Support to National Forest Resources Assessments

1. Support to National Forest Assessments Support to National Forest Resources Assessments Prepared by Mohamed Saket, Forestry Officer (National Forest Assessment) Presented by Christine Holding Anyonge, Forestry Officer (Extension) FAO

2. Support to National Forest Assessments Outline • What is national forest assessment? • Why is it needed? • How is it done • Knowledge reference for NFAs • Process of NFA • Where are we? • Some outputs for NFA Guatemala

3. Support to National Forest Assessments 1.What is national forest assessment? National Forest Assessment: A national process to collect, manage, analyse and make available information on forest resources, their management and use covering the entire country, including also analysis, evaluations and scenario development for use e.g. in policy processes National Forest Inventory: The principal activity to collect data within a National Forest Assessment. A NFI is, often, based on systematic field sampling and can be complemented by remote sensing components. Kotka IV, 2002

4. 2. Why is it needed? • Demand for forest information is continually increasing and is becoming complex; • Today, national policies are developed to address the multiple functions of forests and trees; • International processes are requesting countries to report regularly on a variety of forest related issues. • Civil society is increasingly concerned and wants to be informed.

5. 2. Why is it needed?(Cont.) • Inmany countries, • The information is frequently outdated, partial or subjective; • The precision and accuracy of the national data is unknown in most cases; • Consequently scenario development and planning may be inaccurate.

6. Support to National Forest Assessments 2. Why is it needed?(Cont.) State forest national, field based inventories in developing countries (FRA2000)

7. Support to National Forest Assessments • How is it done? • 3.1 Objectives • Develop/strengthen national capacity in assessment of forest and TOF resources. • Assess forest and TOF resources forNATIONALlevel decision making: • State of resources (areas distribution, volume, biomass, biodiversity, etc); • Non wood forest products and services; • Management, use and users of resources; • Role of forests and trees in food security • Establish long term monitoring system of resources. • Promote sharing of experience between countries. • Improve awareness of and knowledge about the multiple functions of forests and trees

8. Support to National Forest Assessments 3.1 Objectives (cont) • Harmonize land use classification systems & forest related definitions with international reporting requirements. • Encourage partnerships between national institutions and with international agencies. • Provide guidance to future actions:e.g. policy development, detailed inventories, etc. • Support national programmes of poverty alleviation and gender equity. • Establish stability over time of methods and results. • Country commitment required for sustainability of monitoring programme.

9. Design Criteria Information needs Cost effectiveness Rapidity of data collection/update procedures Accuracy and consistency of output data (in space and in time) Flexibility for adaptations to various national requirements Compatibility of output with existing national information systems Harmonizationto international standards Support to National Forest Assessments 3.2 Concept

10. Support to National Forest Assessments 3.3 Methods • Low intensity field sampling (100 - 1000 sample sites/country) • Permanent plots for long term monitoring • Data collection through field measurements and interviews • Wide range of variables of forest and TOF characteristics • Information needs defined through participatory process (stakeholders and users). • Classification system defined on countries’ specific needs and harmonizedwith international reporting requirements • Possible integration of other land use resources(agriculture, livestock, mining, fishery...) .

11. Support to National Forest Assessments 3.3 Methods (Cont) Linkage to: • National forest programmes; • global themes (extent of forests and OWL, contribution to global carbon cycle, forest ecosystem health and vitality, biological diversity, productive functions, protective functions, social functions, economic functions) . • Millennium Development Goals, especially Goal 1 and Goal 7,Target 9.

12. Support to National Forest Assessments 20o00’ 19o45’ 19o30’ 19o15’ 19o00’ 30o00’ 30o30’ 31o00’ 32o00’ 3.4 Sampling design • Systematic lay out of sample (clusters/plots) Tract 1km2

13. Support to National Forest Assessments Plot end point Tract 20 m 10 m 500 m SP3L1 and SP3L2 Plot 3 Plot 2 125 m 1 Km Plot 1 Plot 4 Plot 250 m SP2L1 and SP2L2 250 m 1 Km Tract X,Y coordinates Plot orientation Measurement Point (MP) (-10m) (+ 10m) Plot central line 20m Towards end of the plot 3.99 m 10 m ´ Subplots . SP1L1 and SP1L2 Plot starting point Towards starting point of the plot Subplot Level 1 (SPL1) Subplot Level 2 (SPL2) 3.5 Tract and plot configuration

