AAFC	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
ABARE	Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
AEI	Agri-environmental indicator
AEZ	Agro-ecological zoning
CAPPA	Computerized system for agricultural and population planning assistance
CATI	Computer-assisted telephone interviewing
CCD	Convention to Combat Desertification
CGIAR	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIAT	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
CIDA	Canadian International Development Agency
CIESIN	Center for International Earth Science Interaction Network
CIFOR	Center for International Forestry Research
CIMMYT	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
CIRAN	Center for International Research and Advisory Networks
CSD	Commission for Sustainable Development
DDBS	Development data bases service
DSR	Driving force-state-response
ENTRI	Environmental treaties and resource indicators
EPI	Environmental performance indicators
ERDC	Electronic Research Database Committee
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FESLM	Framework for evaluation of sustainable land management
FMU	Forest management unit
GDP	Gross domestic product
GHG	Greenhouse gas
GTOS	Global Terrestrial Observation System
GTZ	Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
GWP	Global warming potentials
IAC	International Agricultural Center
IAM	Integrated assessment modeling
IBSRAM	International Board for Soil Research and Management
ICLARM	International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management
IDIC	International Development Information Center
IDRC	International Development Research Center
IDRIS	Inter-agency Development Research Information System
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ITTO	International Tropical Timber Organization
IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature
JICA	Japanese International Cooperation Agency
LQI	Land quality indicators
MBREIS	Mexico Border Regional Environmental Information System
MLRA	Major land resource areas
MVA	Model visualization and analysis
NAL	National agricultural library
NCU	National coordination unit
NGO	Nongovernmental organization
NRCS	Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRI	Natural Resources Institute
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PFE	Permanent forest estate
PSGE	Productive sector growth and environment
PSR	Pressure-state-response
PUMS	Public use microdata samples
SARD	Sustainable agricultural and rural development
SIS	Soil information system
SLA	Statistical local area
SLM	Sustainable land management
SOE	State of environment
SOTER	Soil and Terrain Database
SSSA	Soil Science Society of America
STC	Scientific and technical committee
TFP	Total factor productivity
TJ	Terajoules
UNCED	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
VHSI	Vertical habitat structure index
WCU	World Conservation Union
WRI	World Resources Institute