not reports

Abbreviations and acronyms

Z

 

 

0

Data nil or not significant

AESZ

Hungarian State Forest Service

C

Carbon

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CDM

Clean Development Mechanism

CEC

Cation Exchange Capacity

CED

Centre for Environment and Development

CEEC

Central and Eastern European Countries

CEPF

Confederation of European Forest Owners (Confédération Européenne des Propriétaires Forestiers)

CEPI

European Confederation of Paper Industries

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CITES

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

CLC

CORINE Land Cover

CO2

Carbon dioxide

COM

European Commission

COP

Conference of Parties

CORINE

Coordinated Information on the European Environment

CSD

UN Commission on Sustainable Development

EC

European Commission

ECE

Economic Commission for Europe

EEA

European Environmental Agency

EfE

Environment for Europe

EFI

European Forest Institute

EFFIS

European Forest Fire Information System

EFSOS

European Forest Sector Outlook Study

EHS

Ecologische Hoofdstructuur (National Ecological Network)

ELM

Expert Level Meetings. In MCPFE:

Attended by representatives of the European states and the European Community (MCPFE signatories) as well as by observers from non-European countries, international organisations and NGOs in the fields of research, forest industry and environment. The MCPFE signatories have the mandate to take decisions regarding the implementation of commitments made by the ministers at previous Ministerial Conferences and the preparation of forthcoming ones.

EMEP

International Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe

EQ

Wood equivalents

EU

European Union

EUFORGEN

European Forest Genetic Resources Programme

EUROSTAT

Statistical Office of the European Communities

EUSTAFOR

European State Forest Association

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAOSTAT

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Statistics Department

FAWS

Forest area available for wood supply

FCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

FMU

Forest management unit

FOWL

Forest and other wooded land

FRA

Forest Resource Assessment

FSC

Forest Stewardship Council

FTE

Full-time equivalent

GCC

General Coordinating Committee of the MCPFE

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GIS

Geographic Information System

H1

Helsinki Resolution 1 (MCPFE in Helsinki 1993)

ha

Hectare

ICP Forests

International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests

IDP

International data provider

IEA

International Energy Agency

IFF

Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

ILO

International Labour Organization

INBO

Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (Research Institute for Nature and Forest)

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPF

Intergovernmental Panel on Forests

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

INIBAP

International Network for Improvement of Banana and Plantain

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities

ITTA

International Tropical Timber Agreement

IUCN

The World Conservation Union

IUFRO

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations

JRC

European Commission – Joint Research Centre

JWEE

Joint Wood Energy Enquiry

L1

Lisbon Resolution 2 (MCPFE in Lisbon 1998)

LBA

Legal Binding Agreement

LUW

MCPFE Liaison Unit Warsaw

MCPFE

Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe

METLA

Finnish Forest Research Institute

METSO

Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland

NACE

Nomenclature générale des activités économiques dans les communautés Européennes (General industrial classification of economic activities within the European communities)

NAI

Net annual increment

NFC

National Forest Centre

NFI

National forest inventory

NFP

National forest programme

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NWFP

Non-wood forest product

NWGS

Non-wood goods and services

NUTS

Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques (The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics)

OWL

Other wooded land

Pcs

Pieces

PEBLDS

Pan European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy

PEFC

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes

pH

Logarithmic measure of hydrogen ion concentration

POLGD

Pan European Operational Level Guidelines

REFORGEN

FAO global information system on forest genetic resources

SFM

Sustainable Forest Management

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

TBFRA

Temperate and Boreal Forest Resources Assessment

Tg

Tera gram (Tg = 1012 g)

UNCBD

UN Convention on Biological Diversity

UNCCD

United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP

The United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFF

United Nations Forum on Forests

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

VILMAT

Programme for Developing Recreation and Nature Travel

yr

Year

ZUL

Private Forest Services Organizations in Poland

 

 

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