Terms and abbreviations
BAU |
business as usual |
BPS |
Badan Pusat Statistik (Central Bureau of Statistics, Indonesia) |
(t)C |
(tons of) carbon |
CAR |
Cadastro Ambiental Rural (Rural Environmental Registry, Brazil) |
CCBA |
Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance |
CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
CFM |
community forest management |
CIFOR |
Center for International Forestry Research |
CIFOR-GCS |
CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study on REDD+ |
(t)CO2 |
(tons of) carbon dioxide |
(t)CO2e |
(tons of) carbon dioxide equivalent |
COP |
Conference of the Parties |
ERC |
ecosystem restoration concession (Indonesia) |
FPIC |
free, prior and informed consent |
FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GHG |
greenhouse gas |
ha |
hectare |
IBAMA |
Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) |
ICDP |
integrated conservation and development project |
INCRA |
Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (National Institute of Colonization and Land Reform, Brazil) |
ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organization |
LIPI |
Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (Indonesian Institute of Science) |
masl |
meters above sea level |
MoFor |
Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia) |
MRV |
measurement, reporting and verification |
NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
NTFP |
non-timber forest product |
PDD |
project design document |
PES |
payment for environmental (or ecosystem) services |
PFM |
participatory forest management |
PNPM |
Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (National Program for Community Empowerment, Indonesia) |
REDD+ |
reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and enhancing forest carbon stocks |
REL |
reference emission level |
RNE |
Royal Norwegian Embassy (Tanzania) |
SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice |
SEMA |
Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente (State Environmental Secretariat, Brazil) |
TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
VCS |
Verified Carbon Standard (formerly known as Voluntary Carbon Standard) |
WWF |
World Wildlife Fund/World Wide Fund for Nature |
Note: all currencies are referred to using ISO4217:2008 currency codes.