ADB African Development Bank
AFD Agence Française de Développement (Mali)
AGEFORE Aménagement pour la Gestion de la Forêt et de l’Environnement (Mali)
BCM Billion Cubic Metres
BEAGGES Bureau d’Experts pour l’Auto-Gouvernance et la Gestion de l’Environnement au Sahel
BOAD Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement
CARE Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.
CBOs Community-Based Organizations
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CENESTA Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (Iran)
CES Conservation des Eaux et du Sol (Tunisia)
CFPF Centre de Formation pour les Pratiques Forestières (Mali)
CIFOR Centre for International Forestry Research
CILSS Comité Inter-États de Lutte Contre la Sécheresse au Sahel
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CM Council of Ministers (Oman)
CNDD Commission Nationale de Développement Durable (Tunisia)
CPF Collaborative Partnership on Forests
CPR Council of Peoples’ Representatives (Ethiopia)
CPS Cellule de Planification et de Statistiques (Mali)
CRIAA Centre for Research Information Action in Africa
CSE Centre de Suivi Ecologique (Senegal)
DAPP Directorate of Agricultural Policy Planning (Namibia)
DED Agence de Coopération Allemande pour le Développement
DoF Directorate of Forestry (Namibia)
DGF Direction Générale de Forêts (Tunisia)
DGAAWF Directorate General of Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Fisheries (Oman)
DNCN Direction Nationale de la Conservation de la Nature (Mali)
DRFN Desert Research Foundation of Namibia
DRR Department of Rangeland Resources (Oman)
DT Dinar Tunisien
EARO Ethiopian Agriculture Research Organization
EC/EU European Community/European Union
ENGREF Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts
ETB Ethiopian Birr (local currency)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FC Forestry Code
FCFA Franc de la Communauté Financière Africaine (Mali)
FNPP FAO/Netherlands Partnership Programme
FRA Forest Resources Assessment
FRO Forest and Range Organization (Islamic Républic of Iran)
FSC Forest Stewardship Council
FU Forage Units
GDAW General Directorate of Animal Wealth (Oman)
GDEA General Directorate of Environmental Affairs (Oman)
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDS Germany Development Services
GEF Global Environment Facility
GIE Groupement d’Intérêt Economique (Mali)
GM Global Mechanism
GTZ Deutsche Gesellshaft dür Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for Technical Cooperation)
IBCR Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research (Ethiopia)
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IER Institut d’Economie Rurale
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFF Intergovernmental Forum on Forests
IGO Inter-Governmental Organization
ILO International Labour Organization
INAT Institut National d’Agronomie de Tunisie
INCD International Convention to Combat Desertification
INRGREF Institut National de Recherches en Génie Rural, Eaux et Forêts (Tunisia)
IPF Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
IPR Institut Polytechnique Rural (Mali)
ISPT Institut Sylvo-Pastoral de Tabanka (Tunisia)
ITCZ Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (Ethiopia)
IUCN The World Conservation Union
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
LFCC Low Forest Cover Country
MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Oman)
MDR Ministère du Développement Rural (Mali)
MEAT Ministry of Environment and Territorial Management (Tunisia)
MET Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Namibia)
MOA Ministry of Agriculture (Ethiopia)
MRME Ministry of Regional Municipality and Environment (Oman)
MRMEWR Ministry of Regional Municipality, Environment and Water Resources (Oman)
MT Metric Tons
MWR Ministry of Water Resources (Oman)
NAPCD National Action Plan to Combat Desertification (Oman and Namibia)
NFPA National Forest Protection Areas (Ethiopia)
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NWFP Non-Wood Forest Product
NP National Programme
ODYSEPANO Sylvo-Pastoral Development Office for the North West (Tunisia)
OPDI Pilot Areas in Integrated Development
PAM Programme Alimentaire Mondial
PAMOS Programme d’Appui à la Mise en Oeuvre du Schéma Directeur de Développement Rural (Mali)
PDF Projet de Développement Forestier (Tunisia)
PGRN Programme de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles (Mali)
PIRL Projet inventaire des ressources ligneuses et occupation agricole des terres au Mali
RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands
REF Régie d’Exploitation Forestière (Tunisia)
RIFR Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands (Iran)
RRD Rangeland Resources Department (Oman)
SADC Southern Africa Development Community
SERNES Service d’Experts des Ressources Naturelles du Sahel
SFCDD State Forest Conservation and Development Department (Ethiopia)
SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
SME Small and Medium Enterprises
SOS SOS Childrens Orphanage Villages
STP/CIGQE Secretariat Technique Permanent du Cadre Institutionnel de Gestion des Questions Environmentales (Mali)
TOFs Trees Outside Forests
TOR Terms of Reference
TOR Technical Office of Rangelands (Iran)
TP Tehran Process
UEMOA Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine
UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
UNCCD United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO United Nations Economic and Social Commission
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests
UNICEF United Nations Childrens Fund
UNSO Office to Combat Desertification and Drought
UPUFG Urban and Peri Urban Forests and Green Spaces
USA United States of America
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USD United States Dollars
UTF Unilateral Trust Funds
WEHAB Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity of the World Summit on Sustainable Development
WETLANDS Wetlands International
