| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| CPAWM |
Center for Protected Areas and
Watershed Management |
| CPC |
Commission for Planning and
Co-Operation |
| DAFO |
District Agricultural and Forestry
Office |
| DAFS |
District Agricultural and Forestry
Service |
| DoF |
Department of Forestry |
| DOHLM |
Department of Housing and Land
Management |
| DSA |
Department of State Assets |
| EAP |
Environmental Action Plan |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations |
| FIMC |
Foreign Investment Management
Committee |
| FOMACOP |
Forest Management and Conservation
Project |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GIS |
Geographical Information System |
| GoL |
Government of Lao PDR |
| GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Technische Zusammenarbeit |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
| LHMO |
Land and Housing Management Office |
| LRMC |
Land Re-Management Committee |
| MAF |
Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry |
| MoF |
Ministry of Finance |
| MoJ |
Ministry of Justice |
| NAWACOP |
Nam Ngum Watershed Management and
Conservation Project |
| NBCA |
National Biodiversity Conservation
Areas |
| NEM |
New Economic Mechanism |
| NGD |
National Geographic Department |
| OCR |
Order on Customary Rights and the
Use of Forest Resources |
| PAFO |
Provincial Agricultural and
Forestry Office |
| PAFS |
Provincial Agricultural and
Forestry Services |
| PDR |
Peoples Democratic Republic |
| PIP |
Public Investment Program |
| PNUD |
Programme des Nations Unies pour le
Développement |
| SIDA |
Swedish International Development
Agency |
| STENO |
Organization of Science, Technology
and Environment |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development
Programme |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees |
| WB |
World Bank |