ADB African Development Bank
APCU Afforestation Programme co-ordination unit
CBOs Community Based Organisations
CCP Country Capacity Project
CTA Chief Technical Advisor
DBH Diameter at Breast Height
DFID Department for International Development
ECN Energy Commission of Nigeria
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMP Environmental Management Programme
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FDA Federal Department of Agriculture
FDF Federal Department of Forestry.
FDP Forestry Development Programme
FEAP Family Economic Advancement Programme
FEC Federal Executive Council
FEPA Federal Environmental Protection Agency
FIS Forest Information System
FGN Federal Government of Nigeria
FHI Forest Herbarium Ibadan
FLD Federal Livestock Department
FMANR Federal Ministry of Agriculture and National Resources
FME Federal Ministry of Environment
FORMECU Forestry Management Evaluation and Coordinating Unit
FRIN Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
FRS Forestry Resources Study
FTF Forestry Trust Fund
GCE General Certificate of Education
GEF Global Environment Facility
GIS Geographic Information System
HND Higher National Diploma
ICR Implementation Completion Report
IDA International Development Agencies
IDIs In- Depth- Interviews
IITA International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
IPM Integrated Pest Management
LGAs Local Government Areas
LUPAG Land Use Planning Agency
LUV Land Use and Vegetation
MAI Mean Annual Increment
MEMP Micro-watershed and Environmental Management Programme
NAERLS National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services
NALDA Nigeria Agricultural Land Development Authority
NAP National Afforestation Programme
NCE National Certificate of Education
NCE National Council on Environmental
NCU National Coordinating Unit (of the NFAP)
NCF Nigerian Conservation Foundation
NEST Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team
NFAP National Forestry Action Programme
NFDC National Forestry Development Committee
NFP National Forestry Programmes
NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations
NISER National Institute for Social and Economic Research
NTC Nigerian Tobacco Company
NTFPs Non-Timber Forest Products
ODA Overseas Development Administration
OND Ordinary National Diploma
OTV Out-Turn Volume
PEP Poverty Eradication Programme
PFRMP Participatory Forest Reserve Management Programme
PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal
RCU Regional Co-ordinating Unit
RS Remote Sensing
SAP Structural Adjustment Programme
SCU State Co-ordinating Unit
SFDs State Forestry Departments
TFAP Tropical Forests Action Programme
TOR Terms of Reference
TTC Teacher Training Certificate
TSS Tropical Shelter wood System
UAES Unified Agricultural Extension System
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
WASC West African School Certificate
WIA Women In Agriculture
WRI World Resource Institute
