Sustainable forest management, monitoring, assessment and reporting in Asia-Pacific

Project activities at NATIONAL LEVEL

• Establishment of MOU with selected countries including nomination of National Project Coordinators and setting up of National Steering Committees.
• Identification of major stakeholders in MAR on SFM in the selected project countries and at the regional level.
• Conducting studies and trainings workshops at sub-regional and national levels for:
• raising awareness of relevant national personnel
• developing country reports using the framework and the guidelines to review the information
• identification of issues and measures relating to MAR for SFM
• Organizing sub-regional and national levels workshops to initiate establishment of an effective national and regional MAR on SFM with initiation of activities like:
• harmonization of definition of terms
• identification of alternative approaches for data compilation and review.
• building capacities by providing alternative basic methodologies for review of forest policies and linking them with national planning processes.
• Organizing sub-regional and national levels workshops to promote the establishment of a national and regional database of information on internationally harmonized elements or variables that facilitate:
• appropriate description of the status and
• assessment and review of trends in national forest management and policies
• Organizing sub-regional and national levels workshops to facilitate the development of an information-sharing network of:
• regional focal points of various forest related agencies and processes
• national focal points of various forest related agencies and processes
• project focal point and
• other relevant stakeholders