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AARS

Asian Association on Remote Sensing

ESEEarth Science Enterprise – (NASA)

ABD

Aboveground Biomass Density

ESRI

AGO

Australian Greenhouse Gas OfficeEnvironmental Systems ResearchInstitute

ANPP

Aboveground net primary
productivity (g/m2/year)

ETM+

Enhanced Thematic Mapper PlusEU

European Union

ASAR

Advanced Synthetic Aperture RadarFAO

FAO Statistical Database

ASB

Alternatives to slash and burn

FAOSTATAve.

Average

Food and Agriculture StatisticalDatabase

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution
RadiometerFFForest land remaining forest land

FIA

Forest Inventory and Analysis

BEF

Biomass Expansion Factor

FRA

Forest Resource Assessment

BNPP

Belowground net primary
productivity (g/m2/year)

GBC

Green building challenge

GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

C stock

Carbon stock

GG

Grassland remaining grassland

CC

Crop land remaining cropland

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

C&I

Criteria and Indicators

GIS

Geographic Information System

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

GLCF

Global Land Cover Facility

CDM

Clean Development Mechanism

GPG

Good Practice GuidanceCI

Confidence Interval

GPG2000

CIFOR

Centre for International Forestry
Research

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CLCCORINE Land Cover

GPP

Gross Primary Production

COP

Conference of the Parties

GPS

Global Positioning System

CORINE

Cordination de l’Information surl’Environnement

GTOS

Global Terrestrial Observing System

GWP

Global Warming Potential

CRP

Conservation Reserve Programme

HACHigh activity clay

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific andIndustrial Research Organisation

HT

Total heightCT

Conventional till

ICOD

International Commission on Large
Dams

CTIC

Conservation Technology
Information Center

ICP

International CooperativeProgramme

D

Wood density

ID

Identificationd.m.

Dry matter

IGBP

DAAC

Distributed Active Archive Centre

International Geosphere-Biosphere
Programme

dbh

Diameter at Breast Height

IHDP

DOC

Dead Organic Carbon

International Human Dimensions
Programme

DOM

Dead Organic Matter

IM

Integrated Monitoring

EFEmission factor

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
ChangeEIT

Economies in Transition

IRW

Industrial Roundwood

EMEP

Co-operative Programme for
Monitoring and Evaluation of theLong-Range Transmissions of Air
Pollutants in Europe

ISCGM

International Steering Committee for
Global Mapping

JI

Joint Implementation

LAC

Low activity clay

ES

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LAI

Leaf Area Index

LC

Lands converted to cropland

LCDB

Land-use /Cover Database

LF

Lands converted to forest land

LG

Lands converted to grassland

LHF

Litter-Humus-Fermented (Soil Layers)

LIDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

LO

Lands converted to other land

LS

Lands converted to settlements

LVIS

Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor

LW

Lands converted to wetlands

M&M

Measuring and Monitoring

MA

Marrakesh Accords

MAT

Mean annual temperature

Max.

Maximum

MDD

Minimum Detectable Difference

Min.

Minimummin.

minuteMOP

Meeting of the Parties

MSS

Multispectral Scannern.s.

Not significant

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space
Administration

NZLCDBNew Zealand Land-use /CoverDatabase

OFP

Other Fibre Pulp

ONC

Operational Navigational Chart

OO

Other land remaining other land

ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PDF

Probability Density Function

PEFC

Pan European Forest Certification

PET

Potential evapotranspiration

PI

Partial Inventory

PWC

Perennial woody crops

QA

Quality Assurance

QC

Quality Control

R/S

Root-to-shoot ratio

RBD

Root biomass density

RFP

Recovered Fibre Pulp

RGP

Rangelands, Grasslands, Pastures

RP

Recovered Paper

RS

Remote Sensing

S

Sulphur

SAR

Synthetic Aperture RadarSD

Standard deviation

SFM

Sustainable Forest Management

NBP

Net Biome Production

SOM

Soil Organic Matter

NC

Non-carbon

SOC

Soil Organic Carbon

NCAS

National Carbon Accounting System

SPOT

n.d.

Not determined

Système Probatoire d’Observation dela Terre

NDVI

Normalised Difference Vegetation
Index

SSSettlements remaining settlements

TNPP

Total net primary productivity(g/m2/year)

TOR

Terms of Reference

UNECE

United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe

UNCED

United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development

NEE

Net Ecosystem Exchange

NEP

Net Ecosystem Production

NF

Non-FederalNGOs

Non-government Organizations

NINational Inventory

NMHC

Non-methane hydrocarbons

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

NPI

National Peatland Inventory

NPP

UNEP-GRID United Nations Environment
Programme – Global Resource
Information Database
UNFCCC

United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change

Net Primary Production

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation
ServiceUSDA

United States Department ofAgriculture

NRI

National Resources Inventory

USGS

United States Geologic Survey

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UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

VOCs

Volatile organic compounds

WCD

World Commission on Dams

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WRBWorld Reference Base

WP

Wood pulp

WSO

Wetlands, Settlements, and Other land

WW

Wetlands remaining wetlands

yrYear

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