Workshop Report - Information and Analysis of Trees Outside Forests in India (31 January - 2 February 2001)

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by:

Ram Prasad
P.C. Kotwal
C.S. Rathore
Yogesh D. Jadhav

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL DEVELOPMENT

Information and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management: Linking National and International Efforts in South and Southeast Asia

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT
NEHRU NAGAR, P.O. 357, BHOPAL - 462 003 (M.P.)

August 2001

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The word “countries” appearing in the text refers to countries, territories and areas without distinction. The designations “developed” and “developing” countries are intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgement about the stage reached by a particular country or area in the development process. The opinions expressed in the articles by contributing authors are not necessarily those of FAO.

The EC-FAO Partnership Programme on Information and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management: Linking National and International Efforts in South Asia and Southeast Asia is designed to enhance country capacities to collect and analyze relevant data, and to disseminate and up-to-date information on forestry, and to make this information more readily available for strategic decision making. Thirteen countries in South and Southeast Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam) participate in the Programme. Operating under the guidance of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) Working Group on Statistics and Information, the initiative is implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in close partnership with experts from participating countries. It draws on experience gained from similar EC-FAO efforts in Africa, and the Caribbean and Latin America and is funded by the European Commission.

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ISBN 974-7946-11-4

Table of Contents

Foreword

Executive summary

Introduction

Different methods for ground-based assessment of trees outside forests

List of potential users of data collected for trees outside forests

List of institutions with relevant data

Parameters, criteria and indicators for assessment of trees outside forests

Action plan for the standardization of assessment methodologies of trees outside forests

Terms of reference for exploratory study of the cost-effective use of remote sensing in the assessment of trees outside forests and identification of further studies

Conclusions and recommendations

References

Annex 1: List of acronyms

Annex 2: List of participants

Annex 3: Summary of papers presented during the workshop

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