Final Report - Asian Development Bank

NPO – non profit organization
NPV – net present value
NNR – national nature reserves (state level)
NR – nature reserves
NTFPs – non-timber forest products
ODA – Overseas Development Assistance
NTFP – non-timber forest products
OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OP – Operational Program (of GEF e.g. OP12 on Integrated
Ecosystem Management (IEM))
PA – Protected Area
PDF – Project Design Fund (of GEF)
PPCP – public-private-community partnerships
PPP – public-private partnerships
PRC – Peoples Republic of China
PDRC – Provincial Development Reform Commission
PES – “Payment for Environmental Services”
PIT – principal, interest and taxes
PMO – Project Management Office
PPTA – Project Preparatory Technical Assistance
PRA – Participatory Rural Appraisal
PRO – Poverty Reduction Office
PRC – People’s Republic of China
QBQ – Qinling Botanicalal Garden
QM – Qinling Mountains
QMEFCA – Qinling Mountains Ecosystem Function Conservation Area
RCC – Rural Credit Cooperative
REA – Rapid Environmental Assessment
SALT – Steepland agricultural technologies
SARC – Shaanxi Animal Rescue (Zoological) Center
SQNBG - Shaanxi Qinling National Botanicalal Garden
NDRC – State Development Planning Commission (now NDRC see
above)
SEIA – Summary Environmental Impact Assessment
SEPA – State Environmental Protection Agency
SFA – State Forestry Administration
SIEE – Summary Initial Environmental Investigation
SME – small and medium-sized enterprise
SOE – state-owned enterprise
SP – Shaanxi Province
SPDRC – Shaanxi Provincial Development Reform Commission
Spp – species
SRP – Summary Resettlement Plan
SSA – Summary Social Assessment
SQBG – Shaanxi Qinling Botanical Garden Office
TA – Technical Assistance
TNC – The Nature Conservancy
TOR – Terms of Reference
TVE – township and village enterprises
WDS – Western Development Strategy (of the PRC)
WACC – weighted average cost of capital
WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Federation
UNDP – United Nations Development Program
UNEP – United Nations Environmental Program
UNWTO – World Tourism Organization of the United Nations
VDP – village development plan
WLSMA – whole landscape system management
WTO – World Trade Organization