% percent
AF&PA American Forests and Paper Association
AFP Asia Forest Partnership
ATO African Timber Organization
BRACELPA Brazilian Association for Pulp and Paper
CAPs Community Advisory Panels
CO2 carbon dioxide
C&I criteria and indicators
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CBFP Congo Basin Forest Partnership
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CELPA Portuguese Pulp and Paper Associations
CEPI Confederation of European Paper Industries
CERs Certified Emissions Reductions
CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
COFO Committee on Forestry
COP Conference of the Parties
COPACEL Confederation of the Paper, Cardboard and Cellulose Industries
CORMA Corporación Chilena de la Madera
CPF Collaborative Partnership on Forests
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CSR Corporate Social Responsibilities
DfID Department of International Development
DNA Designated National Authorities
ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council
NGO environmental non-governmental organization
ER emission reduction
ET emission trading
EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratory for Material Testing and Research
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FLEG Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
FLEGT Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
FLR Forest Landscape Restoration
FORIS Forest Resources Information System
FPAC Forest Products Association of Canada
FSC Forest Stewardship Council
G-8 Group of Eight Highly Industrialized Nations
GHG greenhouse gas
GPG Good Practice Guidance
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
ha hectare
ICFPA International Council of Forest and Paper Associations
ICMM International Council on Mining and Metals
IFC International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development
ILO International Labour Organization
INC International Negotiating Commettee
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITTA International Tropical Timber Agreement
ITTC International Tropical Timber Council
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization
IUCN World Conservation Union
IUFRO International Union of Forest Research Organizations
JI Joint Implementation
JPN Japan Paper Association
kg kilogram
KP Kyoto Protocol
LULUCF land use, land-use change and forestry
m metre
MR mutual recognition
NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development
NGO non-governmental organization
PCF Prototype Carbon Fund
PEFC Pan European Forest Certification
PTPG Plantation Timber Products Group
PTPH Plantation Timber Products Holding Limited
RIL Reduced Impact Logging
SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
SCTIP Sichuan Changjiang Timber Industry Corporation
SFM sustainable forest management
TAG trade advisory group (ITTO)
TFD Forest Dialogue
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests
WBCSD World Business Council on Sustainable Development
WFC World Forestry Conference
WTO World Trade Organization
