A&D Alienable and Disposable

AA Attached Agency
AAC Annual Allowable Cut
AADCP ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Programme
AAE Approved Agency Estimate
AAECP ASEAN-Australia Economic Cooperation Programme
AAF ASEAN Automotive Federation
AAPSIP ASEAN-Australia Postharvest System Improvement Programme
ACCSM ASEAN Conference on Civil Service Matters
ACCSQ ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality
ACE ASEAN Center for Energy
ACECA ASEAN-Canada Economic Cooperation Agreement
ACEDAC ASEAN Center for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives
ACF ASEAN Cultural Fund
ACJCC ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee
ACM Adaptive Collaborative Management
ACTC ASEAN Center for Combating Transnational Crime
ACTS ASEAN Cargo Transport Study
ACTT ASEAN Communication Team for Tourism
ADAF Area Development Assistance Fund
ADB Asian Development Bank
ADCF ASEAN Development Cooperation Forum
ADCG ASEAN Datacom Coordinating Group
ADF Asian Development Fund

ACRONYMS 136
 ADMP Ancestral Domain Management Plan
ADP Agricultural Development Plan
ADPC ASEAN Agricultural Development Planning Centre
AEBF ASEAN Energy Business Forum
AEEAP ASEAN Environmental Education Action Plan
AEEMTRC ASEAN-EC Energy Management, Training and Research Centre
AEEMTRC ASEAN-EC Energy Management, Training and Research Center
AEGE ASEAN Experts Group on the Environment
AEIC ASEAN Earthquake Information Centre
AEM ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting
AEM ASEAN Economic Ministers
AEMC ASEAN –European Community Management Centre
AEMEC ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting on Energy Cooperation
AEMM ASEAN –EU Ministerial Meeting
AEP ASEAN Environmental Partnership
AERR ASEAN Emergency Rice Reserve
AEY ASEAN Environment Year
AFA Agroforestry Farm Assessment
AFAS ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services
AFEEC ASEAN Forum on Energy Efficiency and Conservation
AFF Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry
AFHB ASEAN Food Handling Bureau
AFMA Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act
AFMM ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting
AFOC ASEAN Forum on Coal
AFP Armed Forces of the Philippines
AFPA American Forest and Paper Association

ACRONYMS 137
 AFPIC ASEAN Forest Product Industry Club
AFSIS ASEAN Food Security Information System
AFSRB ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board
AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area
AGBM Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate
AGDB Authorized Government Depository Bank
AGE Allowable Government Estimate
AGR Animal Genetic Resources
AHIA ASEAN Heads of Investment Agencies
AHTN ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature
AIA ASEAN Investment Area
AIBC ASEAN-India Business Council
AIC ASEAN Insurance Commissioner
AICO ASEAN Industrial Cooperation
AIDA ASEAN-India Digital Archive Project
AIDAB Australian International Development Assistance Bureau
AIFM ASEAN Institute of Forest Management
AIJ Activities Implemented Jointly
AIJSCC ASEAN-India Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee
AIJV ASEAN industrial Joint Venture
AIR ASEAN Investment Report
AJCGM ASEAN-Japan Consultative Group Meeting
AJDF ASEAN-Japan Development Fund
ALCAMS Agroforestry Land Capability Mapping Scheme
ALGAS Asia Least-Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy
ALGU Allocations to Local Government Units
ALIA ASEAN Legal Information Authority

ACRONYMS 138
 ALMM ASEAN Labor Ministers Meeting
AMAF ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry
AMBDC ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation
AMCs ASEAN Member Countries
AMEICC AEM-MITI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee
AMEM ASEAN Ministers on Energy
AMG Alliance for Mutual Growth
AMM ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
AMME ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment
AMMH ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Haze
AMO The ASEAN Macroeconomic Outlook
AMRDPE ASEAN Ministers on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
AMRI ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information
AMWS Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary
ANDIN ASEAN National Disasters Information Network
ANEX ASEAN News Exchange
ANR Assisted Natural Regeneration
ANWRA ASEAN Network of Water Resources Agencies
ANZEC ASEAN-New Zealand Economic Cooperation Programme
ANZERTA ASEAN-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trading
Arrangement
ANZJMC ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Management Committee
AO Administrative Order
AO Assisting Organization
AP Assisting Professional
APAA ASEAN Port Authorities Association
APCD Air Pollution Control Devices

ACRONYMS 139
 APCTs ASEAN Promotional Chapters for Tourism
APDRTC ASEAN Poultry Disease Research and Training Center
APEA Alien Permit for Employment Application
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
APELL Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at the Local Level
APJSCC ASEAN-Pakistan Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee
APO Asian Productivity Organization
APRTC ASEAN Poultry Research and Training Center
APT Asset Privatization Trust
AR Autonomous Regions
ARC Agrarian Reform Communities
ARCBC ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation
ARD Associates in Rural Development
ARD Assistant Regional Director
ARDCMR ASEAN Regional Development Center for mineral Resources
ARED Assistant Regional Executive Director
ARF Agrarian Reform Fund
ARF ASEAN Regional Forum
ARMM Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
ARMNP Apo Reef Marine Natural Park
ARYDEC ASEAN Rural Youth Development Centre
ASC ASEAN Standing Committee
ASCH & N ASEAN Sub-Committee on Health and Nutrition
ASCLA ASEAN Sub-Committee on Labor Affairs
ASCOE ASEAN Sub-Committee on Education
ASCOPE ASEAN Control on Petroleum
ASCU ASEAN Surveillance Coordinating Unit

ACRONYMS 140
 ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEANTA ASEAN Tourism Association
ASEM ASEAN Europe Meeting
ASEP ASEAN Subregional Environment Programme
ASEP ASEAN Sub-regional Environmental Programme
ASF ASEAN Science Fund
ASFOM ASEAN Senior Finance Officials Meeting
ASITF ASEAN Shrimp Industry Task Force
ASMC ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center
ASMC ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Centre
ASNEM ASEAN Network for Environment Management
ASNEM ASEAN Network on Environmental Monitoring
ASNET-RESED ASEAN Network for Rapid Exchange for Strong Earthquake
Data
ASO Annual Security Outlook
ASOD ASEAN Senior Officials on Drugs
ASOEN ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment
ASOF ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry
ASP ASEAN Surveillance Process
ASP-5 ASEAN-UNDP Sub-Regional Programme Cycle Five
ASPEN ASEAN Strategic Plan of Action on the Environment
ASTNET ASEAN Science and Technology Information Network
ASTU ASEAN Surveillance Technical Support Unit
ASTW ASEAN Science and Technology Week
ASU Artificial Seagrass Units
ASW ASEAN Sub-Committee on Women
ASY ASEAN Sub-Committee on Youth

