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Forest-PLUS: Training and Capacity Building for State Forestry Departments. Mark Ducey duceyscience@gmail.com or mark.ducey@unh.edu. Overview. Status Training Goals Broad Topic Areas Key Questions Process and Timelines. Training Program Status. We are early in the design phase
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Forest-PLUS:Training and Capacity Buildingfor State Forestry Departments Mark Ducey duceyscience@gmail.com or mark.ducey@unh.edu
Overview • Status • Training Goals • Broad Topic Areas • Key Questions • Process and Timelines
Training Program Status • We are early in the design phase • What are the key training needs? • Who are the target audiences? • What are the characteristics of potential trainers, and how will they be identified?
Training Program Goals • To enhance the institutional capacity of SFD to support forest resource inventory • In terms of REDD+ but also… • In terms of broader objectives related to sustainable, socially-responsive forestry • Development of 12 courses (4 topic areas, customized to 3 focal landscapes) • Broad reach (Ducey/AGS/MSU train the trainers…)
Broad Topic Areas • Overview of Carbon Inventory and REDD+ • Integrating Remote Sensing with Field Inventory • Inventory Needs for Emerging Forestry Goals • New Field Techniques (MRV Tool/Sampling Methods)
Key Question #1 Who are the target audience(s) for the training? • What do they already know? • What do they need to know to enhance capacity? • What are their conceptual and technical baselines? • What are the most effective strategies for teaching, training, and learning?
Key Question #2 Who should the trainers be? • Given the audience, what are the qualifications of appropriate trainers? How should they be selected? • What conceptual or technical gaps would need to be filled? • What technical delivery approaches are most appropriate and comfortable?
Process and Timelines • December 2013: Engage large group of well-informed stakeholders in broad discussion of needs and opportunities • Early 2014: Consultation in India with project partners on training topics, audiences, trainers, and approaches • By May 2014: Topics finalized, course outlines prepared, needs assessment documented • By end of June, 2014: First training site selected, trainers identified • By September 2014: First group of trainers prepared to deliver courses at initial training site
Forest-PLUS:Training and Capacity Buildingfor State Forestry Departments Mark Ducey duceyscience@gmail.com or mark.ducey@unh.edu
Focal Landscapes • Shimoga/Karnataka • Shimla/Himachal Pradesh • Hoshangabad/Madya Pradesh • Possible fourth site