AG |
Advisory Group to FRA |
C&I |
Criteria and Indicators (for Sustainable Forest Management) |
COFO |
Committee on Forestry, the main statutory body of the FAO Forestry Department, meeting every second year in Rome |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FRA |
The FAO-led Global Forest Resources Assessment |
FRA 2000 |
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000, see www.fao.org/forestry/fra2000report |
FRA 2005 |
Global Forest Resources Assessment update 2005, see www.fao.org/forestry/fra2005 |
NC |
National Correspondent to FRA |
SFM |
Sustainable Forest Management |
CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
CSD |
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development |
DBH |
Diameter at breast height |
FORM |
Forest Resources Management Service |
IPCC |
International Panel on Climate Change |
ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organization |
IUCN |
The World Conservation Union |
MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
MCPFE |
Ministerial Conference on Protection of Forests in Europe |
NWFP |
Non-wood forest products |
OWL |
Other wooded land |
SOFO |
State of the World’s Forests (FAO biennial publication) |
UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNFF |
United Nations Forum on Forests |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Convention on Climate Change |
USD |
United States Dollar |
WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
