Abbreviations
- APEC
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
- CATIE
Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre
- CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
- CDM
Clean Development Mechanism
- CIAT
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
- CIFOR
Center for International Forestry Research
- CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
- CPF
Collaborative Partnership on Forests
- DFID
Department for International Development
- EFI
European Forest Institute
- EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment
- EKC
Environmental Kuznets Curve
- EU
European Union
- FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- FLEGT
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
- FLR
Forest Landscape Restoration
- FPIC
Free, Prior and Informed Consent
- FSC
Forest Stewardship Council
- GCF
Green Climate Fund
- GDP
Gross Domestic Product
- GEF
Global Environment Facility
- GHG
Greenhouse Gas
- HLPF
High-Level Political Forum
- ICT
Information and Communication Technology
- IFPRI
International Food Policy Research Institute
- IIED
International Institute for Environment and Development
- ILO
International Labour Organization
- IMF
International Monetary Fund
- IPBES
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- ITTO
International Tropical Timber Organization
- IUCN
International Union for Conservation of Nature
- IUFRO
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
- LAC
Latin America and Caribbean
- LDC
Least Developed Countries
- LMIC
Low- and Middle-Income Country
- LULUCF
Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry
- MDG
Millennium Development Goal
- MRV
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification
- NDC
Nationally Determined Commitments
- NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
- NTFP
Non-Timber Forest Product
- NYDF
New York Declaration on Forests
- ODA
Official Development Assistance
- ODI
Overseas Development Institute
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- PEFC
Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
- PES
Payment for Ecosystem Services
- R&D
Research and Development
- RECOFTC
The Centre for People and Forests
- REDD+
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries
- RRI
Rights and Resources Initiative
- RSPO
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
- SCP
Sustainable Consumption and Production
- SDG
Sustainable Development Goal
- SFM
Sustainable Forest Management
- SIDS
Small Island Developing States
- SME
Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- SMFE
Small and Medium Forest Enterprises
- SPP
Sustainable Public Procurement
- UN
United Nations
- UNCCD
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UN DESA
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
- UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
- UNECE
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UNFF
United Nations Forum on Forests
- UNISDR
Currently known as UNDRR, United Nations Office for Disaster Relief Reduction
- UNSD
United Nations Statistics Division
- UNU-WIDER
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
- USD
US Dollar
- VNR
Voluntary National Review
- VPA
Voluntary Partnership Agreement
- WBCSD
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- WHO
World Health Organization
- WRI
World Resources Institute
- WTO
World Trade Organization
- WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
- ZND
Zero Net Deforestation
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