| AAC |
Annual allowable cut |
| AFR |
Annual forest royalties |
| APFC |
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission |
| BZ |
Buffer-zone |
| CBFM |
Community-Based Forest Management |
| CF |
Community forestry |
| CFM |
Community Forest Management |
| CFUG |
Community Forest User Group |
| CIAD |
Centre Internationale d’Appui an Developpement, Cameroon |
| CIFOR |
Center for International Forestry Research |
| CTF |
Communal Tree Farming |
| DARD |
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam) |
| DENR |
Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
| DFID |
Department for International Development (UK) |
| DGIS |
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate-General for International Cooperation |
| DoF |
Department of Forests |
| EC |
Executive Committee |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FECOFUN |
Federation of Community Forest User Group |
| FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
| GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit |
| GoN |
Government of Nepal |
| IIED |
International Institute of Environment and Development |
| ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organisation |
| IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
| MAI |
Mean annual increment |
| MARD |
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MFSC |
Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (Nepal) |
| MINEF |
Ministry of Environment and Forests (Cameroon) |
| MINFOF |
Ministry of the Environment and Forestry (Cameroon) |
| NACRMLP |
Nepal Australia Community Resource Management and Livelihood Project |
| NRs |
Nepalese Rupees |
| NTFP |
Non-timber forest product |
| NWFP |
Non-wood forest product |
| OBANKO |
Bankoho Community of Kongo |
| PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| RDDL |
Rural Development Project of Dak Lak |
| RECOFTC |
Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific |
| RGoB |
Royal Government of Bhutan |
| SDC |
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation |
| SDDL |
Centre for Support to Sustainable Development |
| SFE |
State Forest Enterprise |
| SFF |
Society of Filipino Foresters |
| SMFE |
Small and medium forest enterprise |
| SNV |
Netherlands Development Organisation |
| TCN |
Timber Corporation of Nepal |
| TFD |
The Forests Dialogue |
| TFT |
Tropical Forest Trust |
| VND |
Vietnam dong |
| WWF |
Worldwide Fund for Nature |