14. Support to National Forest Assessments OL Tree location: X = 7m Y = 125m Plot central line Tree location: X = 6m Y = 70m 125m OWL 70m X-axis Plot starting point Y-axis 3.6 Plot plan Trees and forest types/land use classes distribution within a plot 7m F2 -6m F1

15. Support to National Forest Assessments 3.7 Forest type/Land use classification

16. Support to National Forest Assessments 3.8. Integration of other land use resources in assessments • A key factor for policy development and monitoring is access to reliable, relevant and cost-effective land use information. • Forests and trees are integral components of land management systems. They influence, and are influenced by, other land uses • It is therefore logical, from a national policy perspective, to approach sustainable land management as a multiple-goal planning problem, where a large number of objectives are to be addressed together. • The integrated land use assessment of Zambia includes variables on forests and trees, agriculture, livestock.

17. Support to National Forest Assessments Primary Inventory Data TRACT Country_ID EcoZone LandTenure ...... ... LAND USE SECTION ProtectedStaus ForestType/LandUse Area ...... TREE Tree_ID Species Dbh Height Health ...... ... Synthesised Analysed data Definition Tables FIS Region- Country Latin America - Costa Rica Wood - Charcoal ...... Basal Area Tree volume Biomass Tree density Food value Game value ...... Data Processing Vs = Dbh * Hov * f * At Bs = V * dH * fs * Qf-1 Ple = Pl * lp + Pe * le ...... 3.9 DB Structure and Data Processing

18. Support to National Forest Assessments 3.10.Database for structured storage, display and data processing

19. Support to National Forest Assessments 4. Knowledge reference for NFAs • FAO-IUFRO initiative: implemented in collaboration with theSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences; • Objective: improve access, world-wide and in several languages, to state-of-the-art knowledge on a wide range of subjects relevant to national forest assessments; • To be developed by: • Lead authors from the IUFRO network. Each chapter will have one lead author and co-authors. • Representatives from countries for case studies; and • Institutions such FAO, IUFRO and the Department of Forest Resource Management and Geomaticsof theSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences. http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra-knowledgeref

20. 5. Process of NFA Project Design Field imple- mentation Data Processing Reporting Policy analysis • Assist in recruiting international staff& run workshops • Participate & run workshops • Help in training of national staff • Provide technical guidance to national team to follow NFA approach. • Assist in developing and installing database • Train in db use • Assist in data entry and cleaning • Assist in data analysis • Assist in report writing to fit agreed format of national reports • Technically clear reports • Assist in stimulating national policy analysis • Help design projects to fit NFA approach FAO Role

21. 6. Where are we?

23. Support to National Forest Assessments Land Use Areas 7. Some outputs from NFA Guatemala Forest Type Areas Total Tree Volume (>20cm DBH) Total Tree Volume by foresttype

24. Support to National Forest Assessments Commercial volume Biomass and Carbon stocks

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26. Support to National Forest Assessments Fuelwood from TOF

27. Support to National Forest Assessments Timber from TOF

28. Support to National Forest Assessments Construction material from TOF

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30. Support to National Forest Assessments Number of species and their actual or potential use, NFA 2002-03

31. Support to National Forest Assessments • Policy Analysis: Influence of NFA results on policy development process in Guatemala • “APORTES DE LA INFORMACION DEL INVENATARIO FORESTAL NACIONAL A LAS POLITICAS QUE INVOLUCRAN EL SECTOR FORESTAL DE GUATEMALA” • Introducción • 2Antecedentes del Inventario Forestal Nacional 2002-03 • 3Antecedentes sobre la Orientación de las Políticas Forestales • Análisis de las Políticas Forestales • Información del IFN 2002-03 en las Políticas del Sector Forestal • Lagunas de Información • Utilidad de la Información papa Informes Internacionales y Nacionales • Recomendaciones

32. Support to National Forest Assessments Thank you