| ACIAR | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| ADMADE | Administrative Management Design |
| AFC/EFC/NEFC | Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions |
| AIDAB | Australian International Development Assistance Bureaux |
| ANMAP | Asian Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| APAN | Asia Pacific Agroforestry Network |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ATI | Appropriate Technology International |
| ATSC | Australian Tree Seed Centre |
| BAPPENAS | Badan Perancanaan Pembangunan Nasional, National Development Planning Board |
| CAMPFIRE | Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community Secretariat |
| CATIE | Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza |
| CBOs | Community-based organisations |
| CCAB | Central American Convention on Forests |
| CCCN | Customs Co-operation Council Nomenclature |
| CCF | Chief Conservator of Forests PROAFT (Programa de Accíon Forestal Tropical) |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CI | Conservation International |
| CIF | Cost, insurance and freight |
| CIFOR | Centre for International Forestry Research |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CN | Combined Nomenclature |
| COICA | Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin |
| CPC | Provisional Central Product Classification |
| CPRs | Common Property Resources |
| CRC | Collaborative Research Centre |
| CSC | Commonwealth Science Council |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization-Australia |
| CTO/DTO | Crude Tall Oil and/or Distilled Tall Oil |
| DBH | Diameter at breast height |
| DGF | Director General of Forestry |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EMAS | European eco-audit and management scheme |
| ERDB | Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau - the Philippines |
| ESCOP | European Scientific Cooperative for Phytotherapy |
| EU | European Union |
| F/FRED | Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FB-SSEs | Forest-based small-scale enterprises |
| FOB | Free on board |
| FONESSA | Forest research networking in sub-Saharan Africa |
| FORIS | Forest Resources Information System |
| FORSPA | Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific |
| FORTIP | Forest Tree Improvement Project |
| FRDC | Forest Research and Development Centre ? Indonesia |
| FRIM | Forest Institute of Malaysia |
| FRSC | Forest Research and Survey Centre |
| FSIV | Forest Science Institute of Viet Nam |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEMINI | Growth and Equity through Microenterprise Investments and Institutions Project |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practices |
| GTZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH |
| HATUSA | Harmonized System Tariff USA |
| HKH | Hindu Kush-Himalaya |
| HS | Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IBPGR | International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (changed to IPGRI) |
| ICIMOD | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development |
| ICRAF | International Centre for Research in Agroforestry |
| ICUC | International Centre for Underutilized Crops |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre of Canada |
| IER | income equivalent ratio |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| IFRA | International Fragrance Association |
| IIED | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IITA | International Institute for Tropical Agriculture |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INBAR | International Network on Bamboo and Rattan |
| INBio | National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica |
| IPGRI | International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
| IRA | Institute of Resource Assessment |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities |
| ISNAR | International Service for National Agricultural Research |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISTC | International Standard Trade Classification |
| ITC | International Trade Centre |
| ITTO | International Tropical Timber Organization |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature (World Conservation Union) |
| IUFRO | International Union of Forestry Research Organizations |
| JECFA | Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives |
| kg | Kilogramme |
| KMTNC | King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation |
| KPH | an Indonesian acronym for forest district |
| LER | Land equivalent ratio |
| MAB | Man and Biosphere programme |
| MFP | Minor Forest Products |
| MPT | Multipurpose tree |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| n.e.c. | Not elsewhere classified |
| NFTA | Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organisations |
| NORAD | Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| NPV | net present value |
| NRI-UK | Natural Resources Institute |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NTFP | Non-timber forest product |
| NWFP(s) | Non-wood forest product(s) |
| ODA | Overseas Development Administration ? UK |
| ODI | Overseas Development Institute ? UK |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFI | Oxford Forestry Institute |
| OLAFO | Conservation for Sustainable Development in Central America |
| ORSTOM | French Institute of Scientific Research for Cooperative Development |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| PPF | Plan Piloto Forestal |
| PRA | Participatory rural appraisal |
| PROAFT | Programa de Accíon Forestal Tropical |
| PROSEA | Plant Resources of South East Asia Foundation |
| QFRI | Queensland Forest Research Institute |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RAPA | Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| RDFN | Rural Development Forestry Network of ODI |
| RECOFTC | Regional Community Forestry Training Centre |
| RFD | Royal Forest Department ? Thailand |
| RIFM | Research Institute of Fragrance Materials |
| RLAC | Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ROSTSEA | Regional Office for Science and Technology for South East Asia |
| SAF | Society of American Foresters |
| SAM | Standard Air Mancur |
| SEEA | System of Environmental Economic Account |
| SFO | Senior Forestry Officer |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
| SNA | Systems of National Accounts |
| STOL | short take-off and landing (aircraft) |
| TCDC | Technical cooperation among developing countries |
| TFAP | Tropical Forests Action Programme |
| TFT | Tropical Fruit Trees |
| TREEDAT | Tree performance database |
| TRIFED | Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited |
| TRIPs | Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights |
| UNAC | Upland NGO Assistance Committee at the Philippine Uplands Resource Centre |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UN-ECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNEP | United Nations Environmental Programme |
| Unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNSW | University of New South Wales |
| US-AID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WCED | World Commission on Environment and- Development |
| WCMC | World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WRI | World Resources Institute |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
