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 ACR American Carbon Registry
 AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses
 ALM Agricultural land management
 AML Anti-money laundering
 ARR Afforestation, reforestation, and regeneration
 API Open application programming interface
 BECCS Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
 BS Benefits sharing
 CA Corresponding adjustments
 CAR Climate Action Reserve
 CCB Climate, Community, and Biodiversity
 CCUS Carbon capture, utilization and storage
 CDM Clean Development Mechanism
 CFT Combating the financing of terrorism
 DAC Direct air capture
 EAP East Asia Pacific
 EIA Environmental impact assessment
 ERC Emissions reduction credits
 ERF Emission Reduction Fund [Australia]
 ERP Emission reduction program
 FPIC Free, Prior and Informed Consent
 GHG Greenhouse gas emissions
 GMO Genetically modified organisms
 GS Gold Standard
 GtCO2e Gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent
 HCV High conservation value
 ICOA International Civic Aviation Organization
 ICROA International Carbon Offsetting Alliance
 ICVCM Integrity Council for the Integrity of the Voluntary Carbon Market
 ITMO Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes
 IFM Improved forest management
 ISO International Organization for Standardization
 IPLC Indigenous peoples and local communities
 KYC Know-your-customer
 LLDC Landlocked Developing Country
 LDC Least Developed Country
 M Million
 MRV Monitoring, reporting, verification
 NDC Nationally determined contributions
 NPV Net present value
 POA Programme of Activities
 REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
 REDP Vietnam Renewable Energy Development Project
 SBTi Science-based Targets Initiative
 SDG Sustainable Development Goal
 SD-GEO Sustainable Development-Global Emissions Offset
 SIDS Small Island Developing State
 UNDRIP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
 UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
 USD United States Dollar
 VCM Voluntary Carbon Market
 VCS Verified Carbon Standard
 VVB Validation and verification bodies

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