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
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
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] .