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