ACRONYMS 141
 ATAS Agroforestry Technology Assessment
ATC ASEAN Traffic Control
ATF ASEAN Tourism Forum
ATFOA ASEAN Task Force on AIDS
ATIC ASEAN Tourism Information Centre
ATM Automatic Teller Machine
ATM ASEAN Transport Ministers
ATO Air Transportation Office
ATRC ASEAN Telecommunication Regulators’ Council
ATS Amphetamine-Type Stimulants
ATTC ASEAN Timber Technology Centre
ATTEN ASEAN Tourism Training and Education Network
AUD Australian Dollar
AUN ASEAN University Network
AUN BOT ASEAN University Network Board of Trustee
AUNQUANET ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance Network
AusAid Australian Agency for International Development
AUSPAC Australian-PACIFIC Computer-Aided Design Project
AVDRC Asian Vegetable Development and Research Center
AVOC ASEAN Vegetables Oils Club
AWB Asian Wetlands Bureau
AWGASME ASEAN Working Group on ASEAN SEAS and Marine
Environment
AWGATE ASEAN Working Group on Agriculture and Training Extension
AWGCM ASEAN Working Group on Customs Matters
AWGCME ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment
AWGEE ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Economics

ACRONYMS 142
 AWGEIPAE ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Information, Public
Awareness and Education
AWGEM ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Management
AWGMEA ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral Environmental Agreement
AWGNC ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation
AWGNCB ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
AWGTM ASEAN Working Group on Tax Matters
AWGTP ASEAN Working Group on Transboundary Pollution
AWP Annual Work Plan
AWP ASEAN Women’s Programme
AWP Annual Work Plan
AWS Automatic Weather Station
AYDM ASEAN Youth Day Meeting
BA Bankers’ Acceptances
BAP Bankers Association of the Philippines
BAP Basketball Association of the Philippines
BAPEDAL Environmental Impact Management Agency of Indonesia
BARC Barangay Agrarian Reform Council
BAS Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
BAT Bureau of Air Transportation
BAT Best Available Technology
BAYWATS Laguna de Bay Water Balance Study
BBC Brand-to-Brand Complementation
BBS Bureau of Broadcast Services
BCDA Bases Conversion Development Authority
BCJ Builders-Carpentry and Joineries
BED Bureau of Energy Development

ACRONYMS 143
 BEF Belgian Franc
BESF Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing
BFA Bilateral Payment Arrangement
BFAR Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
BFD Bureau of Forest Development
BFOE Barrels of Fuel-Oil Equivalent
BGS British Geological Survey
BGZ Biogeographic Zone
BIMP-EAGA Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN
Growth Area
BIPP Bus Installment Purchase Program
BIR Bureau of Internal Revenue
BJMP Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
BLES Bureau of Labor and Employment Services
BLGD Bureau of Local Government Development
BLGF Bureau of Local Government Finance
BLT Build-Lease-Transfer
BMR Bangkok Metropolitan Region
BMS Biodiversity Monitoring system
BMT Billion Metric Tons
BOC Bureau of Customs
BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
BOD Board of Directors
BOI Board of Investment
BOL Build-Operate-Lease
BOP Balance of Payments
BOT Build-Operate-Transfer

ACRONYMS 144
 BOU British Ornithologists’ Union
BP Bills Payable
BPI Bank of the Philippine Islands
BPI Bureau of Plant Industry
BPLS Batanes Protected Landscapes and Seascapes
BPW Bureau of Public Works
BRW Bureau of Rural Workers
BSGC Budgetary Support to Government Corporations
BSP Central Bank of the Philippines
BSP Boy Scouts of the Philippines
BSWM Bureau of Soils and Water Management
BTO Build-Transfer-Operate
BTr Bureau of Treasury
BZ Biogeoraphic Zone
C&I Criteria and Indicators
CA Commonwealth Act
CA Commission on Appointments
CAC Command and Control
CAD Canadian Dollar
CADC Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim
CALABAR Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal
CALABARZON Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon
CALC Certificate of Ancestral Land Claim
CAN Canada
CAR Cordillera Administrative Region
CARL Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
CARP Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

ACRONYMS 145
 CATC Civil Aviation Training Center
CBA Cost–Benefit Analysis
CBA Collective Bargaining Agreement
CB-BOL Central Bank – Board of Liquidators
CBCR Community Based Contract Reforestation
CBD Central Business District
CBFM Community Based Forest Management
CBFMA Community Based Forest Management Agreement
CBFMIS Community-Based Forest Management information System
CBFMO Community Based Forest Management Office
CBFMS Community Based Forest Management Strategy
CBL Constitution and By-laws
CBP Central Bank of the Philippines
CBRM Community Based Resource Management
CBU Capital Build Up
CBU Completely Built-up Unit
CCCA Coordinating Committee on the Implementation of the CEPT for
AFTA
CCEC Coordinating Committee on Electric Commerce
CCES Certificate of Compliance to Emission Standards
CCF Christian Children Fund
CCFICS Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
CCFL Codex Committee on Food Labeling
CCFO Codex Committee on Fats and Oils
CCGP Codex Committee on General Principle
CCI Coordinating Committee on Investment
CCI Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ACRONYMS 146
 CCP Cultural Center of the Philippines
CCPAP Coordinating Council for the Philippines Assistance
CCPSP Coordinating Council for Private Sector Participation
CCS Coordinating Committee on Services
CD Community Development
CDA Cooperative Development Authority
CDA Community Development Assistant
CDC City Development Council
CDC Cash Disbursement Ceiling
CDC Clark Development Corporation
CDD Community Driven Development
CDF Countrywide Development Fund
CDIP Community Detailed Implementation Plan
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CDMP Comprehensive Development and Management Plan
CDO Community Development Officer
CDP Car Development Program
CDP Comprehensive Development Plan
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women
CEMCRR Certificate of Environmental Management and Community
CENRO Community Environment and Natural Resources Office
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CEPT Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme
CEPT Common Effective Preferential Tariff
CER Closer Economic Relations
CESB Career Executive Service Board

