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Abbreviations
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | - AFOCEL
- Association Foręt-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 Assembly Government
- WGS
- Woodland Grant Scheme
- wrme
- Wood raw material equivalent
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