ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AAC Annual Allowable Cut

ACA Annual Cutting Area
A&D Alienable and Disposable
ADB Asian Development Bank
ADMP Ancestral Domain Management Plan
ALR Annual Log Requirement
AO Administrative Order
AOP Annual Operations Plan
APFC Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission
APP Alternate Panel Products
ARC Annual Related Capacity
ARMM Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
ASEC Assistant Secretary
AusAID Australian Agency for International Development
AWP Annual Work Plan
BFD Bureau of Forest Development
BOI Bureau of Investment
BPS Bureau of Product Standards
CADC Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim
CADT Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title
CALC Certificate of Ancestral Land Claim
CALT Certificate of Ancestral Land Title
CAR Cordillera Administrative Region
CARL Comprehensive Agrarian Reforms Law
CARP Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CBFM Community-Based Forest Management
CBM Community-Based Management
CBFMA Community-Based Forest Management Agreement
CBFMO Community-Based Forest Management Office
CBFMS Community-Based Forest Management Strategy
CBFMSA Community-Based Forest Management Special Account
CBFRM Community-Based Forest Resource Management
CBRMP Community Based Resource Management Project
CBO Community-Based Organisation
CCFS Certificate of Community Forest Stewardship
CDA Co-operative Development Authority
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CDMP Comprehensive Development and Management Plan
CENRO Community Environment and Natural Resources Office/Officer(DENR)
CEP Coastal Environmental Program
CFMA Community Forestry Management Agreement
CFNR College of Forestry and Natural Resources
CFP Community Forestry Program
CI Conservation International, an NGO
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
C&I Criteria and Indicators
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CLO Certificate of Lumber Origin
CLOA Certificates of Land Ownership Award
CLUP Comprehensive Land Use Plan
CMMO Coastal and Marine Management Office
CO Community Organization (also Certificate of Origin)
COA Commission on Audit
CRM Coastal Resources Management
CRMF Community Resource Management Framework
CS Certificate of Stewardship
CSC Certificate of Stewardship Contract
CSD Comprehensive Site Development
cu m cubic meter/s
cum/ha cubic meter/s per hectare
CY Calendar Year
DA Department of Agriculture
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DAO Department (DENR) Administrative Order
DAR Department of Agrarian Reform
dbh diameter at breast height
DBM Department of Budget and Management
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DILG Department of Interior and Local Government
DOST Department of Science and Technology
DRC Daily Rated Capacity
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
EC European Commission
ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate
EcoGov Eco-Governance Programme; A Good Governance initiative in the ENR
Sectors
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMB Environmental Management Bureau
ENFOR Environment Forestry Program
ENR Environment and Natural Resources
ENR-SECAL Environment and Natural Resources Sectoral Adjustment Loan
ENRO Environment and Natural Resources Office
EO Executive Order
EU European Union
ERDB Ecosystem Research and Development Bureau
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FASPO Foreign Assisted and Special Programs Office
FASPs Foreign Assisted and Special Projects.
FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change.
FDC Forest Development Center
FLMA Forest Land Management Agreement
FINNIDA Finnish International Development Agency
FLGLA Forest Land Grazing Lease Agreement
FLGMA Forestland Grazing Management Agreement
FLMA Forest Land Management Agreement
FLMP Forest Land Management Program
FLUP Forest Land Use Plan
FMB Forest Management Bureau
FMP Forestry Master Plan
FMU Forest Management Unit
FMS Financial Management System
FOB Free on Board
FOM Forest Occupancy Management
FPC Forest Planning Centre
FPIC Free and Prior Informed Consent
FPRDI Forest Products Research and Development Institute
FRA Forest Resources Assessment
FRA-NCO Forest Resources Assessment – National Coordinating Office
FSL Forestry Sectoral Loan
FSP Forestry Sector Project
GAA General Appropriations Act
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEF Global Environment Facility
GIS Geographic Information System
GNP Gross National Product
GPS Global Positioning System
GRBS Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuaries
GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation
ha hectare
HQ Head Quarters
HRD Human Resource Development
IAOP Integrated Annual Operations Plan
IC International Consultant
ICC Indegeneous Cultural Communities
IEC Information, Education and Communication or Information and Education
Campaign
IEE Initial Environmental Examination
IFF Inter-governmental Forum on Forests
IFMA Industrial Forest Management Agreement
IFP Industrial Forest Plantation
IP Indigenous People
IPA Integrated Protected Area
IPAS Integrated Protected Area System
IPF Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
IPRA Indigenous People’s Rights Act
IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations
ISF Integrated Social Forestry
ISFP Integrated Social Forestry Program
ITP Industrial Tree Plantation
ITPLA Industrial Tree Plantation Lease Agreement
