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Ail Okmot |
Village administration, perhaps best translated as municipality as it often consists of more than one village. |
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Aksakal |
Village elder |
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Arabian Peninsula |
The territories of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Arabian Peninsula is seen as a subregion of West Asia (see below). |
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Caucasus |
Refers to the territories of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The Caucasus is seen as a subregion of West Asia (see below). |
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Central Asia |
Defined for the purpose of this paper as the area covered by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. All these countries are former Soviet republics and members of the CIS. |
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CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
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CFM |
Collaborative Forest Management |
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Forest Range |
Territorial sub-unit of leshoz |
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Goslesfund |
State Forest Land or "State Forest Estate comprising forests and non-forested areas, the latter also destined for forestry use in the long-term, under control by SFS" |
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IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
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Jailoo |
Summer pastures |
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Kolhoz |
Cooperative agricultural farm during Soviet period |
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KIRFOR |
Kyrgyz-Swiss Forestry Support Programme |
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Leshoz |
State Forest Farm (often translated as State Forest Enterprise). A form of decentralised Forest Administration managing an area of forest. State Forest Cooperative during Soviet period - a territory with a resident population. |
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NTFP |
Non-Timber Forest Product, including fuelwood |
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Oblast |
Province/Provincial administrative body (sometimes translated as Region) |
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PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
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Rayon |
District/District administrative body |
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SDC |
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation |
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SFS |
State Forest Service |
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Sovhoz |
State agricultural farm during Soviet period |
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West Asia |
The region comprising the following countries and areas: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Gaza Strip, Georgia, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, West Bank and Yemen. |
