|
000 |
thousand |
|
APO |
Associate Professional Officer |
|
ATFP |
American Tree Farm Program |
|
ATO |
African Timber Organization |
|
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
|
BEF |
Biomass Expansion Factor |
|
BRS |
Bureau of Rural Sciences |
|
CARPE |
Central African Regional Program for the
Environment. |
|
CATIE |
Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education
Center |
|
CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
|
CCAD |
Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y
Desarrollo |
|
CFS |
Canadian Forest Service |
|
CIFOR |
Centre for International Forestry Research |
|
CIRAD |
Department of Remote Sensing and Landscape Information
Systems |
|
CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
|
CITES |
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora |
|
COFO |
Committee on Forestry (FAO) |
|
CPF |
Collaborative Partnership on Forests |
|
CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
|
DBH |
diameter at breast height |
|
DEM |
digital elevation model |
|
DFAs |
Regional Initiative for the Development and Implementation of
National Level Criteria and Indicators for the Sustainable Management of Dry
Forests in Asia |
|
DZAf |
Dry-Zone Africa Process on Criteria and Indicators for
Sustainable Forest Management |
|
EZ |
ecological zone |
|
EDC |
EROS Data Center of the United States Geological
Survey |
|
ENGREF |
École Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des
Forêts |
|
ENSO |
El Niño - Southern Oscillation |
|
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations |
|
FFRI |
Finnish Forest Research Institute |
|
FLB |
Forest Liaison Bureau |
|
FNC |
Forest National Corporation |
|
FORIS |
Forestry Information System |
|
FRA |
Forest Resources Assessment Programme of FAO |
|
FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
|
GEZ |
global ecological zone |
|
GFFA |
Global Forest Fire Assessment |
|
GFIS |
Global Forest Information Service |
|
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
|
GNP |
gross national product |
|
GFSM |
Global Fibre Supply Model |
|
GLCCD |
Global Land Cover Characteristics Database |
|
GT |
Green Tag (USA) |
|
IGBP |
International Geosphere and Biosphere Programme |
|
ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
|
IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
|
IIASA |
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
|
IFF |
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests |
|
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
|
IPF |
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests |
|
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
|
ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organization |
|
IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
|
LACFC |
Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission |
|
LEP |
Lepaterique Process of Central America on Criteria and
Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management |
|
MAI |
mean annual volume increment (m3/ha) |
|
MCPFE |
Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in
Europe |
|
MON |
Montreal Process on Criteria and Indicators for the
Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal
Forests |
|
NASA |
United States National Aeronautics and Space
Administration |
|
NOAA |
United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration |
|
NE |
Near East Process on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable
Forest Management |
|
NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
|
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
|
NWFP |
non-wood forest products |
|
PEFC |
Pan-European Forest Certification |
|
PRA |
participatory rural appraisal |
|
RFC |
Regional Forestry Commission (FAO) |
|
RRA |
rapid rural appraisal |
|
SFI |
Sustainable Forest Initiative Program, American Forest and
Paper Association |
|
SFM |
sustainable forest management |
|
SMS |
Selective Management System |
|
TROPICS |
Tree Growth and Permanent Plot Information System |
|
TARA |
Tarapoto Proposal of Criteria and Indicators for
Sustainability of the Amazon Forest |
|
TBFRA |
Temperate and Boreal Forests Resources Assessment
2000 |
|
TOF |
trees outside the forest |
|
TROPIS |
Tree Growth and Permanent Plot Information System |
|
TSA |
Tropical South America |
|
UNAM |
Autonomous University of Mexico |
|
UNCCD |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those
Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in
Africa |
|
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development |
|
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
|
UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
|
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization |
|
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
|
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change |
|
UNFF |
United Nations Forum on Forests |
|
UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
|
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
|
USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
|
WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
|
WD |
volume-weighted average wood density |
|
WEC |
World Energy Council |
|
WFC |
World Forestry Congress |
|
WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
