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| 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 Niņo-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) |