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Identify a central agency or unit responsible for data collection and database
maintenance.
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The agency should prepare a standard survey form for data collection incorporating
all the required details for supporting the private sector in plantation
development and for predicting future wood supplies.
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The agency should request the appointment of state, provincial or district officers
who are tasked with conducting the survey.
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Appointed officers are trained on data collection in the field during a pre-test.
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Subsequently, appointed officers carry out the surveys. The first survey will
be intensive to capture all available data on forest plantations.
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All costs incurred by the officers will have to be borne by the respective state,
provincial or district office.
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The appointed officers are responsible for preparing the data before they are
sent to the central agency for consolidation into a single database; they
are then keyed into the central database.
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Records need to be updated on an annual or biannual basis.