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FAO/ITTO

Expert Consultation on Criteria and Indicators for
Sustainable Forest Management

Discussion Paper #2

Terms and definitions related to criteria and indicators
for sustainable forest management

By
Ewald Rametsteiner
Expert on Socio-Economics
Institute of Forest, Environment and Natural Resources Policy
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Feistmantel Str. 4; A-1180 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: 43-1- 47 654 4418; Fax: 43-1- 47 654 4407
E-mail: [email protected]

Organized by the
Forest Management Bureau
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Philippines
and co-sponsored by FAO and ITTO
2 - 4 March 2004; Cebu City, Philippines

Abbreviations

ATO

African Timber Organization

C&I

Criteria and indicators

CBD

UN Convention on Biological Diversity

CICI

International Conference on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest

CIFOR

Center for International Forestry Research Management

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

COP

Conference of Parties (e.g. COP 5 = 5th COP)

CPC

Central Product Classification

CPF

Collaborative Partnership on Forests

CSD

UN Commission on Sustainable Development

ECOSOC

Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

EUROSTAT

Statistical Office of the European Community

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FRA

Forest Resources Assessment

GFRA

Global Forest Resources Assessment

HS

Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System

ILO

International Labour Organization

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPF/IFF

Intergovernmental Panel on Forests/International Forum on Forests

ISIC

International Standard Classification of all economic activities

ISCI

International Seminar on Criteria and Indicators

ITTA

International Tropical Timber Agreement

ITTO

International Tropical Timber Organization

IUCN

World Conservation Union

IUFRO

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations

MAR

Monitoring, assessment and reporting

MCPFE

Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe

NGOs

Non-governmental organizations

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

SFM

Sustainable forest management

SITC

Standard International Trade Classification

TBFRA

Temperate and boreal forest resources assessment

UN

United Nations

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP-WCMC

UNEP - World Conservation Monitoring Centre

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNFF

United Nations Forum on Forests

UNSD

United Nations Statistical Division

WWF

World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Terms and definitions related to criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management progress issues and the way ahead

Ewald Rametsteiner8

Acknowledgement

The author wants to sincerely thank Robert Hendricks, Tiina Vähänen, Steve Johnson, Susan Braatz and Froylán Castañeda for their reviews and valuable comments on an earlier version of the paper as well as Don Wijewardana and Mike Fullerton for insightful discussions related to the topic of the paper.


8 Expert on Socio-Economics, Institute of Forest, Environment and Natural Resources Policy, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Feistmantel Str. 4, A-1180 Vienna, Austria. Tel: 43-1-47 654 4418; Fax: 43-1-47 654 4407; E-mail: [email protected] .

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