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