| AARD |
Agency for Agricultural Research and Development, Indonesia |
| ABES |
Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences |
| ABOA |
Australian Bibliography On Agriculture |
| ACD |
Applied Communication Division |
| ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australia |
| AFC-Asia Pacific |
Electronic Compendium for Forestry in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| AFTSC |
ASEAN Forest Tree Seed Centre, Thailand |
| AGLINET |
Agricultural Libraries Information Network |
| AGREP |
Agricultural Research Projects in the European Communities, permanent
inventory database (CEC), Belgium |
| AGRICOLA |
Agricultural On-Line Abstracts (database compiled by NAL), Bethesda,
Marylan, USA |
| AGRIN |
Input preparation program for AGRIS |
| AGRINDEX |
Printed version of AGRIS |
| AGRIS |
Agricultural Research Information Service (FAO) |
| AGROVOC |
Thesaurus for use with AGRIS |
| AIC |
Agricultural Information Centre |
| AIFM |
ASEAN Institute of Forest Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| AJ&K |
Azad, Jammu and Kashmir |
| ALO |
Agricultural Liaison Officers |
| APAFRI |
Asia-Pacific Association of Forestry Research Organisations, Bangkok,
Thailan |
| APAN |
Asia Pacific Agroforestry Network, Indonesia |
| APINMAP |
Asian Pacific Information Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
| APU |
AGRIS processing unit |
| ARDIN |
Agriculture and Rural Development Information Network |
| ARMIS |
Agriculture Research Management Information System |
| ARRIP |
Australian Rural Research In Progress |
| ARRTIS |
Agriculture and Natural Resources Regional Technology Information Syste |
| ASDIS |
Automated Selective Dissemination of Information Service |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BARC |
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council |
| BCSIR |
The Bangladesh Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| BFRI |
Bangladesh Forest Research Institute |
| BHD |
Diameter at breast height |
| BIOSIS |
Biological Sciences Information System, USA |
| BNH |
The Bangladesh National Herbarium |
| BBS |
Electronic bulletin board system |
| BSU |
Benguet State University, Philippines |
| BU |
Bicol University, Philippines |
| CABI |
Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International |
| CALREC |
Center for Agricultural Library and Research Communication, Bogor,
Indonesi |
| CARIN |
Input preparation program for CARIS |
| CARIS |
Current Agricultural Research Information System |
| CARPlus |
Updated input software program for CARIS |
| CAS |
Current Awareness Services |
| CD |
Compact disks |
| C |
-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory |
| CDIS |
CD-ROM Based Information Service |
| CD |
/ISIS Database management software developed by UNESCO. |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington DC,
USA |
| CIARL |
Compact International Agricultural Research Library |
| CIESIN |
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network, USA |
| CIFOR |
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia |
| CMU |
Central Mindanao University, Philippines |
| CRIS |
Current Research Information System |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia |
| CSSAC |
Camarines Sur State Agricultural College |
| CSTL |
Central Scientific and Technical Library in Hanoi |
| CTA |
Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale (Technical Centre for
Agricultural and Rural Co-operation) |
| CUFAN |
An electronic bulletin board system |
| Current Contents |
Bibliographic of database for agriculture, biology and environment |
| DENR |
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines |
| DF |
Discussion Forum |
| DIALOG |
On line host (Palo Alto, California, USA) |
| DMMMSU |
Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University |
| DOST |
Department of Science and Technology |
| DSI |
Directorate of Scientific Information |
| ERDB |
Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Philippines |
| ERIN |
Environmental Resources Information Network |
| ETFRN |
European Tropical Forestry Research Network |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FD |
Forest Department |
| FDB |
Factual Database |
| FGRI |
Forest Genetics Research Institute |
| FORNESSA |
Forestry Research Network for Sub-Saharan Africa |
| FORSPA |
Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific |
| FOSTIC |
Forest Science and Technique Information Centre |
| FPRDI |
Forest Products Research and Development Institute |
| FRI |
Forestry Research Institute |
| FRIM |
Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| FSIV |
Forest Science Institute of Vietnam |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| GAUF |
Gregorio Araneta University Foundation, Philippines |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GIL |
Library and Documentation Systems Division, FAO, Rome, Italy |
