Gearing up to implement DRC’s National Forest Inventory
With the support of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) and the UN-REDD Programme, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and FAO together delivered capacity development training for the DRC National Forest Inventory (NFI) from 16 to 28 July 2017. The training in the Luki Biosphere Reserve at the National Agricultural Research Institute (INERA), strengthened the capacities of 49 participants including Directorate of Forest Inventories and Management (DIAF) engineers, technicians and botanists, and NFI implementing partners in the provinces.