AFOCEL Association Forêt-Cellulose (Association of Forest Cellulose - France) ASNW Ancient semi-natural woodland ASSI Area of Special Scientific Interest - the Northern Ireland equivalent of SSSI BBSRC Biological Sciences Research Council CCF Continuouse cover forestry CHABOS Committee of Heads of Agricultural and Biological Organisations Scotland CONFOR Confederation of Forest Industries DARDNI Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland Dbh Diameter at breast height DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government - formerly Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Defra Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEFS Department for Education and Skills DTI Department for Trade and Industry EARsel European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories ECS Energy Crop Scheme ECTF Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests ERDP England Rural Development Programme EFI European Forest Institute EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation EU European Union EUFORGEN European Forest Genetic Resource Programme EWIG English Woodland Industries Group FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation FASTCo Forest and Safety Training Company FC Forestry Commission FCA Forestry Contracting Association FE Forest Enterprise FERIC Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada FIMICI Forest Intensive Monitoring Co-ordination Institute FNETARF La Fédération nationale des entrepreneurs de travaux agricoles ruraux et forestiers (National Federation of Rural Agricultural Working Businessmen and Foresters - France) FNR Forest Nature Reserve FR Forest Research FRA Forest Resources Assessment FS Northern Ireland Forest Service - an agency of DARDNI FTA Forest and Timber Association - now amalgamated with CONFOR FWPS Farm Woodland Premium Scheme GIS Geographic Information System Ha Hectare (2.471 acres) HSE Health and Safety Executive ICF Institute of Chartered Foresters ICP International Co-operative Programme INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique IUFRO International Union of Forest Research Organisations KWF Kuratorium für Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik (Institution for Forest Operations & Forest Engineering - Germany) LiDAR Light detection and ranging LIS Low-impact silviculture NERC National Environment Research Council NGO Non-government organisation(s) NIWL National Institute for Working Life (Sweden) NIWT National Inventory of Woodland and Trees NNR National Nature Reserve NT National Trust NTS National Trust for Scotland NVC National Vegetation Classification ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - now Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ONS Office for National Statistics OSNW Other (not ancient) semi-natural woodland PAWS Plantation on an ancient woodland site QfF Qualifizierungsfonds Forstwirtschaft (Qualification Fund Forestry - Germany) RFS Royal Forestry Society RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds SAC Special Area of Conservation SECCP South East Climate Change Partnership SEERAD Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department SGGW Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (Warsaw Agricultural University) SkogForsk Norwegian Forest Research Institute SLU Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) SPA Special Protection Area SRC Short rotation coppice (e.g. willow or poplar) SSSI Site of special scientific interest (the equivalent designation in Northern Ireland is ASSI) TFRG Tropical Forest Resource Group UKFPA United Kingdom Forest Products Association UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UKWAS UK Woodland Assurance Standard WAG Welsh Government WGS Woodland Grant Scheme wrme Wood raw material equivalent