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Abbreviations

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


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