ACRONYMS 147
 CESO Career Executive Service Officer
CETDEM Centre for Environment, Technology and Development
CETEC Centre for Environmental Technologies
CFBP Consolidated Foreign Borrowings Program
CFC Chlorofluorocarbons
CFDP College Faculty Development Program
CFI Crocodile Farming Institute
CFLA Community Forest Lease Agreement
CFMA Community Forest Management Agreement
CFO Commission on Filipinos Overseas
CFP Community Forestry Program
CFR Crash-Fire-Rescue
CFSA Counterpart Fund Special Account
CFSA Community Forest Stewardship Agreement
CG Core Group
CH4 Methane
CHARM Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management Project
CHED Commission on Higher Education
CHF Swiss Franc
CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings
CIAP Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines
CIC Cenro Inspection Committee
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
CIDSS Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services
CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
CIP Capital Investment Program
CIS Communal Irrigation System

ACRONYMS 148
 CITES Convention on the International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CL Commodity Loan
CLAO Citizen’s Legal Assistance Office
CLM Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
CLOA Certificate of Land Ownership Award
CLRF Contingent Liability and Rehabilitation Fund
CLUCC City Land Use Coordinating Committee
CLUP Comprehensive Land Use Plan
CLUP Coastal Land Use Planning
CMDC Construction Manpower Development Center
CMP Community Mortgage Program
CMU Central Mindanao University
CO Capital Outlays
CO Community Organizing
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
COA Commission on Audit
COC Community Organizing Coordinator
COC Certificate of Conformity
COCC Committee on Compensatory Claim
COCI Committee on Culture and Information
COE Current Operating Expenditures
COE Certificate of Eligibility
COFAB Committee on Finance and Banking
COFAF Committee on Food and Agriculture
COIME Committee on Industry, Minerals and Energy
COO Chief Operating Officer

ACRONYMS 149
 COP Committee on Privatization
COP Conference of Parties
COR Cost of Remediation
COREMAP Coral Reefs Rehabilitation and Management Project
COSD Committee on Social Development
COST Committee on Science and Technology
COTT Committee on Trade and Tourism
CP Cleaner Production
CP Cleaner Production
CPDO City Planning Development Office
CPEU Center for People’s Empowerment in the Uplands
CPH Census of Population and Housing
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPIP Country Project Implementation Profile
CPMS Cooperative Programme on Marine Science
CPO Central Project Office
CPPA Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
CPRM Country Portfolio Review Mission
CQB Cost of Qualified Borrowings
CRC Convention on the Rights of Children
CRC Center for Research and Communications
CREF Contract Reforestation
CRMF Community Resource Management Framework
CRS Catholic Relief Services
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CSAN Civil Society Action Network
CSC Civil Service Commission

ACRONYMS 150
 CSC Certificate of Stewardship Contract
CSCAP Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
CSD Comprehensive Site Development
CSTFAL Community Special Task Force on Ancestral Lands
CSU Coordination and Support Unit
CTA Chief Technical Adviser
CTI Committee on Trade and Investment (APEC)
CTTCP Comprehensive Technology Transfer and Commercialization
Program
CVDP Communal Vehicle Development Program
CVRPO Central Visayas Regional Project Office
CZERMP Coastal Zone Environmental and Resources Management Project
CZM Coastal Zone Management
DA Department of Agriculture
DAI Development Alternatives, Inc.
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DAO Department Administrative Order
DAP Development Academy of the Philippines
DAR Department of Agrarian Reform
DBCC Development Budget Coordination Committee
DBH Diameter at Breast Height
DBM Department of Budget and Management
DBP Development Bank of the Philippines
DECS Department of Education, Culture and Sports
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DFL Dutch Florin
DFNSI Debt-for-Nature Swap Initiative

ACRONYMS 151
 DGG Data Gathering Guide
DILG Department of Interior and Local Government
DIP Detailed Implementation Plan
DIPs Detailed Implementation Plans
DK Danish Kroner
DKK Denmark Kroner
DM Deutsche Mark
DMC DENR Memorandum Circular
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DND Department of National Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOF Department of Finance
DOH Department of Health
DOJ Department of Justice
DOLE Department of Labor and Employment
DOST Department of Science and Technology
DOT Department of Tourism
DOTC Department of Transportation and Communications
DOTS Directly-Observed Treatment, Short Course
DPC Deviation of Population Capacity
DPWH Department of Public Works and Highways
DRF Debt Reduction Facility
DSM Demand Side Management
DSUD Decentralized Shelter and Urban Development
DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
EA Executive Agency

ACRONYMS 152
 EAB European Asian Bank
EAEC East Asia Economic Caucus
EAP Economically Active Population
EAVG East Asia Vision Group
EBA Endemic Bird Areas
EC Executive Committee
EC European Commission
ECA Environmentally Critical Area
ECAP ASEAN-EC Patents and Trademarks Programme
ECAS Environmentally Constrained Areas
ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate
ECCM Experts Committee on Customs Matters
ECE Economic Commission of Europe
ECGB Export Credit Guarantee Development
EC-IIP European Community International Investment Partner
ECIP European Community Investment Partner Scheme
ECO Economic Cooperation Organizations
ECU European Currency Union
ED Environmental Diamond
ED Eco-Destinations
EDB Ethylene Dibromide
EDC Export Development Corporation of Canada
EDC Ethylene Dichloride
EDP Executive Development Programme
EDP Environmentally-Adjusted Net Domestic Product
EE Environmental Education
EE Environmental Elasticity

ACRONYMS 153
 EE & C-SSN Energy Efficiency and Conservation Subsector Network
EEC European Economic Community
EEP European Endangered Species Breeding Program
EFF Extended Fund Facility
EGAT Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
EGF Environmental Guarantee Fund
EHLP Expanded Housing Lending Program
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIL Economic Integration Loan
EIP Environmental Improvement Project
EIPA European Institute of Public Administration Programme
EIRR Economic Internal Rate of Return
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
ELR Environmental Laboratory Recognition
ELTO English Language Training for Officials
EMB Environmental Management Bureau
EMF Environmental Monitoring Fund
EMG Environmental Monitoring Group
EMG Environmental Mobilization Group
EMPAS Environmental Management and Protected Areas Services
EMS Environmental Management System
EMS Environmental Management Specialist
EMTC Energy Management Training Courses
ENR Environment and Natural Resources
ENRC Environment and Natural Resources Council
ENRO Environment and Natural Resources Office
ENR-SECAL Environment and Natural Resources-Sectoral Adjustment Loan

