29 December 2011 On December 12-16, 2011 a workshop was held at FAO Headquarters on Image and Geospatial Data Processing, organized and delivered by the Forest Monitoring Team of FAO Forestry Department. The participants included professionals responsible for the Remote Sensing component of the National Forest Inventories (NFIs) currently being supported by FAO in Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania, Viet Nam and Zambia. (click for full article - pdf file) [more...]
30 September 2011 A meeting was held in Stockholm on September 22-23, 2011 to discuss current status and further development of the work toward a second, new, and improved version of the Knowledge Reference (KR) for National Forest Assessments. The first version of the KR was developed in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and is available on line (from NFMA home page). The Second version (also in collaboration with SLU) aims at improving and updating the content while special attention is given to the means of distribution (not only through a web portal) and network of dissemination. The chapters cover the various components and phases involved in instituting a National Forest Inventory, from planning to implementation to dissemination of results. The intended target is limitless but special attention is given to the academic world (particularly in developing countries), for this reasons content comprehension will be facilitated through summary highlights and self study exercises. The complete work is planned to be finalized by the end of 2011. The list of authors involved in the KR 2 include: Reidar Persson (Rationale and Policy influence); Göran Ståhl, Ylva Melin, Mats Sandewall (Organization and Implementation); Adrian Lanz (Overview of options); Ronald McRoberts, Erkki Tomppo, Raymond Czaplewski (Sample Designs); Christoph Kleinn, Netra Bhandari (Observations and Measurements); Steen Magnussen, David Reed (Modeling for estimation and monitoring); Marco Marchetti, Bruno Lasserre (Biomass and carbon estimation); Barbara Koch (Remote Sensing); Krister Par Andersson (Data collection through interviews); Tuula Nuutinen (Scenarios); Alan J. Thomson (Information Management and Data Registration) [more...]
27 September 2011 How information is gathered and used for national policy decision. Snapshot of FAO's work on: Forest Resources Assessment and Information & National Forest Program (including FAO collaboration with Swedish institutions). Meeting arranged jointly by The Forest Initiative (FI), FAO, SLU. [more...]
28 September 2009 The NFMA will participate at the WFC 2009 with a Side Event on: National forest monitoring and assessment: an essential tool for national policies and international reporting [more...]
1 June 2009 Mr. Jim Carle, Chief FOMR, presented on "Support to Forest Inventory and Monitoring in Developing Countries" and NFMA activities at IUFRO Division 4 - Extending Forest Inventory and Monitoring over Space and Time - May 19-22, 2009 Quebec City, Canada. More here: http://skog.for.msu.edu/meeting/index.html [more...]
9 January 2012 A two-days workshop was held in Paraguay with the objective of presenting National Forest Inventory methodology and sharing experiences from other countries. Paraguay is currently developing a REDD working plan. Full article, in Spanish, here: http://activamente.com.py/prensa/fao/capacitacion [more...]
15 September 2011 A workshop on National Forest Monitoring and Assessment and REDD+ was carried out from 29/8 to 2/9 2011 in collaboration with the National Institute for Conservation and Forest Development of Honduras (ICF), USFS, USAID, UNREDD, and FAO. Workshop details and presentations can be downloaded here [5MB] [more...]
20 July 2011 GEF announced the successful launch of the project “Strengthening National Policy and Knowledge Framework in Support of Sustainable Management of Brazil´s Forest Resources”. This project aims to provide good quality information and analysis on forest resources and land use to improve policies and decision making by stakeholders so as to increase Brazilian forests contribution to national sustainable development. The initiative is designed as a five-year project, mainly to provide technical assistance to develop the core capacities and support the implementation of the NFM&AS. It will be executed with FAO as implementing agency and the Brazilian Forest Service (BFS) as the primary executing partner. [more...]
24 March 2011 Zambia Remote Sensing Survey: In 2011, as a part of the second phase of ILUA, global satellite image sampling provided by JRC and FAO was intensified to match the ILUA sample units, aimed at producing the first ever national level historical rates of forest area change for 1990 - 2000 - 2005. Results are in the process of being analyzed. A poster highlights key steps in the coordinated approach in Zambia [more...]
