ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
AEZ |
Agro-Ecological Zone |
AGWP |
Absolute Global Warming Potential |
AIJ |
Activities Implemented Jointly |
ARD |
Afforestation, Reforestation, and Deforestation |
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
BAU |
Business-as-Usual |
CBD |
U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity |
CBL |
Convective Boundary Layer |
CD |
U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification |
CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
C-eq |
Carbon-Equivalent |
CER |
Certified Emissions Reduction |
CIFOR |
Center for International Forestry Research |
COP |
Conference of Parties |
CPC |
Canopy (or crown) Projected Cover |
CRP |
Conservation Reserve Program |
DHI |
Direct Human-Induced |
DOC |
Dissolved Organic Carbon |
DOM |
Dissolved Organic Matter |
EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
ERU |
Emissions Reduction Unit |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
EU |
European Union |
FACE |
Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment; Forests Absorbing CO2 Emissions |
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(The Netherlands) |
FAO |
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization |
FCCC |
Framework Convention on Climate Change |
FFES |
Fossil-Free Energy Scenario |
FPC |
Foliage Projected Cover |
FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
GCM |
General Circulation Model |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
GHGs |
Greenhouse Gases |
GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
GLASOD |
Global Assessment of Soil Degradation |
GPG |
Good Practice Guidelines |
GPP |
Gross Primary Productivity |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GWP |
Global Warming Potential |
IEA |
International Energy Agency |
IFF |
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests |
IGBP-DIS |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Data and Information System |
INPE |
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil) |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
ISO |
International Standards Organization |
IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
JI |
Joint Implementation |
LAI |
Leaf Area Index |
LUCF |
Land-Use Change and Forestry |
LULUCF |
Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry |
MEA |
Multilateral Environmental Agreements |
MRG |
Modalities, Rules, and Guidelines |
MRT |
Mean Residence Time |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NBP |
Net Biome Productivity |
NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
NEE |
Net Ecosystem Exchange |
NEP |
Net Ecosystem Productivity |
NGO |
Nongovernmental Organization |
NKCAP |
Noel Kempff Climate Action Project |
NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
NOAA |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPP |
Net Primary Productivity |
ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
PAP |
Protected Areas Project (Costa Rica) |
PCSD |
Philippine Council for Sustainable Development |
PFP |
Private Forests Project (Costa Rica) |
RA |
Autotrophic Respiration |
RH |
Heterotrophic Respiration |
RIL |
Reduced-Impact Logging |
SAR |
Second Assessment Report; Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SARD |
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development |
SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice |
SIC |
Soil Inorganic Carbon |
SOC |
Soil Organic Carbon |
SOM |
Soil Organic Matter |
SR-LULUCF |
Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry |
TBFRA 2000 |
Temperate and Boreal Forest Resource Assessment 2000 |
TM |
Thematic Mapper |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCSD |
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
URF |
Uniform Reporting Format |
USIJI |
U.S. Initiative for Joint Implementation |
VCL |
Vegetation Canopy Lidar |
VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
WCFSD |
World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development |
WOCAT |
World Overview of Soil Conservation Approaches and Technologies |