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ProjectEstablishing a National Forest Monitoring System to Enhance Transparency and Build REDD+ Readiness in Cambodia - UNFA/CMB/041/UND 2020
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No results found.Cambodia has approximately 9.45 million ha of forest cover (53 percent of total land area), yet it lost 3 million ha to deforestation between 2000 and 2010 alone. Rapid deforestation and increased risks to slow and quick-onset weather events disproportionately affect Cambodia’s rural and forest-dependent populations. Forests, however, historically served as natural sinks of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Therefore, the Royal Government of Cambodia called for a holistic approach to natural resource management and climate change mitigation, paying special attention to deforestation, landscape degradation and GHG emissions from forestry. The project worked to establish the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS), enabling Cambodian authorities to better collect, analyze, monitor and report data on forest cover, land use, resource management and GHG emissions. To this end, geographic information systems (GIS) and information and communication technologies (ICTs) were used in building national REDD+ readiness capacities. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetGrounded in data – Informing climate action and reporting with national forest inventories 2024
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No results found.The publication, Grounded in Data – Informing Climate Action and Reporting with National Forest Inventories, provides a comprehensive overview of the role of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in supporting sustainable forest management and informing international climate commitments. It explores how NFIs, as systematic and cyclical processes, compile and analyze data on forest resources, providing valuable insights into forest health, biodiversity, carbon stocks, and socioeconomic functions. The publication highlights the importance of NFIs in supporting national and subnational policy-making, especially in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation. -
DocumentForest Monitoring and Assessment for Climate Change Reporting: Partnerships, Capacity Building and Delivery 2007
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No results found.This working paper was prepared in light of the upcoming Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in December 2007 to inform about the status and ongoing efforts in the field of forest monitoring, assessment and reporting at national and international levels. Part I is a review of partnerships between FAO and countries for building capacity and supporting implementation of forest monitoring, assessment and reporting, to meet requirements at national and international levels. At national level, FA O works with countries to establish long-term and robust monitoring systems, based on systematic field sampling and data collection. At international level, FAO supports countries to report to the Global Forest Resources Assessments, which is the leading global reporting process on forests, their management and use. Part II presents basic requirements for national forest monitoring systems, seen from a broader policy context. It reviews the current status in countries with respect to two variabl es that are important for climate change reporting – forest area changes and forest carbon stock. It is concluded that in most developing countries the quality of current forest monitoring would not be satisfactory for an accounting system of carbon credits. However, it is also suggested that investment in national forest monitoring is attracting greater interest, as exemplified by the increasing number of countries requesting support from FAO. FAO continues to work in close collaboration with i ts member countries to improve forest monitoring, assessment and reporting, including helping them to meet requirements for forest carbon reporting.
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