Abbreviations List
| CBO | Community Based Organisation |
| CFM | Community Forest Management |
| CFR | Community Forest Rights |
| CSO | Civil Society Organisation |
| CRVA | Community Risk & Vulnerability Analysis |
| DFF | District Forest Federation |
| DFO | Divisional Forest Officer |
| DLC | District Level Committee |
| DRR | Disaster Risk Reduction |
| EC | Executive Committee |
| ED | Executive Director |
| FAFC | Flood Affected Family Committee |
| FECOFUN | Federation of Community Forest Users, Nepal |
| FPC | Forest Protection Committee |
| FRA | Forest Rights Act |
| FSC | Food Security Committee |
| FSD | Forestry Sector Development |
| GACF | Global Alliance of Community Forestry |
| GP | Gram Panchayat |
| IASU | Oxfam India Agriculture Scale Up |
| IAY | Indira AwaasYojana |
| IEC | Information Education Communication |
| ICDS | Integrated Child Development Schemes |
| IIFM | Indian Institute of Forest Management |
| IINRG | Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gum |
| IWRM | Integrated Water Resource Management |
| IUFRO | International Union of Forest Research Organisations |
| JFM | Joint Forest Management |
| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MBPY | MadhuBabu Pension Yojana |
| MDM | Mid-Day Meal |
| MFP | Minor Forest Products |
| MGNREGS | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes |
| MGNREGA | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act |
| MJMD | Mo Jami Mo Diha |
| NFBS | National Family Benefit Scheme |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NIRD | National Institute for Rural Development |
| NRHM | National Rural Health Mission |
| NRM | Natural Resource Management |
| NTFP | Non-Timber Forest Produce |
| OFSDP | Orissa Forest Sector Development Project |
| OJM | Orissa Jungle Mancha |
| OMFED | Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Limited |
| OTELP | Orissa Tribal Empowerment & Livelihood Programme |
| PACS | Poorest Areas Civil Society |
| PDC | Panchayat Development Committee |
| PDS | Public Distribution System |
| PESA | Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Area |
| PRI | Panchayati Raj Insitution |
| RCDC | Regional Centre for Development Cooperation |
| RTI | Right to Information |
| RWSS | Rural Water Supply and Sanitation |
| SANJOG | A toll-free helpline number |
| SC | Scheduled Caste |
| SDLC | Sub-Division Level Committee |
| SEM | Self-Employed Mechanic |
| SGSY | Swarnajayanta Gram SwarozgarYojana |
| SHG | Self Help Group |
| SMT | Senior Management Team |
| SMPU | Samuhik Marudi Pratikar Udayam |
| SRI | Systems of Rice Intensification |
| ST | Scheduled Tribe |
| VDC | Village Development Committee |
| WHS | Water Harvesting Structure |
| WORLP | Western Orissa Rural Livelihood Project |