Glossary

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AFOLU: Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses

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CAR: Central African Republic
CBFP: Congo Basin Forest Partnership
COMIFAC: The Central African Forest Commission
COP: Conference of Parties
COTS: commercial off-the-shelf

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DEMs: Digital Elevation Models

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EC: European Commission
ECCAS: Economic Community of Central African States
EO: Earth Observation
ESA: European Space Agency

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FCPF: The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

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GAF: GAF AG
GEF: Global Environment Facility
GHG: Greenhouse gas
GIS: Geographic Information Systems
GMES: Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security
GOFC-GOLD: Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics
GPG: Good Practice Guidance
GSE FM: GMES Service Element on Forest Monitoring
GTZ: German Technical Corporation

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IGOs: Intergovernmental organizations
IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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KfW: German Development Bank
KP: Kyoto Protocol

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MINAGRI: Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources
MINEP: Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection
MINFOF: Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife
MRV: Measurement, Reporting, Verification

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NDFI: Normalised Difference Fraction Index
NGOs: Non-governmental organizations

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REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
REDDAF: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Africa

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SBSTA: Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
SMA: Spectral Mixture Analysis

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UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change