Report survey on the contents of National Forest Inventory, Beijing, China, 26-31 March 2007

Abstract

This Report survey has been prepared with the main aim of collecting information on the National Forest Inventory (NFI) in the Asia Pacific countries in order to facilitate the fulfilment of the harmonization in the national forest monitoring, assessment and reporting. The information collected thanks to the collaboration of all the participants will be compiled and analyzed, forming the basis of the background documentation for the forthcoming workshop on Broadening, Harmonization and Cross-Sec toral Integration of National Forest Inventories in Asia Pacific Region. It will help understanding the range of fields (information) and variables collected in the framework of the National Forest Inventories, their main purposes and applications, representing a valuable food for discussion and activities of the forthcoming workshop and therefore highly contributing to the fulfilment of the objectives of the overall project