12 saket forest res assessment

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Forest Resource Assessment

Mohamed Saket


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Outline

1. Global Forest Resource Assessment- History

- What is new in FRA 2005- Contents of FRA 2005

2. Support to National Forest Assessment


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1. Global Forest Resources Assessment

FRA - since 1948

Time Interval About 10 years

Issue: Consistency in space and

time.


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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)


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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


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Contents FRA 2005

A. FRA 2005 Tables

Forest extent Species Composition

Ownership Endangered species

Designation Wood production

Characteristics Value of wood production

Growing Stock NWFP productionBiomass Stock Value of NWFP production

Carbon Stock Employment

Disturbances


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Contents of FRA 2005

Extent of forest resources

Biological diversity

Forest health and vitality

Productive functions Protective functions

Socio-economic functions

B. Six of Seven Thematic Areas of SFM


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Contents of FRA 2005

Mountain Forests

Planted Forests

Water and Forests

Other Topics

C. Specific Reports


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Table 1- Extent of Forest and OWL

(State and Change)

State of Forests in FRA 2000


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Table 1- Extent of Forest and OWL

(State and Change)

Change in Forests FRA 2000


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Why is it needed?

State forest national, field based inventories in developing

countries

Total Number

of countries

Number of countries

Without FIWith

partial FI

With FI

Repeated

Single FI

>1990


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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 NNATIONALAL 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 countriesbenefit from each other experiences.

How is it done?Objectives

Support to National Forest Assessments


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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 countrys specific

needs and harmonized with international reporting systems

Possible integration of other land use resources

(agriculture, livestock, mining, fishery...) .


Field manual-NFA


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Sampling design

Systematic lay out of sample (clusters/plots)

19o00

19o15

19o30

19o45

20o00

30o00 30o30 31o00 32o00

Tract 1km2


Variabl

s


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Synthesised

Analysed data

Basal Area

Tree volumeBiomass

Tree density

Food value

Game value

......

Data

Processing

Vs = Dbh * Hov * f * AtBs = V * dH * fs * Qf

-1

Ple = Pl * lp + Pe * le

......

FIS

Region- Country

Latin America - CostaRica

Wood - Charcoal

......

DefinitionTables

Primary Inventory Data

TRACTCountry_ID

EcoZone

LandTenure

......

...

LAND USE SECTIONProtectedStaus

ForestType/LandUse

Area

......

TREETree_ID

Species

Dbh

Height

Health

......

...

DB Structure and Data Processing



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Knowledge reference for NFAs

FAO-IUFRO initiative: implemented in collaboration with the SwedishUniversity 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 forestassessments;

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 Geomatics of the Swedish University of AgriculturalSciences.

http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra-knowledgeref



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Examples: Current projects



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