ADB Asian Development Bank

AGDP Agricultural Gross Domestic Product

CCA Climate change adaptation

CLDP Community Livestock Development Project

CNICs National Identity Cards

DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DFID Department for International Development

DSAP Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific

EC European Commission

ERRA Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority

FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organization

GAP Gender action plan

GCF Green Climate Fund

GEF Global Environment Facility

GFP Gender focal point

GIS Geographic Information System

GVAP Gender and Vulnerability Action Plan

GWSSB Gujarat Water Supply and Sewage Board

IAP Indoor air pollution

ICRM Integrated Coastal Resources Management

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

LDCF Least Developed Countries Fund

LGED Local Government Engineering Department

M&E Monitoring and evaluation

MoAC Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

MoRD Ministry of Rural Development

NAPA National Adaptation Programmes of Action

NGO Nongovernmental organization

NSCs National Steering Committees

NTFPs Non-timber forest products

O&M Operation and maintenance

PNG Papua New Guinea

PPCR Pilot Program for Climate Resilience

PPTA Project Preparation Technical Assistance

PRAP Pacific Regional Agriculture Programme

PWRB Pacific Women’s Resource Bureau

REDD+ Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (and Forest Conservation)

RMDC Rural Microfinance Development Center

RWSS Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

SCCF Special Climate Change Fund

SEWA Self-Employed Women’s Association

SHGs Self-help groups

SHS Solar home systems

SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Community

SRF Sundarbans Reserve Forest

SWCs Social welfare centers

ToRs Terms of reference

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

VLGA Victorian Local Government Association

VRCs Village Reconstruction Committees

WASH Water, Safety and Hygiene

WDCs Watershed Development Committees Women development centers (Case Study I)

WORLP Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project