ACRONYMS 154
 EO Executive Order
EOP End of Pipe
EP Enlisted Personnel
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Exploration Permit Application
EPEP Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program
EPI Expanded Program on Immunization
EPM Environmental Performance monitoring
EPM Environmental Planning and Management Project
EPO European Patent Office
EPZA Export Processing Zone Authority
EQD Environmental Quality Division
ER Environmental Roads
ERA Environmental Risk Assessment
ERAP Environmental Rest Area Park
ERB Energy Regulatory Board
ERDB Ecosystem Research and Development Bureau
ERDS Ecosystem Research and Development Service
ERF Environmental Revolving Fund
ERL Economic Recovery Loan
ESA European Space Authority
ESF Economic Support Fund
ESL Economic Sector Loan
ESSC Environmental Science for Social Change
EST Environmentally Sound Technology
ETF Environmental Trust Fund
ETT Environmental Technology Transfer

ACRONYMS 155
 EUFS Environmental Users Fee System
EV Export Value
EVAT Expanded Value-Added Tax
EVI Extreme Value Index
EVP Executive Vice President
EVSL Experts Group on Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization
EXIMBANK Export Import Bank
F/S, D/E Feasibility Study, Detailed Engineering
FAITH Food Always in the Home
FANS Future Air Navigation Systems
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO Forestry Administrative Order
FAP Forest Action Plan
FAP Film Academy of the Philippines
FAP Foreign Assisted Project
FAPSF Foreign-Assisted Projects Support Fund
FASPO Foreign-Assisted and Special Projects Office
FASTW Fourth ASEAN Science and Technology Week
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBS Forest Biological Science
FCDP Foreign Currency Deposit Program
FCO Forest Community Organizer
FCP Forest Conservation Program
FDC Forestry Development Center
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FDS Feasibility Design Stage
FFB Flood Forecasting Branch

ACRONYMS 156
 FGD Focused Group Discussion
FGRID Forest Genetic Resource Information Database
FIA Farm Inventory and assessment
FIES Family Income and Expenditure Survey
FIFSTA Federation of International Food Science and Technology
Associations
FIQC Fish Inspection and Quality Control
FIRR Financial Internal Rate of Return
FISFAPS Financial Information System for Foreign-Assisted
FLA Fishpond Lease Agreement
FLGLA Forest Land Grazing Lease Agreement
FLIS Friar Land Irrigation System
FLMA Forest Land Management Agreement
FLMP Forest Land Management Program
FLO Final Lifting Order
FLUP Forest Land Use Planning
FMB Forest Management Bureau
FMD Foot and Mouth Disease
FMDP Fisheries Management and Development Program
FMIS Forest Management Information System
FMS Foreign Military Sales
FMS Forest Management Service
FMS Forest Management Specialist
FNBC First National Bank of Chicago
FOA Forward Obligational Authority
FOB Freight on Board
FOE Friends of the Earth

ACRONYMS 157
 FP Farm Plan
FPA Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority
FPT Fish Product Technology
FRCD Forest Resources Conservation Division
FRDD Forest Resources development Division
FRF French Franc
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
FRI Forest Resource Inventory
FRM Forest Resource Management
FRN Floating Rate Note
FRSS Forest Resource Securitization Strategy
FSAL Financial Sector Adjustment Loan
FSC Forest Stewardship Council
FSDC Farm System Development Corporation
FSMP Fire Suppression Mobilization Plan
FSMS Forest Stock Monitoring System
FSP 1 Forestry Sector Program
FSP II Forestry Sector Project
FSRs Forest Sector Reviews
FV Farmer Volunteer
FX Foreign Exchange
FY Fiscal Year
G Grant
G Government Component
GAA General Appropriations Act
GAD Gender and Development
GAM Goal Achievement Matrix

ACRONYMS 158
 GAP Good Agricultural Practice
GAP Green Aid Plan
GASTPE Government Assistance for Students and Teachers in Private
Education
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GAW Global Atmosphere Watch
GBP Great Britain Pound
GCMCC Government Corporate Monitoring and Coordinating Committee
GCOS Global Climate Observing System
GDPS Global Data Processing System
GERD Government Expenditures on Research and Development
GESAMP Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine
Environmental Protection
GESCO General Scientific Company
GESMAP Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
GET Genetically Enhanced Trees
GFIs Government Financial Institutions
Gg Gigagrams
GIS Geographic Information System
GISPRI Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute (Japan)
Gj Gigajoules
GMOs Genetically Modified Organism
GMOs Genetically Manipulated Organisms
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
GMPS General Management Planning Strategy
GMS Greater Mekong Subregion

ACRONYMS 159
 GNP Gross National Product
GO3 OS Global Ozone Observing System
GOCC Government Owned and Controlled Corporation
GOF Government of Finland
GOOS Global Ocean Observing System
GOP Government of the Philippines
GP Green Productivity
GPEP Grains Productivity Enhancement Program
GPS Global Positioning System
GRAs Genetic Resource Areas
GRBS Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary
GRDP Gross Regional Domestic Product
GSD General Services Division
GSIS Government Service Insurance System
GSP General System of Reference
GTZ Gessellschaft fur Technische Zusammernarbeit
GWA Good Wood Protection Alliance
Gwh Gigawatt hour
GWH Gigawatt-Hour
HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
HAPUA Heads of ASEAN power Utilities/Authorities
HB House Bill
HC Household Cooperator
HCV Home Consumption Value
HDMF Home Development Mutual Fund
HEA Head Executive Assistant
HES Human and Ecological Security

ACRONYMS 160
 HH Household
HIGC Home Insurance and Guaranty Corporation
HK Hong Kong
HLURB Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
HMOs Health Maintenance Organizations
HONLEA Heads of National Drug Law enforcement Agencies
HPA Hanoi Plan of Action
HRDM Human Resource Development and Management
HRMS Human Resource Management Service
HS Harmonized System
HTTF Haze Technical Task Force
HUDCC Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
HYV High Yielding Variety
IA Implementing Agency
IAD Integrated Area Development
IAECC India-ASEAN Economic Cooperation Committee
IAOP Integrated Annual Operation Plan
IAPs Immediate Action Plans
IATEP Inter-ASEAN Technical Exchange Programme
IBAA Insular Bank of the Asia and America
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IBRS International Business Reply Services
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICC Investment Coordination Committee
ICC Indigenous Cultural Communities
ICETT International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer

