ABBREVIATIONS
ADB - Asian Development Bank
ADT - Airdry Metric Tonne
BARC - Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
BARI - Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute
BBS - Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
BCIC - Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation
BCISR - Bangladesh Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
BFD - Bangladesh Forest Department
BFIDC - Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation
BFRI - Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
BSCIC - Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation
CCF - Chief Conservator Forests
CF - Conservator Forests
CHT - Chittagong Hill Tracts
CIF - Cartage, Insurance and Freight
DFO - Divisional Forest Officer
DOA - Department of Agriculture
EIA - Environment Impact Assessment
EIRR - Economic Interval Rate of Return
ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission Asia Pacific
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FDTC - Forest Development and Training Centre
FEC - Foreign Exchange Component
FYP - Five Year Plan
FIRR - Financial Interval Rate of Return
FMP - Forestry Master Plan
FOI - Free on Board
FY - Financial Year
GOB - Government of Bangladesh
Ha - Hectare
IFCU - Institute of Forestry, Chittagong University
IRR - Internal Rate of Return
Kg - Kilogram
KHM - Khulna Hardboard Mill
Km - Kilometre
Km2 - Square Kilometre
KNM - Khulna Newsprint Mill
KPM - Karnafuli Paper Mill
KRC - Karnafuli Rayon Complex
Kw - Kilowatt
M - Metre
M2 - Square Metre
MAI - Mean Annual Increment
Max - Maximum
Min - Minimum
MM - Millimetre
MOEF - Ministry of Environment and Forest
NBPM - North Bengal Paper Mill
NGO - Non Government Organization
No. - Number
NPV - Net Present Value
PDB - Power Development Board
REB - Rural Electrification Board
RF - Reserve Forest
SPH - Stems Per Hectare
SPPM - Sylhet Pulp and Paper Mill
Tk - Taka
UNCED - UN Conference on Environment and Development
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
USF - Unclassed State Forest
VAT - Value Added Tax
4WHD - 4 Wheel Drive
TERMS
Char - Land formation on rive bank on sea coast
Jhum - Shifting cultivation
Khas - Land administered by the Bangladesh Revenue Department
Khetland - Low lying private land
Taungya - Forest plantation establishment technique employing local people to raise their agricultural crops in association with tree plantations.
CONVERSION FACTORS
US$1 - Tk 38.9
Tk - U$ 0.0257
1 m3 - 35.3147 cubic feet (27.7 cft Hoppus)
1 cft (H) - 1.2732 cubic feet true
1 cft(t) - one cubic food true solid volume
1 km - 0.621 miles
1 ha - 2.471 acres
1 litre - 0.220 imperial gallons
tonne - 1,000 kilograms
