Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Tool Details

Field manual for timber verification

Author Maravi, E.
Year of publication 2014
This Field Manual provides practical methods and procedures intended to assist forest control activities by offering procedures and guidance for official field inspections and for approval and supervision of Annual Operating Plans (AOP). This tool is expected to help forest authorities in the actual verification of trees and their respective volumes included in the forestholder’s forest census, also known as pre-harvesting forest inventories or 100% timber inventories. It is expected that this forest control and supervision tool will be used taking into consideration the appropriate national legal frameworks and local conditions. This manual aims to assist forest administration authorities to ensure the legal origin of timber, based on actual verification of existing trees in the forests and proper calculation of their respective volumes.
Type of Tool
Guidelines, manual, kits for trainers
Scale of Application
Forest Management Unit
Region
Global
Biome
All
Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)
Primary Designated Function
Production
Management Responsibility
Government/State