ACRONYMS 161
 ICF International Commitments Fund
ICO Instituto Credito Official
ICPM International Committee on Phytosanitary Measures
ICTSD Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable
Development
IDA International Development Association
IDF International Development Fund
IDPAS Institutional Development for ASEAN Secretariat
IDRC International Development Research Center
IEA International Energy Agency
IEC Information, Education, Communication
IEE Initial Environmental Examination
IEMSD Integrated Environmental Management for Sustainable
Development
IEPC Industrial Efficiency and Pollution Control
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFBWW International Federation of Building and Wood Workers
IFC International Finance Corporation
IFD Individual Farm Development
IFF Intergovernmental Forum on Forest
IFI International Financing Institution
IFIs International Financial Institutions
IFL International Finance Limited
IFMA Industrial Forest Management Agreement
IFO Inventory of Forest Occupants
IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
IFP Industrial Forest Plantation

ACRONYMS 162
 IGBP International Geosphere and Biosphere Program
IGLF Investment Guarantee and Land Fund
IGP Income Generating Project
IHPA International Wood Products Association
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development
IILP Inter-Institutional Linkages Programme
ILO International Labor Organization
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMC Instructional Materials Council
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMO International Maritime Organization
IMT-GT Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle
IMT-GT Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle
INFRA Infrastructure
INSWMSF Integrated National Solid Waste Management System Framework
INTERFET International Force for East Timor
IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IOC International Olympic Commission
IP Indigenous Peoples
IPAP Integrated Protected Area Plan
IPAS Integrated Protected Area System
IPB Institute of Plant Breeding
IPC Institute for Philippine Culture
IPCC Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPD Information Preparation and Dissemination
IPR Intellectual Property Rights

ACRONYMS 163
 IRA Internal Revenue Allotment
IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IRUP Interim Resource Use Plan
ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
ISEAS Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISF Integrated Social Forestry
ISFP Integrated Social Forestry Program
ISIS Institute of Strategic and International Studies
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISO International Trade Secretariats
ISQAP Industrial Standards and Quality Assurance Programme (ASEAN- EC
Programme
ISS Information Systems and Services
ITL Italian Liar
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization
JACPP Japan-ASEAN Cooperation Promotion Programme
JAEP Japan-ASEAN Exchange Projects
JCC Joint Cooperation Committee
JCM Joint Consultative Meeting
JCOAL Japan Coal Energy Center
JCRF Joint Climate Research Fund
JCRF Joint Climate Research Fund
JETRO Japan External Trade Organization
JEXIM Japan Export Import Bank
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

ACRONYMS 164
 JMA Japan Meteorological Agency
JMC Joint Management Committee
JMO Joint Memorandum of Agreement
JPC-SC Joint Planning Committee to the Sub-Committee
JPMC Joint Planning and Monitoring Committee
JPMC Joint Programme Management Committee
JPRC Joint Planning and Review Committee
JPY Japanese Yen
JSTC Joint Scientific and Technical Committee
KB Commercial Bank
KCCAs Key Commercial Crops Areas
KD Kiln Dried
KDI Korea Development Institute
KFW Kreditanstalt Fur Widerfefton
KIET Korea Institute for industrial Economics
KLDAs Key Livestock Development Areas
KNTC Korean National Tourism Corporation
KOE Kilograms Oil Equivalent
KOTRA Korean Trade Promotion Corporation
KRA Key Result Area
KSA Knowledge, Skills and Attitude
KWD Kuwait Dinar
L Loan
LA Line Agency
LAMP Land Administration and Management Project
LBP Land Bank of the Philippines
LC Letters of Credit

ACRONYMS 165
 LC Land Classification
LCA Life Cycle Analysis
LCMS Log Control Monitoring System
LCR Living Cultural Resources
LCRP Living Coastal Resources Program
LDAP Local Development Assistance Program
LDC Local Development Council
LDC Livestock Diversity Conservation
LDIP Local Development Investment Program
LDP Local Development Plan
LDPC Local Development Planning Coordinator
LEEC London Environmental Economics Center
LEI Lembaga Eco-labeling Initiative
LEP Land Evaluation Party
LFC Local Finance Committee
LGA Local Government Academy
LGC Local Government Code
LGU Local Government Unit
LHDIP Land, Home Development and Improvement Projects
LIB Low Income Barangays
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
LIM Low Income Municipalities
LIUCP Low-Income Upland Communities Project
LKS Lesser Known Species
LLDA Laguna Lake Development Authority
LMB Land Management Bureau
LMO Land Management Officer

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 LMOs Living Modified Organisms
LMS Land Management Service
LMU Land Mapping Unit
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
LOI Letter of Instruction
LREP Land Resources Evaluation Project
LRMIS Land Records Management Information System
LRT Light Rail Transit
LRT Light Rapid Transit
LRV Light Rail Vehicle
LTCBJ Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan
LTFRB Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board
LTO-MVIS Land Transportation Office-Motor Vehicle Inspection Station
LTP Long Term Plan
LWUA Local Water Utilities Administration
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MAB Man and the Biosphere
MAI Multilateral Aid Initiative
MANCON Management Conference
MAO Municipal Agricultural Office
MAQI Mitre Air Quality Index
MARINA Maritime Industry Authority
MASL Meters Above Sea Level
MATB Management Aptitude Test Battery
M-ATM Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers
MB Monetary Board
MB Thousand Barrels

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 MBI Market Based Instruments
MBO Management by Objective
MC Memorandum Circular
MC Management Committee
MCD Municipal Coastal Database
MCM Multinational Cultural Mission
MCNP Mt. Canlaon Natural Park
MCSPF Military Camps Sale Proceeds Fund
MDC Municipal Development Council
MDF Municipal Development Fund
MDFO Municipal Development Fund Office
MDP Most Depressed Provinces
MDS Modified Disbursement Scheme
MEAP Marine Emergency Action Procedure
MEDC Mindanao Economic Development Council
MERALCO Manila Electric Company
MET Monitoring and Evaluation Team
MFA Multi Fibre Agreement
MFPC Multi-Sectoral Forest Protection Council
MFRD Marine Fisheries Research Department
mg/L Milligrams per liter
MGB Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau
MGBP National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines
MHTC Manufacturer’s Hanover Trust Company
MIS Management Information System
MIS Marketing Information System
MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry

