| ug |
micrograms |
| AEGE |
ASEAN Expert Group on Environment |
| alang-alang |
coarse grass (Imperata cylindrica) |
| ANU |
Australian National University |
| ASC |
ASEAN Standing Commiffee |
| ASEAN |
Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| ASEP |
ASEAN Environment Programme |
| ASOEN |
ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment |
| BOD |
Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| BP |
Before Present |
| BPH |
brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stall) |
| CALC |
Certificate of Ancestral Land Claims (Philippines) |
| CCCO |
Committee for Climate Changes and the Ocean |
| CFC |
chlorofluorocarbon |
| CFMA |
Community Forestry Management Agreement (Philippines) |
| CH4 |
methane |
| CO |
carbon monoxide |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| COARE |
Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment |
| COBSEA |
Coordinating Body of South East Asian Seas |
| COST |
European Cooperation in Scientific and Technical Research |
| damar |
resin |
| dBA |
adjusted decibels |
| dbh |
diameter at breast height |
| DENR |
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines) |
| DOE |
Department of Environment (Malaysia) |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ENSO |
El Niño-Southern Oscillation |
| EQA |
Environmental Quality Act (Malaysia) |
| ESCAP |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations) |
| FELDA |
Federal Land Development Authority (Malaysia) |
| FLMA |
Forest Lease Management Agreement (Philippines) |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GCM |
General Circulation Model |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GESAMP |
Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution |
| GISS |
Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
| GLOSS |
Global Sea Level Observing System |
| GNP |
gross national product |
| GOI |
Government of Indonesia |
| HDGEC |
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme |
| HPHH |
Hak Pemungutan Hasil Hutan; right to collect forest products |
| hukum adat |
customary law |
| HYV |
high-yielding variety (of rice) |
| IAEA |
Intemational Atomic Energy Agency |
| IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
| IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IIASA |
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| INRA |
Institute of Natural Resources in Africa |
| IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanography Commission |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
| IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
| ISF |
Integrated Social Forestry Program (Philippines) |
| ITCZ |
Intertropical Convergence Zone |
| ITTC |
International Tropical Timber Council |
| ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organization |
| IUCN |
International Union on Conservation of Nature |
| kerangas |
heath forest |
| KUD |
Koperasi Unit Desa; Village Unit Co-operative |
| LDC |
less developed country |
| Ll |
large-scale industry ( 100 persons or more) |
| LIPI |
Lembaga llmu Pengetahuan Indonesia; Indonesian Institute of Science |
| MAB |
Man and the Biosphere |
| MDC |
mature developed country |
| Ml |
medium-scale industry (50-99 persons) |
| NAPPFP |
National Air Pollution Potential Forecasting Program |
| NDP |
net domestic product |
| NDP |
New Development Plan (Malaysia) |
| NEP |
New Economic Policy (Malaysia) |
| NFP |
National Forestation Program (Philippines) |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
| Nl |
net income |
| NIC |
newly industrializing country |
| NIE |
newly industrializing economy |
| NO |
nitrogen oxide |
| NO2 |
nitrogen dioxide |
| NOx |
nitrous oxides |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PAN |
peroxyacl nitrates |
| PFE |
Permanent Forest Estate (Malaysia) |
| ppmv |
parts per million by volume |
| RePPProT |
Regional Physical Planning Project for Transmigration |
| R&D |
Research and development |
| RFD |
Royal Forest Department (Thailand) |
| ROD |
Regional Ocean Dynamics |
| roppong |
rafts used as floating fishing devices in the Mandar area of South Sulawesi |
| ROSTSEA |
Regional Office for Science and Technology in South-East Asia |
| sawah |
irrigated land/field normally used for rice |
| Sl |
small-scale industry (1049 persons) |
| SOI |
Southern Oscillation Index |
| SO2 |
sulphur dioxide |
| SOx |
sulphuric oxides |
| SPM |
suspended particulate matter |
| SST |
sea surface temperature |
| TF-AD |
Ancestral Land Delineation Task Forces (Philippines) |
| TOGA |
Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere |
| UEWG |
Urban Ecosystem Working Group |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Fund for Population Activities |
| UNU |
United Nations University |
| UV-B |
Ultraviolet-B |
| WESTPAC |
Subcommission of the Western Pacific |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| WRI |
World Resources Institute |
| WWF |
Worldwide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund) |
