| ADD |
Agriculture Development Division |
| AnGR |
Animal Genetic Resource |
| ARET |
Agricultural Research and Extension Trust |
| BAT |
British American Tobacco |
| BDPA |
A French Consulting Company which conducted
the Customary Land Study |
| BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
| BWB |
Blantyre Water Board |
| CAS |
Catch Assessment System |
| CBM |
Community Based Management |
| CBNRM |
Community Based Natural
Resources Management |
| CCDC |
Capital City Development Cooperation |
| CH4 |
Methane |
| CO |
Carbon monoxide |
| COD |
Chemica1 Oxygen Demand |
| CONGOMA |
Council for Non Govemmental Organisations
in Malawi |
| CSR |
Centre for Social Research |
| DMC |
Drought Monitoring Centre |
| DNPW |
Department of National Parks
and Wildlife |
| DRA |
Demand Responsive Approach |
| DWASCO |
Dwangwa Sugar Corporation
of Malawi |
| EAD |
Environmental Affairs Department |
| KID |
Environmental Information
Division |
| ENSO |
El Nino and Southem Oscillation |
| ESCOM |
Electricity Supply Commission
of Malawi |
| ESP |
Environmental Support Programme |
| EVARD |
Evangelical Alliance for
Relief and Development |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FEWS |
Famine and Early Waming
Systems |
| FINNIDA |
Finnisl; Intemational Development Agency |
| FRIM |
Forestry Research Institute
of Malawi |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
| GIS |
Geographical Information System |
| GOM |
Govemment of Malawi |
| GTZ |
German Technical Coorperation |
| ICRAF |
Intemational Centre For
Research in Agroforestry |
| IPCC |
Intergovemmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ITCZ |
Inter-Tropical Convergence
Zone |
| LAC |
Limits of Acceptable Change |
| LTD |
Limited |
| LWB |
Lilongwe Water Board |
| MHC |
Malawi Housing Cooperation |
| MPGRC |
Malawi Plant Genetic Resource Centre |
| MOAI |
Ministry of Agriculture
and Irrigation |
| MSIS |
Malawi Social Indicator Survey |
| NCE |
National Council for the
Environment |
| NDVI |
Norrnalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NEAP |
National Environmental Action
Plan |
| NEC |
National Economic Council |
| NEP |
National
Environmental Policy |
| NGO |
Non Government Organisation |
| NSO |
National
Statistical Office |
| NWRMP |
National Water Resource
Action Plan |
| PRA |
Participatory
Rural Appraisal |
| REWS |
Regional Early Waming System |
| RHP |
Rural
Housing Programme |
| SADC |
Southem African Development
Community |
| SADP |
Smallholder
Agribusiness Development Project |
| Sanplat |
Sanitation platform |
| SAP |
Structural
Adjustment Program |
| SOE |
State of the Environment |
| SOER |
State
of the Environment Report |
| SOI |
Southem Oscillation Index |
| SUCOMA |
Sugar
Cooperation of Malawi |
| TAC |
Total Allowable Catch |
| TCE |
Technical
Committee for the Environment |
| TCO2E |
Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide
Equivalent |
| TFR |
Total
Fertility Rate |
| THA |
Traditional Housing Area |
| UNCHS |
United
Nations Centre for Human Settlements |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development
Programme |
| UNICEF |
United
Nations Children's Fund |
| USAID |
United States Agency for
Intemational Development |
| VIP |
Ventilated
Improved Pit Latrines |
| VIPLY |
Viphya Plywood and Allied
Industries Limited |
| VLOM |
Village
Levels Operation and Maintenance |
| WHO |
World Health Organisation |
| WMO |
World
Meteorological Organisation |
| ZAB |
Zaire Air Boundary |
| ZAC |
Zambezi
River Action Plan |