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 MKRNP Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park
MLS Microwave Landing System
MLUCC Municipal Land Use Coordinating Committee
MMBFOE Million Barrels of Fuel-Oil Equivalent
MMBLS Million Barrels of Oil
MMC Metropolitan Manila Commission
MMDA Metro Manila Development Authority
MMINUTE Metro Manila Infrastructure, Utilities and Engineering
MMT Million Metric Tons
MMTC Metro Manila Transit Corporation
MMUTRAP Metro Manila Urban Transport Project
MNFGC Monitored Non-Financial Government Corporation
MO Memorandum Order
MOOE Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses
MPDO Municipal Planning Development Office
MPFD Master Plan for Forest Development
MPSA Mineral Production Sharing Agreement
MRAs Mutual Recognition Arrangements
MRLs Maximum Residue Limits
MRMS Mineral Rights Management System
MRP Moral Recovery Program
MRT Metro Trail Transport
MRT Mass Rapid Transit
MSI Marine Science Institute, UP Diliman
MST Manila South Toll way
MSU Mindanao State University
MT-NIT Multimodal Transport and New Information Technology

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 MTPDP Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan
MTPIP Medium-Term Philippine Investment Program
MU Ministerial Understanding
MU Mutual Understanding
MW Megawatt
MWSS Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
N2O Nitrous Oxide
NAB National Appellate Board
NACA Network of Aquaculture Associations
NAES National Agricultural Education System
NAFC National Agricultural and Fishery Council
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAIA Ninoy Aquino International Airport
NAMRIA National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
NAPOLCOM National Police Commission
NAPROS National Prosecution Services
NAPWNC Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center
NAST National Academy of Science and Technology
NAWASA National Waterworks and Sewerage Administration
NBRU National Biodiversity reference Unit
NBRUs National Biodiversity Reference Units
NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
NBU National Biodiversity Unit
NCA Notice of Cash Allocation
NCA National Cartographic Authority
NCAA Non-Cash Availment Authority
NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 NCC National Computer Center
NCM Normal Cubic Meter
NCPC National Cleaner Production Centre
NCR National Capital Region
NCRFW National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
NCSW National Council on Social Welfare
NDC National Development Company
NDC National Defense College
NDCC National Disaster Coordinating Council
NDMC National Disaster Management Center
NDP Net Domestic Product
NEA National Electrification Administration
NEC Non-essential Commodities
NECTEC National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
NEDA National Economic and Development Authority
NEDO New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
NEEAP National Environmental Education Action Plan
NEES National Environmental Education Strategy
NEP National Expenditure Program
NERIC National Environment Resource Information Centers
NFA National Food Authority
NFDO National Forestation Development Office
NFP National Forestation Program
NG National Government
NGA National Government Agency
NGO Non-government Organization
NGUT National Gas Utilization in Transport Programme

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 NHA National Housing Authority
NHAPs National Haze Action Plans
NHMFC National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation
NIA National Irrigation Administration
NIB News and Information Bureau
NICO NIPAS Coordinating Unit
NIDC National Investment Development Company
NIEs Newly Industrialized Economies
NIIs National Information Infrastructure
NIIT National Institute of Information Technology
NIPAS National of Integrated Protected areas System
NLC Negotiable Land Certificate
NLE North Luzon Expressway Extension
NLG Netherlands Guilder
NLSF National Livelihood Support Fund
NLT North Luzon Toll way
NLUA National Land Use Act
NLUC National Land Use Committee
NMP National Maritime Polytechnic
NMPC National Media Production Center
NMTT Navotas-Malabon-Tenejeros-Tullahan
NMYC National Manpower and Youth Council
NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide
NO3 Nitrates
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOL No Objection Letter
NOLCO Net Operating Loss Carry Over

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 NOx Nitrous Oxide
NPAAAD Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and Agro-Industrial
Development
NPAs Non-Performing Assets
NPC National Power Corporation
NPFP National Physical Framework Plan
NPGRL National plant Genetic Resources Laboratory
NPPSC National Program and Policy Steering Committee
NPV Net Present Value
NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council
NRMP Natural Resources Management Program
NRO NEDA Regional Office
NRSE New and Renewable Sources of Energy
NSCB National Statistical Coordination Board
NSIC National Seed Industry Council
NSMNP Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park
NSP National Shelter Program
NSP National Shelter Program
NSWD National Standard for Drinking Water
NTB Non-Tariff Barrier
NTFPs Nontimber Forest Products
NTO National Tourism Organizations
NTP National Telephone Project
NTRC National Tax Research Council
NWP Numerical Weather Prediction
NZ New Zealand
OAS Organization of American States

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 OCIA Organic Crop Improvement Association
OCO Other Capital Outlays
OCR Ordinary Capital Resources
ODA Official Development Assistance
ODA Overseas Development Administration
ODA Overseas Development Assistance
ODS Ozone Depleting Substances
OECC Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center
OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
OEO Other Executive Offices
OGAs Other Government Agencies
OGDF Old Growth Dipterocarp Forest
OIC Organization of Islamic Conference
OIDCI Orient Integrated Development Consultants, Inc.
OIE Organization Internationale des Epizootics
OJT On-the-Job Training
OMO Open Market Operations
OP Office of the President
OPCV The Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPS Office of the Press Secretary
OPSF Oil Price Stabilization Fund
ORAQI Oak Ridge Air Quality Index
OSCE Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe
OSEC Office of the Secretary
OSHNET ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network
OSPAR Oil Spell Preparedness and Response Project

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 OTS Organization for Tropical Studies
OUENRO Office of the Undersecretary for ENR Operations
OWWA Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
PA 21 Philippine Agenda 21
PAC Project Appraisal Committee
PAC Project Advisory Committee
PAF Philippine Air Force
PAFID Philippine Association for Intercultural Development
PAGASA Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration
PAGCOR Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation
PAL Philippine Airlines
PAMB Protected Areas Management Board
PAO Public Affairs Office
PAO Public Attorneys Office
PAO Provincial Agricultural Office
PAP Philippine Aid Plan
PAR Photosynthetic Active Radiation
PAR Philippine Area of Responsibility
PARC Presidential Agrarian Reform Council
PARD Pinatubo Assistance, Resettlement and Development
PASAR Philippine Associated Smelters and Refining Corporation
PAWB Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureaus
PAWD Protected Areas and Wildlife Division
Pb Lead
PBAC Pre-qualification, Bid and Award Committee
PBSP Philippine Business for Social Progress

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 PBSP Philippine Business for Social Progress
PCA Post Clearance Audit
PCA/PHILCOA Philippine Coconut Authority
PCAB Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board
PCARRD Philippine Council of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural
Resources Research Development
PCC Project Coordinating Committee
PCE Per Capita Expenditure
PCIB Philippine Commercial and Industrial Bank
PCIERD Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and
Development
PCL Priority Chemicals List
PCM Project Cycle Management
PCO Public Calling Office
PCP Pawikan Conservation Program
PCSD Philippine Council fort Sustainable Development
PCSDS Philippine Council for Sustainable Development Staff
PCSO Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office
PD Presidential Decree
PDC Provincial Development Council
PDD Project Design Document
PDIC Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation
PEA Public Estates Authority
PEBAP Primate Exporters and Breeders Association of the Philippines
PEM Policy Exchange Mechanism
PEVAC Pre-qualification, Evaluation and Award Committee
PFC Project Facilitation Authority

