Annexes
Abbreviations — PDF print versionThe State of BC’s Forests Annexes
Abbreviations — PDF print version
| AAC | allowable annual cut |
| ABCFP | Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals |
| AT | Alpine Tundra Zone |
| BBS | North American Breeding Bird Survey |
| B.C. (or BC) | British Columbia (as part of another acronym or name) |
| BCFS | British Columbia Forest Service |
| BEC | biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification |
| BEI | broad ecosystem inventory |
| BG | Bunchgrass Zone |
| BTM | baseline thematic mapping |
| BCTS | BC Timber Sales |
| BWBS | Boreal White and Black Spruce Zone |
| CBM-CFS2 | Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector |
| CCFM | Canadian Council of Forest Ministers |
| CDC | Conservation Data Centre |
| CDF | Coastal Douglas-fir Zone |
| C&E | compliance and enforcement |
| CFS | Canadian Forest Service |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| CORE | Commission on Resources and the Environment |
| COSEWIC | Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada |
| CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
| CSFCC | Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition |
| CWH | Coastal Western Hemlock Zone |
| DFO | Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada) |
| ESSF | Engelmann Spruce – Subalpine Fir Zone |
| FDP | forest development plan |
| FL | forest licence |
| FRPA | Forest and Range Practices Act |
| FREP | Forest and Range Evaluation Program |
| FSC | Forest Stewardship Council |
| FSP | forest stewardship plan |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| ha | hectare |
| ICH | Interior Cedar–Hemlock Zone |
| IDF | Interior Douglas-fir Zone |
| ILMB | Integrated Land Management Bureau |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IUCN | World Conservation Union |
| IWMS | Identified Wildlife Management Strategy |
| LRDW | land and resource data warehouse |
| LRMP | land and resource management plan |
| m3 | cubic metre |
| MARR | Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation |
| MAL | Ministry of Agriculture and Lands |
| MH | Mountain Hemlock Zone |
| MoE | Ministry of Environment |
| MOF | Ministry of Forests (now MFR) |
| MFR | Ministry of Forests and Range |
| MP | The Montréal Process |
| MPB | mountain pine beetle |
| MS | Montane Spruce Zone |
| NFI | national forest inventory |
| NGO | non-government organization |
| NRCAN | Natural Resources Canada |
| NSR | not satisfactorily restocked |
| NTFP | non-timber forest product |
| PEFC | Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification |
| PP | Ponderosa Pine Zone |
| RESULTS | Reporting Silviculture Updates and Land status Tracking System |
| RISC | Resource Information Standards Committee |
| RPF | Registered Professional Forester |
| RSM | resource stewardship monitoring |
| SAR | species at risk |
| SBS | Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone |
| SBPS | Sub-Boreal Pine–Spruce Zone |
| SEE | BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer |
| SEI | sensitive ecosystems inventories |
| SFI | Sustainable Forestry Initiative |
| SFMP | sustainable forest management plan |
| SPAR | Seed Planning & Registry System |
| SRMP | sustainable resource management plan |
| SWB | Spruce–Willow–Birch Zone |
| THLB | timber harvesting land base |
| TFL | tree farm licence |
| TRIM | terrestrial resource information management |
| TSA | timber supply area |
| TSL | timber sale licence |
| UBC | University of British Columbia |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development |
| U.S.A. | United States of America |
| VRI | vegetation resources inventory |
| WLAP | Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (now MoE) |
| WTC | Wildlife Tree Committee |
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