BEF Biomass Expansion Factor
C&I Criteria and Indicators
COFO Committee on Forestry
CIFOR Centre for International Forestry Research
CSD Commission on Sustainable Development
COMIFAC Conférence des Ministres sur la conservation et la gestion durable des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale
DBH Diameter at Breast Height
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FORIS Forestry Information System
FORNESSA Forestry Research Network in Sub-Saharan Africa
FRA Forest Resources Assessment
GPG Good Practice Guidance
IFF Intergovernmental Forum on Forests
IPF Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organisation
IUFRO International Union of Forest Research Organisations
LACFC Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission
LUCF Land Use Change and Forestry
NAFC North American Forestry Commission
NC National Correspondent to Forest Resource Assessment, FAO
NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NFI National Forest Inventories
NFA National Forest Assessments
NWFP Non-Wood Forest Products
OWL Other Wooded Land
TCP Technical Cooperation Programme
TOF Trees Outside Forest
UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests
VEF Volume Expansion Factor