Thanks to all colleagues as organizers or contributor.
1- C&I for SFM is very important issue not for the countries with high portion of forest cover but also for low forest cover countries (LFCCs).
Tehran Process Secretariat for LFCCs (TPS for LFCCs) dealt with this important issue from its early establishment.
LFCCs need and requirements should be seen in a real way of drafting indicators.
In current proposal text provided by Task Force (current list) related to items 1, 2, and 9, forest area and forest cover for different management goals, and we need to how it can be apply for LFCCs.
LFCCs refer to those countries which their forest cover are less than 10% to total land so it is not refer to density and forest cover. But normally forest density and forest cover in LFCCs comparing with high forest cover countries are low!
2- Another point is tree out of forest (ToF) which we need to have some indicator to be considered in national level.
3- Other important point is to lay on the results of national research outcomes, so it is necessary to add three columns in the table with title of (Global), (Regional), (National). By this means we can recognize the level importance and applicability in different dimensions.
4- I have done ten (10) years research (in two five years research plans) on consideration of C&I for SFM in Hyrcanian forest in north part of Iran. I proposed a little bit different indicators even is various location in Hyrcanian forest in Iran.
Best wishes,
Mostafa Jafari
Head of TPS for LFCCs
(Climate Change expert- LA IPCC, Member of Academic Board, Forest manager, and Plant Ecology and Ecophysiolgy specialist in Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands)
13 May 2017
Prof. Mostafa Jafari