AAC

Allowable annual cut

ABCFP

Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals

B.C.

British Columbia

BEC

Biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification

BEI

Broad ecosystem inventory

BTM

Baseline thematic mapping

BCTS

BC Timber Sales

CCFM

Canadian Council of Forest Ministers

CDC

Conservation Data Centre

CSA

Canadian Standards Association

CSFCC

Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition

DFO

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)

FRPA

Forest and Range Practices Act

FSC

Forest Stewardship Council

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

IUCN

World Conservation Union

MoF

B.C. Ministry of Forests

MP

The Montréal Process

MSRM

B.C. Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management

MWLAP

B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

NFI

National forest inventory

NGO

non-government organization

SEI

Sensitive ecosystems inventories

SFI

Sustainable Forestry Initiative

SFM

Sustainable forest management

TFL

Tree farm licence

TSA

Timber supply area

UNCED

United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development

U.S.

United States of America