C&I

Criteria and Indicators

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CFA

Commonwealth Forestry Association

CHOGM

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

CIFOR

Center for International Forestry Research

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CMW

Commonwealth

COFO

(FAO) Committee on Forestry

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)

FLR

Forest Landscape Restoration

FMU

Forest management unit

FSC

Forest Stewardship Council

FRA

(FAO) Global Forest Resources Assessment

ICRAF

World Agroforestry Center

IFF

Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

IMFN

International Model Forest Network

IPF

Intergovernmental Panel on Forests

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on climate Change

ITTO

International Tropical Timber Organization

IUCN

World Conservation Union (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)

IUFRO

International Union of Forestry Research Organisations

JFM

Joint Forest Management

LFCC

Low forest cover countries

MCPFE

Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe

NGO

Non Governmental Organization

NWFP

Non-wood forest product

OWL

Other wooded land (see definition above)

PFE

Permanent forest estate

PFM

Participatory Forest Management

RIL

Reduced Impact Logging

SIDS

Small island developing states

SFM

Sustainable forest management

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNEP

United Nations Environmental Programme

UNFCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNFF

United Nations Forum on Forests

WUI

Wildland urban interface

WWF

Worldwide Fund for Nature