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AFD
Agence française de développement (ex-CFD) / French
government development agency
ATIBT
Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux / timber
trade association
BMZ
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
/ German government development agency
CED
Centre pour l'Environnement et Développement / NGO in Cameroon
CEFDHAC
Conference on the Dense and Humid Forest Ecosystems of Central Africa
- an African ministerial level initiative to facilitate co-operation
for the conservation and sustainable use of the forests in the region
CFA Fr
African Financial Community franc, widely used unit of currency in
region, including Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville),
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Linked to the value of the French Franc
(FF). (CFA Fr 100 to FF 1; Exchange rate used in this report: CFA Fr
769.32 to US$ 1)
CIAJE
Comité Inter-Associations de Jeunesse pour l'Environnement
/ NGO in Gabon
CIEFE
Centre International d'Etudes Forestières et Environnementales
/ NGO in Cameroon
CIFOR
Centre for International Forestry Research
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
DEG
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH / part of
BMZ, it invests in private development projects
DFID
Department for International Development / UK government development
agency
ECOFAC
The regional programme of the European Union for the conservation
and rational use of forest ecosystems in Central Africa
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FOB
Free On Board, used in timber pricing
FSC
Forest Stewardship Council / independent accreditation organisation
for timber certification
G7
Group of seven major industrialised countries: Canada; France; Germany;
Italy; Japan; UK and USA.
GDP
Gross Domestic Product - the total output from all the resources located
in a country, wherever the owners of the resources live.
GNP
Gross National Product - the total output from resources owned by
the residents of a country, wherever these resources are located. GNP
equals GDP plus net property income from abroad.
GTZ
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit / technical
arm of the German Development Agency
HIPC
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries / debt relief initiative of the World
Bank and IMF
IMF
International Monetary Fund
ITTO
International Tropical Timber Organization
IUCN
World Conservation Union (International Union for the Conservation
of Nature) / An international environmental NGO
NGO
Non-governmental organisation
NTFP
Non-timber forest product
Pygmy
An academic term that refers to the many different groups of forest
hunter-gatherers living in, and on their margins, of the central African
forests. It is considered offensive by many, but is increasingly being
used by 'Pygmy' activists in recognition of the shared problems they
face. Having the merit of being generally understood, the term is used
in this report to refer to these hunter gatherer peoples of the region,
who often find themselves marginalized and discriminated against when
forests are developed.
SGS
Société Générale de Surveillance / Swiss-based
private monitoring company
UDEAC
Central African customs and economic union
UFA
A forest management unit, usually known as a concession
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature / An international environmental NGO
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