Our fancy was tickled by the inclusion of 59 acronyms in a recent report published in the tree sector. Readers of Crann should be able to figure out most of them but, be honest, how many can you actually solve?
Note: our intention is not to drive anyone demented, so the answers can be found below – ENJOY!
- CAP
- CCFRWG COFORD
- CCLAWG COFORD
- CHP
- COFORD
- CoFoRD
- DAFM
- DAHG
- DARD NI
- DBH
- DJEI
- EC
- EI
- EPA
- ERANET
- FAFB
- FC
- FIRM
- FORI
- FRM
- FS
- FTP
- GHG
- GDP
- ha
- IBEC
- IFFPA
- IforIS
- IoT
- IP
- ITC
- ITGA
- JPI
- KBBE
- NHA
- NRPE
- NUIG
- NUIM
- QUB
- R&D
- REFIT
- ROI
- RPO
- RSF
- SAC
- SEA
- SEAI
- SPA
- SRA
- SSTI
- TCD
- TTO
- UCC
- UCD
- UL
- UNFCCC
- WBP
- WFD
- WIT
The answers
- CAP Common Agricultural Policy
- CCFRWG COFORD Council Forest Research Working Group
- CCLAWG COFORD Council Land Availability Working Group
- CHP Combined Heat and Power
- COFORD Council for FOrest Research for Development
- CoFoRD Programme of Competitive Forest Research for Development
- DAFM Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- DAHG Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- DARD NI Department of Agriculture and Rural Development – Northern Ireland
- DBH Diameter at Breast Height
- DJEI Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- EC European Commission
- EI Enterprise Ireland
- EPA Environment Protection Agency
- ERANET European Research Area Network
- FAFB Food Agriculture Fisheries and Biotechnology
- FC Forestry Commission
- FIRM Food Institutional Research Measure
- FORI FOrest Research Ireland
- FRM Forest Reproductive Material
- FS Forest Service DAFM
- FTP Forest Based Sector Technology Platform
- GHG Green House Gases
- GDP Gross Domestic Product
- ha Hectare
- IBEC Irish Business and Employers Confederation
- IFFPA Irish Forestry and Forest Products Association
- IForIS Integrated Forestry Information System
- IoT Institute of Technology
- IP Intellectual Property
- ITC Irish Timber Council
- ITGA Irish Timber Growers Association
- JPI Joint Programming Initiatives
- KBBE Knowledge Based Bio-Economy
- NHA Natural Heritage Area
- NRPE National Research Prioritisation Exercise
- NUIG National University of Ireland Galway
- NUIM National University of Ireland Maynooth
- QUB Queens University Belfast, R&D Research and Development
- REFIT Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff
- ROI Republic of Ireland
- RPO Research performing Organisation
- RSF Research Stimulus Fund
- SAC Special Area of Conservation
- SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
- SEAI Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
- SPA Special Protected Area
- SRA Strategic Research Agenda
- SSTI Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation
- TCD Trinity College Dublin
- TTO Technology Transfer Office
- UCC University College Cork
- UCD University College Dublin
- UL University of Limerick
- UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- WBP Wood Based Panels
- WFD Water Framework Directive
- WIT Waterford Institute of Technology