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RAP publication 2003/05
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Practical Guidelines for the Assessment, Monitoring and Reporting
on National Level Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
in Dry Forests in Asia
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Based on the work of Michael Kleine,
Phalguni Gangopadhyay and Gopa Pandey
Editors: S. Appanah, F. Castaneda and P.B. Durst
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Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the
Pacific
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
June 2003
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ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY COMMISSION
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The designations employed and the presentation of material in
this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the
part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning
the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities,
or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers and boundaries. |
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for
Asia and the Pacific, 39 Phra Athit Road, Bangkok, Thailand.
Cover photo: FORSPA
For copies of the report, write to:
Patrick B. Durst
Senior Forestry Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
39 Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 697 4000
Fax: (66-2) 697 4445
E-mail: [email protected]
© FAO 2003
Abbreviations and
acronyms
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Executive
summary
Chapter 1:
Introduction
1.1. Purpose of the
guidelines
1.2. The dry forests in
Asia
1.3. National-level criteria and
indicators for sustainable management of dry forests in Asia
1.4. The contents of the practical
guide and its use
Chapter 2: The system for
assessment, reporting and monitoring
2.1. Assessment
2.2. Reporting on assessable
verifiers/indicators
2.3. Monitoring of
indicators
Chapter 3: Guide to assessment,
reporting and monitoring
3.1. Criterion 1: Extent of forest and tree cover
3.2. Criterion 2: Maintenance of ecosystem health
and vitality
3.3. Criterion 3: Maintenance and enhancement of
biodiversity
3.4. Criterion 4: Conservation and enhancement of
soil and water resources and other environmental functions
3.5. Criterion 5: Maintenance and enhancement of
forest productivity
3.6. Criterion 6: Extent of forest resource utilisation
3.7. Criterion 7: Socio-economic, cultural and
spiritual needs
3.8. Criterion 8: Policy, legal and institutional
framework
Chapter 4: Reporting on progress
towards sustainable forest management
4.1. Background
information
4.2. Synthesis
4.3. Monitoring results
4.4. Assessment results
Chapter 5: Provisions for assessment
system implementation
5.1. Institutional
arrangements
5.2. Preparations for the
assessment
5.3. Training
5.4. The use of the assessment system
for improving forest management
Appendices
Appendix 1: Regional Initiative for
the Development, Assessment and Measurement of National-level Criteria and
Indicators for the Sustainable Management of Dry Forests in Asia*
Appendix 2: Definitions and basic
principles of sustainable forest management in relation to criteria and
indicators
Appendix 3: Literature
used
Back cover
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