| HKUST |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria |
| ICFRE |
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (Ministry of
Environment and Forest), Dehra Dun, UP, India |
| ICRAF |
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya |
| IDB |
Integrated Database |
| IDD |
The Information and Documentation Division |
| IDRC |
International Development Research Council, Canada |
| IDRIS |
Inter-Agency Development Research Information System, Canada |
| IMAGE |
A database package |
| INIS |
International Nuclear Information System |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IPA |
Data Set Indication/Preparation/Administration |
| IPSA |
The Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture |
| IRETA |
Institute for Research Extension and Training in Agriculture, University
of South Pacific, Western Samoa |
| ISCA |
Isabela State College of Agriculture, Philippines |
| ISCAF |
Ifugao State College of Agriculture and Forestry, Philippines |
| ISU |
Information Service Unit |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| IUCN |
The World Conservation Union (formerly the International Union for
Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), Switzerland |
| IUFRO |
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations |
| KIET |
Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade |
| KOLAS |
Korean Library Automation System |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LIS |
Librarians and Information Services |
| MAFFIN |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Network, Japan |
| METLA |
Metsäntutkimuslaitos (Finnish Forest Research Institute), Finland |
| MISD |
Management Information Services Division |
| MKT |
Data Set Marketing |
| MS ACCESS |
Microsoft database package |
| MSDOS |
Microsoft disk operating system |
| MSU |
Mindanao State University |
| NACESTID |
National Centre for Science and Technology Information, Documentation |
| NARC |
National Agricultural Research Centre |
| NARISP |
National Agricultural Information System of Pakistan |
| NARRDN |
The National Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Networ |
| NARS |
National Agricultural Research System |
| NAWG |
National Agroforestry Working Group |
| NFLIC |
National Forest Library and Information Centre |
| NFP |
New Forest Project |
| NGOs |
Non-Governmental Organisations |
| NNs |
National Nodes |
| NVSIT |
Nueva Viscaya State Institute of Technology, Philippines |
| OAS |
On-line Alert Service |
| OFI |
Oxford Forestry Institute |
| PACT |
A facilitating organisation for development NGOs |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PCARRD |
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources
Research and Development |
| PG |
Post-Graduate |
| PHY |
Data Set Plant Phytochemistry |
| PLT |
Data Set Plant |
| PRO-CITE |
A database package |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RDMIS |
Research and Development Management Information System |
| RETRES |
Research Information Storage and Retrieval System |
| RRDIS |
Regional R and D Information Service |
| RSS |
Retrospective Search Services |
| S&T |
Science and Technology |
| SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SCAINIP |
Standing Committee on Agricultural Information Networking in the Pacific |
| SCARM |
Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management |
| SCI |
Science Citation Index |
| SDI |
Selective Dissemination of Information |
| SEARCA |
South East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Regional Center for
Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture |
| SFM |
Sustainable Forestry Management |
| SLS |
Scientific Literature Services |
| SOA |
School of Agriculture, University of the South Pacific, Apia, Western
Samoa |
| SPAAR |
Special Program for African Agricultural Research (World Bank), USA |
| SPARRSO |
The Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation |
| SPDC |
Special Programme for Developing Countries, Austria |
| TIAC |
Technical Information Access Center |
| TREE-CD |
Compact Disk for database which contents of bibliography data on
forestry, agroforestry and forest products |
| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme, New York, USA |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, France |
| UPLB |
University of Philippines at Los Baños |
| URL |
The Uniform Resource Locator |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development, Washington DC, USA |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture, USA |
| VESTENET |
Vietnamese computer network |
| WAICENT |
World Agricultural Information Centre |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UK |
| WWF |
World-Wide Fund for Nature, Gland, Switzerland |
| WWW |
The World Wide Web |
| ZADI |
Zentralstelle für Agrardokumentation und Information, Bonn, Germany |