrated Protected Area Systems Law (Philippines) |
NLC |
National Land Council (Malaysia) |
NSTDA |
National Science and Technology Development Agency (Thailand) |
NWFP |
non-wood forest product |
OAE |
Office of Agricultural Economics (Thailand) |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OEPP |
Office of Environmental Policy and Planning (Thailand) |
PA |
Protected Area |
PCD |
Pollution Control Department (Thailand) |
PFE |
permanent forest estate |
PIF&TSP |
Pacific Islands Forests and Trees Support Programme |
PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
PRA |
Participatory Rural Appraisal |
PROSEFOR |
Proyecto de Semillas Forestales (Forest Seed Project, CATIE) |
PSBD |
Philippine Strategy for the Conservation of Biological Diversity |
PSD |
Planning and Statistics Department (Myanmar) |
PSSD |
Philippine Strategy for Sustainable Development |
QFRI |
Queensland Forestry Research Institute |
rai |
unit of area equal to 0.16ha (Thailand) |
RCFTI |
Research Centre for Forest Tree Improvement (Vietnam) |
RFD |
Royal Forest Department (Thailand) |
SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
SAFORGEN |
Sub-Saharan Forest Genetic Resources Programme |
SEAMEO |
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization |
SEARCA |
SEAMEO Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture |
SMS |
Selective Management System (Malaysia) |
SPA |
seed production area |
SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
SPDC |
IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries viii |
SPREP |
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
SPRIG |
South Pacific Regional Initiative on Forest Genetic Resources |
STAND 2000 |
Science and Technology Agenda for National Development (Philippines) |
TEAKNET |
Teak Network for Asia and the Pacific |
TFAP |
Tropical Forest Action Plan |
TFSMP |
Thai Forestry Sector Master Plan |
TISC |
Tree Improvement and Silviculture Component, Natural Resources Management Sector Assistance Programme (Nepal) |
TLA |
Timber Licence Agreement (Philippines) |
TPA |
totally protected area |
TPC |
Thai Plywood Company Ltd |
TREES |
Training Centre for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (Philippines) |
TRIPS |
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UPLB |
University of the Philippines, Los Baños |
UPOV |
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
VJR |
Virgin Jungle Reserve (Malaysia) |
WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
WRI |
World Resources Ins titute |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
Note on currency exchange rates
All figures are given in US dollars. Local currency amounts in the country reports of Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand have been converted to US dollars at the following average interbank rates for 2001:
MYR1 (Malaysian ringgit) = USD0.263
MMK1 (Myanmar kyat) = USD0.150
THB1 (Thai baht) = USD0.022