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Forest Resource Assessment Mohamed Saket

Forest Resource Assessment Mohamed Saket. Outline. Global Forest Resource Assessment - History - What is new in FRA 2005 - Contents of FRA 2005 Support to National Forest Assessment. 1. Global Forest Resources Assessment. FRA - since 1948 Time Interval About 10 years

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Forest Resource Assessment Mohamed Saket

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  1. Forest Resource Assessment Mohamed Saket

  2. Outline • Global Forest Resource Assessment - History - What is new in FRA 2005 - Contents of FRA 2005 • Support to National Forest Assessment

  3. 1. Global Forest Resources Assessment FRA - since 1948 Time Interval About 10 years Issue: Consistency in space and time.

  4. Global Forest Resources Assessment FRA 2000 Net change - 9.4 millions ha/ year FRA 2005 • Link to SFM (six of the seven themes) • Link to Other Processes (CBD, IPCC) • Provides Policy Frame • Time Interval 5 years (COFO 2003)

  5. Global Forest Resources Assessment FRA 2005 • Formal National Correspondent (NC) • Active Network of 155 NC • Nationally Validated-Country reports • Documentation and Re-validation • 15 Global Tables - Focus on Trends • Thematic Reports

  6. Contents – FRA 2005 A. FRA 2005 Tables

  7. Contents of FRA 2005 B. Six of Seven Thematic Areas of SFM Extent of forest resources Biological diversity Forest health and vitality Productive functions Protective functions Socio-economic functions

  8. Contents of FRA 2005 C. Specific Reports Mountain Forests Planted Forests Water and Forests Other Topics

  9. Table 1- Extent of Forest and OWL (State and Change) State of Forests in FRA 2000

  10. Table 1- Extent of Forest and OWL (State and Change) Change in Forests – FRA 2000

  11. Support to National Forest Assessments 2. Support to National Forest Assessment Why is it needed? State forest national, field based inventories in developing countries

  12. Support to National Forest Assessments Why is it needed? (cont) • To support policy and decision making processes • To support sustainable development programmes • To improve the productive, protective, environmental and social functions of forests and trees outside forests. • To protect forests from degradation and deforestation. • To integrate forest resources in land use planning and management.

  13. Support to National Forest Assessments How is it done? Objectives • Capacity building: Develop/strengthen national capacity in assessment of forest and TOF resources, information management and long term monitoring • Assessment: Assess forest and TOF resources for NATIONAL level 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 • Monitoring: Set up a long term monitoring system of resources . • Experience sharing: With FAO coordination/leadership countries benefit from each other experiences.

  14. Support to National Forest Assessments Method • Low intensity field sampling (100 - 1000 sample sites/country) • Permanent plots for long term monitoring • Data collection through field measurements and interviews • Variables covering large range of forest and TOF characteristics(volume, management, benefits...) • NFA approach adjusted to national context through participatory process. • Classification system defined according to each country’s specific needs and harmonizedwith international reporting systems • Possible integration of other land use resources(agriculture, livestock, mining, fishery...) .

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

  16. 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 ...... DB Structure and Data Processing

  17. Support to National Forest Assessments 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

  18. Support to National Forest Assessments Examples: Current projects

  19. Support to National Forest Assessments Thank you

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