AJI Activities Jointly Implemented
C Carbon
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CERs Certified Emission Reduction (units)
COP Conference of Parties
CT Conservation tillage
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GAEZ Global Agro-ecological Zones
GHG Green House Gases
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
JI Joint Implementation
KP Kyoto Protocol
LUCF Land Use Change and Forestry
M tons Million tons
NASA National Aeronautical Space Agency of the United States
ppmv parts per million by volume
SARD Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
SOC Soil Organic Carbon
UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNFCC United Nations Framework on Climate Change