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Scope of forest monitoring, assessment and reporting

Scope of forest monitoring, assessment and reporting. Masahiro Otsuka Forestry Officer FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand. Funded by the Gov. Japan 2006 – 2010 Countries i n the Asia-Pacific region Objective

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Scope of forest monitoring, assessment and reporting

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  1. Scope of forest monitoring, assessment and reporting Masahiro Otsuka Forestry Officer FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand

  2. Funded by the Gov. Japan 2006 – 2010 Countries in the Asia-Pacific region Objective Develop a harmonized forest-related national MAR system for improvement of SFM Activities Development of national/sub-regional network Baseline study Training/dissemination on MAR Pilot testing Project outline

  3. ASEAN: C&I (7Cs, 51Is) - online format SPC: Assessment of national MAR capacities - Pacific MAR network National programs with 10 countries - Reconsideration of Forest classifications - Revision of NFI: national legislation - Development of national C&I: FMU training - Strengthening of information management - Streamlining of reporting systems Stakeholder consultations Project activities

  4. Strengthening institutional capacity & stakeholder partnerships Application of C&I to assess SFM: tested in 6 states Recommendations: Supplement knowledge of forest inventory: - Sampling techniques, statistical packages, computers…. Skill development for periodical flora/fauna & socio-economic surveys, recording of fire/pests at local level Estimation of unrecorded removals from forests Geoinformatics for data collection/mapping: RS/GIS, GPS Development of forest management plan, management code Strengthening of national network: website MAR workshop – India (FRI, Dehradun, 22 - 23 April)

  5. Issues on data collection (1) • Workshop on reporting harmonization (Kuala Lumpur, 10/2008) • - 5 organizations, 22 countries • Issues • International v.s. national terms, definitions, classifications of forests: flexibility for adaptation? • Coordination among different national agencies/programmes for harmonized collection of data • Adoption of international common terminologies? • Limited capacities on thematic aspects: carbon, biodiversity... • Lack of updated data - proper tools & methodologies • Free data availability for efficient & accurate reporting

  6. Issues on data collection (2) • Thematic elements 1 • Forest extent/conditions: Updated remote sensing data & strengthening of field studies • Forest degradation: clarification of indicators - human/natural factors • Biodiversity: Coordination among stakeholders for improved classifications & assessment • Soil/water protection: Institutional coordination & scientific studies to improve data quality

  7. Thematic elements 2 Climate change: Agreement on a global forest classification for measuring biomass & carbon - trees outside forests Forest production: common classifications on removal of non-wood forest products: available, actual, unrecorded Socio-economic aspects: Cultural aspects are not yet covered well in reporting processes Legal, policy, institutional framework: Difficulties in assessment of laws/policies, good governance for SFM Issues on data collection (3)

  8. How to harmonize terms/definitions, classifications, indicators for coherent data collection/reporting by countries? How to collate forest-related information with various organizations at national level? National network functional? Field data/NFI - satellite imagery Challenges

  9. Thank you! 9

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