Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Report on the
FAO/ITTO International Expert Meeting on Forest Fire Management
Rome, Italy, 7-9 March 2001

(IFFN No. 24 - April 2001, 78-98)


APPENDIX 1

List of Acronyms

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BALTEX Baltic Exercise on Fire Information and Resources Exchange
CCAD Central American Commission on Environment and Development
CIHEAM International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
COFO FAO Committee on Forestry
CPF Collaborative Partnership on Forests
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FRA Forest Resources Assessment (coordinated by FAO)
GFMC Global Fire Monitoring Center
IGAD Inter-Governmental Authority for Development
ILO International Labour Organization of the United Nations
INSARAG UN International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization
IUCN World Conservation Union
OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
SADC Southern Africa Development Community
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests
UNU United Nations University
WB World Bank
WHO World Health Organization
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature

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