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Abbreviations and Acronyms

ARF

:

Ainurmarigudi Reserve Forest

CIFOR

:

Center for International Forestry Research

CILSS

:

Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

DES

:

Domestic Energy Strategy

FMG

:

Forest Management Group

FSC

:

Forest Stewardship Council

FVTC

:

Forestry Vocational Training Centre

GIS

:

Geographic Information System

GPS

:

Global Positioning System

ITTO

:

International Tropical Timber Organization

IUCN

:

World Conservation Union

IUFRO

:

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations

MSS

:

Multi-spectral scanner

NDVI

:

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NEAP

:

National Environmental Action Plan

NFAP

:

National Forestry Action Plan

NFT

:

Nitrogen-fixing trees

RDET

:

Regional Director of the Environment and Tourism (RDET)

RWE

:

Roundwood Equivalent (RWE)

SAF-CO

:

West Coast Management and Safeguard Operation (SAF-CO)

SIDA

:

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

TLU

:

Tropical Livestock Unit (TLU)

TM

:

Thematic mapper

UNEP

:

United Nations Environmental Programme

UNESCO-MAB

:

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Man and the Biosphere Programme

WWF

:

World Wide Fund for Nature


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