National Tables
Reporting format
Peter Holmgren
Method
- 8 steps, common to all 16 tables
- Template provided – FRA WP
- Why this approach?
- Transparency
- Traceability
- REDUCED BURDEN!!!
- Method used in FRA 2000...
Method – 8 steps
- Global classes
- National sources
- National classification
- National data
- Calibration
- Estimation / forecasting
- Reclassification
- Final National data for global table
Case
• India
• Table 1 – Extent of forests
• Pages 7-10 in pilot report
Step A: Global classification
- Given from guidelines
Forest
Other Wooded Land
Other Land with Tree Cover
Other Land
Inland Water bodies
Step B: National data sources
Year
Source
1990
SFR, 1993. State of Forest Resources 1993. Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
1992
SFR, 1995. State of Forest Resources 1995. Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
1994
SFR, 1997. State of Forest Resources 1997. Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
1997
SFR, 1999. State of Forest Resources 1999. Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
2000
SFR, 2001. State of Forest Resources, 2001. Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
Step C: National classification
Forest Cover
Dense Forest
Open Forest
Mangrove Cover
Mangrove
Scrub
Trees Outside Forests
Tree Cover
Non Forest Land
Step D: National data
Categories
Land Cover in “000” ha
1990
1992
1994
1997
2000
Forests
63 938
63 887
63 339
63 729
67 553
Non Forest
(i) Scrub
5 894
6 052
5 270
5 189
4 731
(ii) Other Non Forest
258 893
258 786
260 116
259 807
256 440
Total (Country Area)
328 726
328 726
328 726
328 726
328 726
Step E: Calibration
No need.
Total land area match UN statistics.
Step F: Estimation / forecasting
Category
1990 reported.
2000 reported.
2005 estimated through regression:
Forecasted Land cover in 2005
Forests
67 700
Scrub
4 110
Step G: Reclassification
National class
Percentage of National class belonging to a FRA Class
Classes
Forests
OWL
OLwT
Other Land
Forests
100
Non Forest
• Scrub
100
(ii) Tree Cover
10
90
(iii) Other
100
Step H: National input done.
FRA 2005 Classes
Extent in "000"ha
1990
2000
2005
Forest
63 938
67 553
67 700
Other Wooded Land
5 894
4 731
4 110
Other land with Trees
81
81
81
Other land
227 404
224 952
225 426
Inland water
31 407
31 407
31 407
Total Area
328 726
328 726
328 726
16 Tables
- Build on variables in FRA 2000
- Relate to the common C&I themes
- Global terms and definitions, harmonized with other processes
- Standardized format and method
Thank you!
