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    Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
    Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
    Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
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    Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring

    By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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    More recently, information on changes in carbon stocks, socio-economic aspects including the contribution to livelihoods and poverty reduction, governance and broader land use issues has become critical for national planning.

    The forest sector faces increasingly diverse information needs regarding land use and forest resources. This information is also necessary for policy-makers and other stakeholders to effectively enhance the role of forests in reducing the impact of climate change and providing other key ecosystem services. To help realize the contribution of forests to sustainable energy and food security, policy-makers require more and better data, including information on trends and outlooks and the broader context, such as demand for food, energy and wood fibre and employment and rural development issues. They must also meet the growing demand for evidence of forest management outcomes.

    Stronger national capacities are essential to collect, compile and analyse data and to generate and disseminate information tailored to audience needs. In 2010, however, only 45 countries worldwide were able to assess changes in forest area and characteristics through consecutive systematic national forest inventories. Moreover, it is likely that these do not fully reflect the additional national information needs outlined above.

    Comparability and consistency are key elements to providing timely and reliable forest information at different scales. In this context, countries need to establish and consolidate national forest monitoring systems. Guidance on how to collect, compile and analyse forest information is fundamental to this endeavour.

    Establishing and running a National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) constitutes a complex scientific- technical exercise and an organizational and institutional challenge. The process has a direct link to policy as it informs management and decision-makers about the sustainable use of forest resources and the efficient protection and conservation of forest ecosystems. Accordingly, an NFMS supports governments in fulfilling their obligations to continually develop, monitor and report on “forest resources”, which may include trees outside forests as well as other land cover classes.

    The aim of these Voluntary Guidelines is to assist with the creation and operation of NFMSs. The guidelines include good practice principles, guidelines and a general framework. It also incorporates a set of decision-support tools for planning and implementing a multi-purpose NFMS grounded in nationally appropriate and scientifically sound practice, taking into consideration domestic information needs and reporting requirements.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Release dateMar 9, 2018
    ISBN9789251302088
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    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    An intergovernmental organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.Founded in 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO provides a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. The Organization publishes authoritative publications on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and nutrition.

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      Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      Part A

      Background and principles

      Section 1

      Background

      Section 2

      Principles of national forest monitoring

      SECTION 1

      Background

      1.1 General role of national forest monitoring

      For the purpose of this document, national forest monitoring is viewed as a comprehensive process that includes the systematic collection, analysis and dissemination of forest-related data, and the derivation of information and knowledge at regular intervals to allow the monitoring of changes over time. It focuses on national level data and information on forests and trees outside forests, their condition, values and uses. The information obtained supports forest-related decision-making at international, national and sub-national levels by providing timely, relevant and reliable information.

      The term national forest inventory (NFI) is commonly used to describe the technical process of data compilation and analysis of forest resources from a multitude of data sources, including field inventories and remote sensing, to estimate relevant forest characteristics at particular points in time. National forest monitoring (NFM) is a much more comprehensive process that includes the assessment, evaluation, interpretation and reporting of data and the derivation of information, usually from repeated inventories, that allows for the monitoring of change and trends over time (Figure 1). In many countries, however, especially where inventories are repeated over time, the term NFI is traditionally used also to describe the whole process of national forest monitoring.

      Other additional related terms include national forest assessment, defined here as the systematic process of gathering, collecting, analysing and using information from diverse sources to assess the value, quality or importance of forests at national level, taking into account all their functions; and national forest monitoring system (NFMS), which comprises the people, institutions and resources that implement national forest monitoring at the country level in collaboration with other stakeholders. Generally, a NFMS is led by a governing body responsible for its conceptualization, planning and execution within a clear and well-defined mandate, based on the principles and elements introduced in this

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