ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

5MHRP

Five Million Hectare Reforestation Programme (Vietnam)

AAC

annual allowable cut

ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

ADB

Asian Development Bank

APAFRI

Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ATSC

Australian Tree Seed Centre

AusAID

Australian Agency for International Development

BAP

Biodiversity Action Plan

BAPPEDA

Provincial Planning Agency (Indonesia)

BAPPENAS

National Planning Board (Indonesia)

BE

Buddhist Era

BGO

Botanic Garden Organization of Thailand

BIOTEC

National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Thailand)

C&I

criteria and indicators

CATIE

Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre)

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CCD

Convention to Combat Desertification

CFDTC

Central Forestry Development Training Centre (Myanmar)

CFSC

Central Forest Seed Company (Vietnam)

CGRFA

FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

CIFOR

Centre for International Forestry Research

CIRAD-Forêt

Département Forestier du Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Forestry Department, Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development)

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

COFO

FAO Committee on Forestry

COGREDA

Consultative Group for Research and Development of Acacia

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

CSIRO FFP

CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products

CTIA

Cambodian Timber Industry Association

CTSP

Cambodia Tree Seed Project

DANCED

Danish Cooperation for Environment and Development

Danida

Danish International Development Agency

DAO

DENR Administrative Order (Philippines) dbh diameter at breast height (= 1.3m)

DENR

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)

DEQP

Department of Environmental Quality Promotion (Thailand)

DFSC

Danida Forest Seed Centre

DFW

Department of Forestry and Wildlife (Cambodia)

DZGD

Dry Zone Greening Department (Myanmar)

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

ERDB

Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (Philippines)

EUFORGEN

European Forest Genetic Resources Programme

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations vi

F/FRED

Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development Project

FGR

forest genetic resources

FGRID

Forest Genetic Resources Information Database

FINNIDA

Finnish International Development Agency

FIO

Forest Industry Organization (Thailand)

FIPI

Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (Vietnam)

FLMA

Forest Land Management Agreement (Philippines)

FMB

Forest Management Bureau (Philippines)

f.o.b.

free on board

FORGENMAP

Forest Genetic Resources Conservation and Management Programme

FORGRiS

Forest Genetic Resources Information System

FORRU

Forest Restoration Research Unit (Thailand)

FORSPA

Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific

FORTIP

Regional Forest Tree Improvement Project

FRA

Forest Resources Assessment

FRI

Forest Research Institute (Myanmar)

FRIM

Forest Research Institute Malaysia

FSIV

Forest Science Institute of Vietnam

FSTCU

SADC Forestry Sector Technical Coordination Unit

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDP

gross domestic product

GMO

genetically modified organism

GNP

gross national product

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for Technical Cooperation)

GxE

genotype by environment ha hectare

ICIMOD

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

ICRAF

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry

ICRTS

International Centre for Research and Training on Seabuckthorn

IFMA

Industrial Forest Management Agreement (Philippines)

INBAR

International Network on Bamboo and Rattan

IOF

Institute of Forestry (Myanmar)

IPAF

Integrated Protected Areas Fund (Philippines)

IPAS

Integrated Protected Area System (Philippines)

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

IPR

intellectual property rights

ITSP

Indochina Tree Seed Programme

ITTO

International Tropical Timber Organization

IU

International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources

IUCN

World Conservation Union

IUFRO

International Union of Forest Research Organizations

JFM

Joint Forest Management

JICA

Japanese International Cooperation Agency

km²

square kilometre

LEUCANET

International Network on Leucaena Research and Development

LIPI

Indonesian Science Institute

LUS

lesser-used species m³ cubic metre

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Cambodia)

MARD

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam) vii

MBG

Makiling Botanic Gardens (Philippines)

MGFPMPP

Malaysian-German Forest Planting Material Procurement Programme

MOAC

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand)

MOF

Ministry of Forestry (Vietnam)

MOSTE

Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Thailand & Vietnam)

MRC

Mekong River Commission

MSS

Myanmar Selection System

MTA

Material Transfer Agreement (Australia)

MTC

Malaysian Timber Council

MTE

Myanmar Timber Enterprise

MTIB

Malaysian Timber Industry Board

MUS

Malayan Uniform System

n.a.

not available

NAFRI

National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (Lao PDR)

NBCA

National Biodiversity Conservation Area (Lao PDR)

NBSAP

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for the Philippines

NESDP

National Economic and Social Development Plan (Thailand)

NFC

National Forestry Council (Malaysia)

NFP

National Forest Programme [also National Forest Plan] National Forestation Programme (Philippines)

NGO

non-governmental organization

NIPAS

Law National Integrated Protected Area Systems Law (Philippines)

NLC

National Land Council (Malaysia)

NSTDA

National Science and Technology Development Agency (Thailand)

NWFP

non-wood forest product

OAE

Office of Agricultural Economics (Thailand)

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OEPP

Office of Environmental Policy and Planning (Thailand)

PA

Protected Area

PCD

Pollution Control Department (Thailand)

PFE

permanent forest estate

PIF&TSP

Pacific Islands Forests and Trees Support Programme

PNG

Papua New Guinea

PRA

Participatory Rural Appraisal

PROSEFOR

Proyecto de Semillas Forestales (Forest Seed Project, CATIE)

PSBD

Philippine Strategy for the Conservation of Biological Diversity

PSD

Planning and Statistics Department (Myanmar)

PSSD

Philippine Strategy for Sustainable Development

QFRI

Queensland Forestry Research Institute

rai

unit of area equal to 0.16ha (Thailand)

RCFTI

Research Centre for Forest Tree Improvement (Vietnam)

RFD

Royal Forest Department (Thailand)

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SAFORGEN

Sub-Saharan Forest Genetic Resources Programme

SEAMEO

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization

SEARCA

SEAMEO Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture

SMS

Selective Management System (Malaysia)

SPA

seed production area

SPC

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

SPDC

IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries viii

SPREP

South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

SPRIG

South Pacific Regional Initiative on Forest Genetic Resources

STAND 2000

Science and Technology Agenda for National Development (Philippines)

TEAKNET

Teak Network for Asia and the Pacific

TFAP

Tropical Forest Action Plan

TFSMP

Thai Forestry Sector Master Plan

TISC

Tree Improvement and Silviculture Component, Natural Resources Management Sector Assistance Programme (Nepal)

TLA

Timber Licence Agreement (Philippines)

TPA

totally protected area

TPC

Thai Plywood Company Ltd

TREES

Training Centre for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (Philippines)

TRIPS

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UN

United Nations

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UPLB

University of the Philippines, Los Baños

UPOV

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VJR

Virgin Jungle Reserve (Malaysia)

WCMC

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WRI

World Resources Ins titute

WTO

World Trade Organization

WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature