National forest assessments - country projects
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Overview - Tanzania
In Tanzania, the state and trends of the forestry resources are largely unknown and the existing information is fragmented and outdated. Under the National Forest Programme (NFP) of Tanzania, the National Forestry Resources Monitoring and Assessment (NAFORMA) was identified as a priority activity for the Forestry and Beekeeping Division (FBD), which has later on been integrated as a key activity of the National Forestry and Beekeeping Database (NAFOBEDA). The results of NAFORMA are needed as a key input to NAFOBEDA to support monitoring and assessments of national forestry resources and the national policy processes, such as preparation of the outlook strategies for the forestry sector and forest policy reviews among others. Yet, the demand of the stakeholders in Tanzania for data and information on the state of the forestry resources is continuously expanding.
This project is planned to develop a complete and sound baseline information on the forest and tree resources, assist the FBD to set up a specialised structure and put in place a long term monitoring system of the forestry ecosystems under the NAFOBEDA. It is also to introduce policy relevant, holistic and integrated approach to Forestry Resources Assessment (NFA) that addresses all domestic needs of information as well as the international reporting requirements, thereby be able to provide data and information on the sub-sector to users (both local and international) on timely and regular basis through the NAFOBEDA.
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14 July 2009
The NAFORMA launching ‘Data needs and Inventory design workshop’ took place in Dar Es Salaam, from 30th June till 2nd July 2009. The workshop aimed at gathering all the necessary data and information concerning inventory data and user needs for National Forest Assessment (NFA) in Tanzania. The workshop was attended by some 70 participants including (local stakeholders from ministries, NGOs, international and national experts) and finished with concrete recommendations of different working groups, to be used by the local FAO consultant team, deadline end of July 2009. The most important issues were information needs, sampling design and stratification, the possible link with REDD, and land use/ vegetation classification options. Further project implementation was discussed, as well as linkage between different ongoing RS initiatives FRA RSS, GEO, the Norwegian lidar project, UN-REDD and the NAFORMA, to set up a road map what’s to be done in the upcoming months and to identify the actions and actors in the following phases of the project. The UN REDD joint mission will revise the JNP in the end of July. [more...]
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