AEZ Agro-Ecological Zones
ALES Automated Land Evaluation System
ASSOD Assessment of the Status of Human-induced Soil Degradation in South and Southeast Asia
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AWC Available Water-holding Capacity
C3 Plants with a 3-carbon organic acid photosynthesis pathway C4 Plants with a 4-carbon organic acid photosynthesis pathway CABI Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International (UK) CGCM1 Canadian Global Coupled Model
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CHARM Climate and Human Activities- sensitive Runoff Model - IIASA CIAT International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR, Colombia) CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network CRES Centre for Resources and Environmental Studies
CROPWAT Computer Program for Irrigation planning and management. FAO, Land and Water Development Division.
CRU Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia, U.K.
CSD Commission on Sustainable Development (UN) DDC Data Distribution Center
DEM Digital elevation model
DSMW Digital Soil Map of the World (FAO)
ECHAM4 Climate model developed at the German Climate Research Centre, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
EMAP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program ENRIN Environment and National Resources Information Network EPA Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
EPIC Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator EROS Earth Resource Observation System
ERS Economic Research Service (USDA, USA)
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy FAOCLIM World-wide Agroclimatic Database. Agrometeorology Series Working Paper
No. 11, FAO, Rome
FAOSTAT Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Statistical Databases
FESLM Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Land Management GAEZ Global Agro-Ecological Zones
GCM General Circulation Models GCOS Global Climate Observing System
GEF Global Environmental Facility
GEMS Global Environmental Monitoring System GEO Global Environment Outlook
GIS Geographical Information System
GLASOD Global Assessment of the Status of Human-induced Soil Degradation
GLCC Global Land Cover Characteristics 1-KM Database (EROS Data Center, 2000) GOOS Global Ocean Observing System
GRASS Geographic Resources Analysis Support System GRID Global Resource Information Data Base
GRT Gross Registered Tonnage
GTOPO30 30-arc second digital elevation model GTOS Global Terrestrial Observing System
HADCM2 Hadley Centre Climate Prediction and Research Model, U.K.
IBSRAM International Board for Soil Resources and Management (Thailand) ICRAF International Center for Research in Agroforestry (CGIAR, Kenya) ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (CGIAR,
India)
ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions
IDRC International Development Research Centre (Canada) IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute (CGIAR, USA) IGADD Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IHDP International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria IIED International Institute for Environment and Development (UK)
IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development (Canada) IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR, Nigeria) IJC International Joint Commission (EPA, USA)
ILO International Labour Office (UN)
ILRI International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement (Netherlands) IMF International Monetary Fund
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO/UNEP) ISCO International Soil Conservation Organization
ISIS ISRIC Soil Information System
ISRIC International Soil Reference and Information Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands
ISSS International Society of Soil Science
ITC International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (Netherlands) ITE Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (UK)
IUCN World Conservation Union
JRC Joint Research Centre of the European Commission LAI Leaf area index
LANDSAT Earth Observation Satellites LQI Land Quality Indicators
LUC Land Use Change Project (IIASA)
LUCC Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (IGBP/IHDP) LUT Land utilization type
MCS Monitoring, Control and Surveillance LGP Length of growing period MPI Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) NGO Non-governmental Organization
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
NOVIB Netherlands Organization for International Development Corporation NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service (USA)
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PSR Pressure-State-Response
RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Netherlands) RMD Resource Management Domain
SARD Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment SI Sustainability Indicator
SOTER Global and National Soils and Terrain Digital Database SRS Sustainability Reference Systems
TR Thermal Regime
UN United Nations
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development UNDPCSD United Nations Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable
Development
UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNIDO United Nations Industrial and Development Organization
UNL University of Nebraska-Lincoln
USDA United States Department of Agriculture USGS US Geological Survey
USLE Universal Soil Loss Equation
WAICENT World Agricultural Information Centre (FAO) WASWC World Association of Soil of Water Conservation
WB World Bank
WCED World Commission on Environment and Development WISE World Inventory of Soil Emissions Potentials
WMO World Meteorological Organization (UN)
WOCAT World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies WRI World Resources Institute (USA)
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
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