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization
JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation
KfW Kreditanstait fur Wiederaufbau (German Development Bank)
LAMP Land Administration and Management Program
LGC Local Government Code (RA 7160)
LGU Local Government Unit
LIUCP Low-Income Upland Community Program
LMB Land Management Bureau
LOI Presidential Letter of Instruction
MADECOR Mandala Agricultural Development Corporation
MBI Market Based Instrument
MC Memorandum Circular
MENRO Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office
MFPC Multi-sectoral Forest Protection Committees
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MIS Management Information System
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MPFD Master Plan for Forestry Development
MSA Mangrove Stewardship Agreement
MTPDP Medium Term Philippine Development Plan
MWRMC Municipal Watershed Resources Management Committees
NA Not available
NAMRIA National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
NCIP National Council of Indigenous People
NCSB National Statistical Coordination Board
NEDA National Economic and Development Authority
NFP National Forest Programme/ National Forestation Programme
NFRI National Forest Resource Inventory
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NIPAS National Integrated Protected Area System
NLUC National Land Use Code
NPC National Project Co-ordinator
NPD National Project Director
NPFG National Forestry Planning Group
NR Natural Resources
NRM Natural Resources Management
NRMP Natural Resources Management Program
NSO National Statistics Office
OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan
ODA Official Development Assistance
OMFPL Ordinary Minor Forest Product Licence
PA Protected Area
PACBRMAS Protected Area Community-Based Resource Management Agreement
PAMB Protected Areas Management Board
PAWB Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau of DENR
PCR Project Completion Report
PCARRD Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research
and Development
PCC Project Co-ordinating Committee
PCSD Palawan Council for Sustainable Development
PCSD Philippine Council for Sustainable Development
PD Presidential Decree
PDED Project Development and Evaluation Division
PEENRA Philippine Environment Economic and Natural Resources Accounting
System
PENRO Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office/Officer
PFA Public Forest Administration
PFDA Private Forest Development Agreement
PFP Philippine Forest Policy
PFPD Private Forest Plantation Development
Php Philippine Peso Currency
PICOP Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines
PLA Pulpwood License Agreement
PLA Pasture Lease Agreement
PLTP Private Lands Tree Plantation
PLTL Private Land Timber Licence
PO Peoples’ Organization
POF People Oriented Forestry
POFM People Oriented Forest Management
POFP People Oriented Forestry Program
PPSO Planning and Policy Studies Office
ProFEM Programme for Forest Ecosystem Management
PSCM Preliminary Soil Cover Map
PWPA Philippine Wood Producers Association
RA Republic Act
RCC Rattan Cutting Contract
R&D Research and Development
RDP Regional Development Plan
RED Regional Executive Director
RENRO Regional Environment and Natural Resources Office/r
RIL Reduced Impact Logging
RTD Regional Technical Director
RUP Resource Use Permit
SDU Sustainable Development Unit
SEARCA SEAMEO Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
SECAL Sectoral Adjustment Loan
SFF Society of Filipino Foresters
SFM Sustainable Forest Management
SFMA Sustainable Forest Management Act
SFMS Sustainable Forest Management Systems
SIFMA Socialized Industrial Forest Management Agreement
SIFMP Socialized Industrial Forest Management Program
SO Special Order
SPLTP Special Private Land Timber Permit
SPOT Swedish Space Corporation (Systeme Pour l’Observation de la Terre)
SPPD Special Programme for Project Development
STCP Special Timber Cutting Permit
STL Special Timber Licence
SUSTEC Sustainable Ecosystems International Corporation – A Consultancy
Organization
TAP Transparency, Accountability and Participatory Decision Making
TFCA Tropical Forest Conservation Act of USA
TFLA Tree Farm Lease Agreement
TLA Timber Licence Agreement
TNC Transnational Corporation
TOR Terms of Reference
TPLA Timber Production Lease Agreement
TPSA Timber Production Sharing Agreement
TOR Terms of Reference
TREES, Inc. Tropical Resources for Environment and Economic Systems, Incorporated
TSI Timber Stand Improvement
UN United Nations
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UN-FCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests
UP University of the Philippines.
UPLB University of the Philippines at Los Banos.
US-AID United States Agency for International Development.
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USEC Undersecretary
US$ United States Dollar
VFA Village Forestry Association (of the Republic of Korea)
VAT Value Added Tax
WA Wildlife Areas
WB World Bank
WCED World Commission on Environment and Development
WCFSD World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development
WEM Watershed and Ecosystem Management
WIDA Wood Industry Development Authority
WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development
WTO World Trade Organisation
WEM Watershed and Ecosystem Management
WFP Work and Financial Plan
WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development
YEAL Years Elasped After Logging