| 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 |