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AC |
Audit Committee |
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ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australia |
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ADG |
Assistant Director General |
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ASB |
Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn global project (ICRAF), Kenya |
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BoT |
Board of Trustees |
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BRF |
Bulungan Research Forest |
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CATIE |
Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigación y Ensenanza, Costa Rica |
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C&I |
Criteria and Indicators |
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CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
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CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, DC |
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CGNET |
A computer-based messaging system operated for the CGIAR |
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CIFOR |
Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia |
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CIRAD |
Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development |
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CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
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DG |
Director General |
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DDG |
Deputy Director General |
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DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
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DIVERSITAS |
An international programme for Biodiversity Science |
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DOMAIN |
A software package installed on the CIFOR Home Page |
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EPMR |
External Programme and Management Review |
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EXCO |
Executive Committee |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy |
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FEM |
Forest Ecosystem Management |
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FLORES |
Forest Land Oriented Resource Envisioning System |
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FORDA |
Forestry Research and Development Agency, Bogor, Indonesia |
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FUNDAT |
Computer package for data management |
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FY |
Financial Year |
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PFAPRO |
Computer package for data management of site characteristics and vegetation structure |
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GCTE |
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem |
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GIS |
Geographic Information System |
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GOI |
Government of Indonesia |
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HRD |
Human Resource Development |
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HRM |
Human Resource Management |
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HR |
Human Resource |
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ICARDA |
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria |
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ICRISAT |
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India |
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ICER |
Internally Commissioned External Review |
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ICW |
International Centers Week |
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ICRAF |
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya |
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ICSU |
International Council of Scientific Unions, France |
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IDRC |
International Development Research Centre, Canada |
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IFF |
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests |
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IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (ICSU), Switzerland |
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IHDP |
International Human Dimensions Programme |
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IITA |
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria |
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IMPF |
Improved Management of Production Forests |
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IPF |
Inter-governmental Panel on Forests |
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IPG |
International public goods |
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IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Italy |
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IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute, The Philippines |
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ISNAR |
International Service to National Agricultural Research, The Netherlands |
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ISSC |
International Social Science Council |
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IUBS |
International Union of Biological Sciences, France |
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IUFRO |
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, Austria |
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IUMS |
International Union of Microbial Sciences |
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LUCC |
Land Use Cover Change |
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MAB |
Man and Biosphere |
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MG |
Management Group |
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MIS |
Management Information System |
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MTM |
Mid-Term Meeting |
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MTP |
Medium Term Plan |
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NARS |
National Agricultural Research System |
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NC |
Nominating Committee |
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NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
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NTFP |
Non-Timber Forest Product |
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NWFP |
Non-wood Forest Product |
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ORSTOM |
Institut français de recherche scientific pour le développement en cooperation, France |
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PC |
Programme Committee |
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PFA |
Plant Functional Attributes |
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PLANTGRO |
An expert system which uses notional relationships between performance and numerous environmental variables to predict performance of forest plantation on untested sites |
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POPGENE |
Software for genetic analysis |
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PROMAB |
Programa "Manejo sostenible de bosque tropical", Bolivia |
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RESCO |
Research Coordination Committee |
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PWB |
Programme of Work and Budget |
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RIL |
Reduced-impact logging |
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SACCAR |
Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research, Botswana |
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SADC |
Southern Africa Development Community, Malawi |
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SBSTTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice |
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SCOPE |
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, Switzerland |
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SGRP |
Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme |
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SMSF |
Small Scale Management of Secondary Forests |
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TAC |
Technical Advisory Committee |
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TROPIS |
Tree Growth and Permanent Plot Information System |
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UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
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UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
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WFC |
World Forestry Congress |
