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North American Forest Commission Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment Working Group

Explore the collaborative efforts of the North American Forest Commission's Integrated Working Group to establish a regional forest inventory database for consistent reporting across major forest ecosystems. Discover achievements, current activities, and future plans discussed in the meetings held in Washington, DC.

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North American Forest Commission Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment Working Group

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  1. North American Forest CommissionInventory, Monitoring and Assessment Working Group Integrated Working Group MeetingMarch 3-6, 2008 Simon Bridge Canadian Forest Service Natural Resources Canada.

  2. Background • Need for North American perspective on forest inventory, monitoring and reporting • All three countries are revising their approaches to National Forest Inventory • Opportunity • To increase consistency in analysis and reporting • To move towards a common framework for inventory and monitoring NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

  3. Objectives • Share research and information • Take advantage of opportunities for collaboration and scientific exchange on forest inventory and monitoring • Focus on: • Fostering compatible approaches • Use of remote sensing and other technologies • Sponsor and facilitate exchanges to build capacity • Advise member countries • Fostering communication NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

  4. Accomplishments • Presentations: • NAFC Commission Meeting (Vera Cruz) • Monitoring, Science and Technology Workshop (Denver) • CIF/SAF Joint AGM (Edmonton) • Reports: • North America regional assessment • Remote sensing tools for forest inventory NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

  5. Current Activities Regional Forest Resources Database What: A spatially defined forest inventory database for North America using: • FAO ecological reporting framework • Common protocols to facilitate data exchange, evaluation and assessment Why: Support an NAFC objective to have consistent forest reporting for all major North American forest ecosystems from a continental perspective. How: • Enlist country forest inventory experts to outline preliminary structure and attributes for database development. • Hire a contractor to evaluate, document and report on database feasibility and potential outputs. NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

  6. Current Activities NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

  7. Current Activities NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

  8. North American Forests NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

  9. Next Steps • Further develop Regional Forest Resources Database; • Present findings of regional assessment at 2009 World Forest Congress; • Regional workshop for FRA 2010 at next WG meeting (June 2008, Canada) NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

  10. Membership Canada: • Mark Gillis • Simon Bridge • Joe Kapron Mexico: • Alberto Sandoval • Arturo Victoria • Francisco Takaki Takaki • Rigoberto Palafox Rivas USA: • Greg Reams • Brad Smith • Michael Wilson NAFC Integrated Working Group Meeting, Washington, DC

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