Institutionalisation of forest data

FAO

Institutionalisation of forest data

Establishing legal frameworks for sustainable forest monitoring in REDD+ countries

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 48 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-134016-5

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Over the past ten years, REDD+ countries have made substantial advances in developing and operationalizing their National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS), to comply with measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) commitments for REDD+ under UNFCCC, as well as to provide better forest data to effectively support decision-making and domestic policies. In order to support developing countries in moving towards a more solid institutional setting, this paper provides a basis for understanding the importance of institutionalizing an NFMS within each country, particularly from a legal, financial and capacity-building perspective.

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FAO. 2021. Institutionalisation of forest data: Establishing legal frameworks for sustainable forest monitoring in REDD+ countries. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb3525en

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