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 PFC Project Field Coordinator
PFDA Philippine Fisheries Development Authority
PFDA Private Forest Development Agreement
PFPP Philippine Family Planning Program
PG Patrol Gunboat
PGB Policy Governing Board
PGH Philippine General Hospital
pH Potential of Hydrogen, referring to alkalinity or acidity of solutions
PHES Potentially Harmful Exotic Species
PHI Philippines
PHILEX Philippine Exchange Company
Philguarantee Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation
PHILVOCS Philippine Volcanology and Seismology
PHIVIDEC Philippine Veterans Investment development Corporation
PHRDP Philippine Health Research and Development Project
PIA Philippine Information agency
PIADP Philippine Integrated Area Development Project
PIAPS Problem Identification, Analysis and Priorities Setting
PIDS Philippine Institute for Development Studies
PIEs People’s Industrial Enterprises
PITO Private Investment and Trade Opportunities
PIWP Policy Implementation and Work Programme
PJHL Philippine-Japan Highway Loan
PL Public Law
PLA Pasture Lease Agreement
PLANADES Planning and Development Research Foundation, Inc.
PLANTI Plant Quarantine and Training Institute

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 PLEBs People’s Law Enforcement Board
PLTL Private Land Timber License
PLUC Provincial Land Use Committee
PLUCC Provincial Land Use Coordinating Committee
PM Process Monitoring
PM10 Particulate Matter, 10 microns and below
PMC Post Ministerial Conferences
PMO Project Management Office
PMS Presidential Management Staff
PNB Philippine National Bank
PNCC Philippine National Construction Company
PNCC Philippine Network on Climate Change
PNICO Provincial NIPAS Coordinating Office
PNM Philippine National Museum
PNOC Philippine National Oil Corporation
PNP Philippine National Police
PNPP Philippine National Power Plant
PNR Philippine National Railways
PO People’s Organization
PO4 Phosphates
POATC Program of Action in Transportation and Communications
POES Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite
POF People Oriented Forestry
POPCOM Commission on Population
PPA Philippine Ports Authority
PPA Power Purchase Agreement
PPCP Philippine Packaging Council of the Philippines

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 PPDO Provincial Planning and Development Office
PPFP Provincial Physical Framework Plan
ppm Parts per million
PPMP Philippine Population Management Program
PPP Polluter Pays Principle
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
PPSF Petroleum Price Stabilization Fund
PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal
PRA Pest Risk Analysis
PRE Population, Resources, Environment
PRE Philippine, Resources and Environment
PREMIUMED Program for essential Municipal Infrastructure, Utilities
Maintenance and Engineering Development
PRESSEA Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources in Southeast Asia
PRIMES Project Impact Monitoring and Evaluation System
PROSEA Plant Resources on Southeast Asia
PRS Philippine Reference System
PRTR Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
PSBDC Philippine Strategy for Biological Diversity Conservation
PSC Project Steering Committee
PSC Philippine Sports Commission
PSI Philippine Standard Index
PSI Pollutant Standards Index
PSIC Philippine Standard for Industrial Classification
PSSD Philippine Strategy for Sustainable Development
PSTFAD Provincial Special task Force on Ancestral Domain
PTA Philippine Tourism Authority

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 PTTAF Policy Training and Technical Assistance Facility
PWED Public Works and Economic Development
PWG Philippine Working group
PWPA Philippine Wood Producers Association
QASAF Quality Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruits
QR Quantitative Restriction
QRF Quick Response Fund
RA Republic Act
RADP Regional Agricultural Plan
RAIC Regional Agro-Industrial Center
RAN Rainforest Action Network
RC Regional Coordinator
RCBC Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
RCDC Retooling and Curriculum Development Committee
RDC Regional Development Council
RECs Rural Electrification Cooperatives
REECs Resources, Environment, and Economics Consultants, Inc.
RENRO Regional Environment and Natural Resources Office
RIC Region Inspection Committee
RICH Rescue for Important Conservation Hotspots
RIIS River Integrated Irrigation System
RIS River Irrigation System
RLUC Regional Land Use Committee
RP Republic of the Philippines
RPFP Regional Physical Framework Plan
RPT Real Property Tax
RRA Rapid Rural Appraisal

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 RRDP Rainfed Resources Development Project
RRMP Regional Resources Management Program
RSF Review Support Fund
RSOG Regional Special Operations Group
RSPS Retrospective Seasonal Production Signature
RTD Regional Technical Director
RTDP Regional Telecommunications Development Project
RTWG Regional Technical Working Group
RUP Resource Use Plan
RUP Residential Use Permit
RWDC Rural Water Development Council
S%T Science and Technology
SAEI Southeast Asian Environment Initiative
SAF Society of American Foresters
SAL Structural Adjustment Loan
SALT Sloping Agricultural Land Technology
SALUP Sustainable Agricultural Land Use Planning
SAMSIs Small and Medium Scale Industries
SARO Special Allotment Release Order
SB Sangguniang Bayan
SB Senate Bill
SBNP Subic-Bataan Natural Park
SBTC Security Bank and Trust Company
SC Site Coordinator
SCB Sub-Committee on Biotechnology
SCF Special Cooperation Fund (ASEAN-ROK)
SCFST Sub-Committee on Food Science and Technology

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 SCIRD Sub-Committee on Science and Technology Infrastructure and
Resources Development
SCMG Sub-Committee on Meteorology and Geophysics
SCMIT Sub-Committee on Microelectronics and information Technology
SCMS Sub-Committee on Marine Science
SCMST Sub-Committee on Material s Science and Technology
SCNCER Sub-Committee on Non-Conventional Energy Research
SCO Special Concerns Office
SCS Scientific Certification Systems
SD Sustainable Development
SDC Social Development Committee
SDI Sustainable Development Indicators
SDI Selective Dissemination of Information
SDIs Sustainable Development Indicators
SDMS Sustainable Development Models and Systems
SDMSS Sustainable Development Models and Systems Subprogramme
SDR Special Drawing Right
SEANWFZ Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SEDP Secondary Education Development Program
SEM Single European Market
SEM Strategic Environmental Management
SEOM Senior Economic Officials Meeting
SF Special Fund
SFF Society of Filipino Foresters
SFLUP Sustainable Forest Land Use Planning
SFM Sustainable Forest Management

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 SFMS Supervising Forest Management Specialist
SFTs Social Forestry Technicians
SFV Structured Farm Visit
SGS Societe General de Surveillance
SHDLP Social Housing Development Loan Program
SHOPS Socialized Housing One-Stop Processing Center
SHS Swollen Head Syndrome
SIADP Sorsogon Integrated Area Development Project
SIBOR Singapore Interbank Official Rate
SICEN Seaweed and Invertebrate Information Center
SICONBREC Simian Conservation Breeding and Research Center
SIFMA Socialized Industrial Forest Management Agreement
SIWS Siargao Island Wildlife Sanctuary
SKA Sender-Keeper Arrangement
SL Sensitive List
SLE South Luzon Expressway Extension
SLEs Structured Learning Exercises
SLOA Supplementary Letters of Agreement
SLOM Senior Labour Officials Meeting
SLUP Sustainable Land Use Planning
SMART Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-Bounded
SME Small and Medium Enterprise
SME Small and Medium Enterprise
SMP Survey, Mapping and Planning
SO2 Sulphur Dioxide
SoE State of the Environment
SOE Statement of Expenditure

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 SoER State of the Environment Report
SOM Senior Officials Meeting
SOM-1 Senior Officials Meeting on Investment
SOME Senior Officials Meeting on Energy
SOMRDPE Senior Officials on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
SOMTI Senior Officials Meeting on Trade and Investment
SONA State of the Nation Address
SORD Statement of Releases and Disbursements
SP Sangguniang Panlalawigan
SP Sub-Project
SPA Seed Production Area
SPOT Systeme Probatoire Observation dela Terre
SPS Special Project for Scavengers
SRA Sugar Regulatory Administration
SRA Social Reform Agenda
SRDP Self-Reliant Defense Posture
SRFA Sub Regional Firefighting Arrangement
SRO Self-Reliant Organization
SS Strong Sustainability
SSN Society Safety Nets
SSS Social Security System
STOM Senior Transport Officials Meeting
SUBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
SUC State Universities and Colleges
SUCs State Universities and Colleges
SWC Soil and Water Conservation
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

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 TA Technical Assistance
TAC Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
TACs Toxic Air Contaminants
TAGP Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline Project
TAPP Technical Assistance on Physical Planning
TB/TG Team Building/Group Building
TC Total Cost
TCDC Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries
TCP Tropical Cyclone Programme
TEAM Traffic Engineering and Management
TEL Temporary Exclusion List
TEMIC The Telecommunications Executive Management Canada
TESDA Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
TEV Traveling Expense Voucher
TFAP Tropical Forestry Action Program
TFR Total Fertility Rate
TIA Technology Impact assessment
TIMNP Turtle Island Marine Natural Park
TIPP Trade and Investment Promotion Programme
TISI The Thai industrial Standards Institute
TLA Timber License Agreement
TLRC Technology and Livelihood Resource Center
TMRDC Typhoon Moderation Research and Development Council
TNA Training Needs Assessment
TOG Total Organic Gases
TOP Technology of Participation
TOR Terms of Reference

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 TP Target Participant
TPAS Technology Promotion and Assistance Services
TPD Tons Per Day
TPH Target Participant Household
TPM Total Productivity Management
TPRM Trade Policy Review Mechanism
TPSA Timber Production Sharing Agreement
TQM Total Quality Management
TQMC Total Quality Management Control
TRF Tropical Rainforest
TRIC Transparency and Internal Control
TRIMs Trade-Related Investment Measures
TRIPs Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRIPS Trade Related Issues on Property Rights
TROPMED Tropical Medicine and Public Health
TSI Timber Stand Improvement
TSL Two Step Loan
TTD Technology Transfer Division
TUP Technological University of the Philippines
TURF Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries
TVEP Technical and Vocational Education Project
TWG Technical Working Group
TWG Technical Working Group
TWINSPAN Two Indicator Species Analysis
UAAP Universities Athletic Association of the Philippines
UCRMP Upland Community Resource Management Plan
UDHA Urban Development Housing Act

ACRONYMS 186
 UDHA Urban Development and Housing Act
UDP Upland Development Program
UDPWG Upland Development Program Working Program
UHLP Unified Home Lending Program
UHLP Unified Home Lending Program
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNCHS United Nations Center for Human Settlements
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCSD United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDCP United Nations International Drug Control Programme
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UPLB University of the Philippines Los Baños
UPLBCFNR UP Los Banos College of Forestry and Natural Resources
UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
UPS University of the Philippines System
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USD United States Dollar
USM University of Southern Mindanao
UVs Utility Vehicles
VAT Value Added Tax
VAY Visit ASEAN Millennium Year

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 VC Video Conferencing
VE Verifying Evidence
VISCA Visayas State College of Agriculture
VLT Very Large Telescope
VMO Vision, Mission, Objective
VOS Voluntary Offer to Sell
VOS Voluntary Observing Ship
WAFS World Area Forecast System
WARP Woodworkers Alliance for Rainforest Protection
WB World Bank
WB Weather Branch
WCAIA Working Committee on ASEAN Investment Area
WCMC World Conservation Monitoring Center
WCPS World Cleaner Production Society (Norway)
WCT WIPO Copyright Treaties
WEC West-East Corridor
WFP Work and Financial Plan
WFP World Food Program
WG Working Group
WGASME The Working on ASEAN Seas and Marine Environment
WGEE The Working Group on Environmental Economics
WGEM The Working Group on Environment Management
WGIPC Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation
WGL Working Group on Livestock
WGLTE Working Group on Legal and Technical Experts
WGNC The Working Group on Nature Conservation
WGTP The Working Group on Transboundary Pollution

ACRONYMS 188
 WHEC Weather Health-Endurance Cutter
WHO World Health Organization
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WOD Workers’ Organization and Development
WON Wealth of Nations
WPPT WPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty
WS Weak Sustainability
WSO World Safety Organization
WTO World Trade Organization
WWF World Wild Fund for Nature
WWW World Weather Watch
WWW World Wide Web
Y2K Year Two Thousand
ZERI Zero Emission Research Initiative
ZO Zoning Ordinance
ZOPAD Zone of Peace and Development
ZOPFAN Zone of Peace Freedom and Neutrality

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