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Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting

Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting of Indicators/Parameters of Sustainable Forest Management : Status in India. Subhash Ashutosh IGNFA. Seven Thematic Elements of SFM. extent of forest r esources f orest b iological diversity forest health and vitality

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Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting

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  1. Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting of Indicators/Parameters of Sustainable Forest Management : Status in India SubhashAshutosh IGNFA

  2. Seven Thematic Elements of SFM • extent of forest resources • forest biological diversity • forest health and vitality • productive functions of forest resources • protective functions of forest resources • socio-economic functions of forests • legal, policy and institutional framework

  3. National Level Monitoring & Assessment by FSI • Forest Cover • biennial cycle • nation-wide • wall-to-wall • Forest Inventory • based on sample plots laid across the country • many parameters including carbon and biodiversity • Forest Fire • near real time detection

  4. Wall-to-Wall Forest Cover Mapping Operational System : An Overview • Analysis and output • district wise area figures • change matrix • Mangrove cover separately • area figures for hill and tribal districts • maps available on 1:50,000 scale • change maps • Methodology • biennial cycle • digital interpretation of satellite data • intensive ground truthing • accuracy assessment

  5. Forest Cover Assessments by FSI : A Brief History Resolution Cycle Year of Assessment Satellite & Sensor Scale 80m x 80m 1:1million 1987 LANDSAT MSS I 1989 II 30m x 30m LANDSAT TM 1991 III 1993 IV 1:250,000 1995 V 36m x 36m IRS-1B LISS-II 1997 VI 23m x 23m 1999 IRS-1C LISS-III VII 23m x 23m 1:50,000 2001 IRS-1C/1D LISS-III VIII IRS-1D, LISS-III 23m x 23m 1:50,000 2003 IX 23m x 23m 1:50,000 IRS-P6, LISS-III X 2005 23m x 23m 1:50,000 IRS-P6, LISS-III XI 2007 23m x 23m 1:50,000 IRS-P6, LISS-III XII 2009

  6. Forest Cover in India

  7. Change Map

  8. National Forest Inventory • NFI started since 2001 • about 8,000 sample plots spread across the country are laid in every cycle • estimates on various parameters are generated based on data of cumulative plots

  9. N 3m×3m W E 1m ×1m Bamboo (non-clump forming) S Sample Tree (North Quadrate) 7.64m Soil & Forest Floor (1m×1m) 22.36m 0.1 ha Plot Shrub & Tree Regeneration Soil & Forest Floor Herb Sample Plots

  10. Data from sample plots species and diameter class wise trees crown diameter soil & leaf litter for estimation of carbon listing herbs & shrubs for biodiversity indices regeneration status fire incidence grazing incidence presence of weeds crop injury information on bamboo etc

  11. Other Mapping and Assessment Activities by FSI • Forest Type Map • Shifting cultivation affected area • Burnt area mapping • production and consumption of forest products • information generated under various projects

  12. Forest Type Map • forest type mapping of the country has been completed by FSI • the mapping follows Champion & Seth classification (1968), which classifies India’s forests into 16 type groups and 200 types • for this study, mapping up to type group level has been used

  13. Area under Different Forest Type Groups for the Country * Area under forest cover and scrub as per SFR 2005

  14. Monitoring and Assessment at the State Level • assessment while preparing working plans • some States have developed capacities to do • periodic forest cover monitoring e.g. AP, WB • internal monitoring and evaluation of schemes • monitoring as part of the externally aided projects • control forms • Statistics Cells – periodic bulletins

  15. IPCC Good Practices Guidance (2003) & Guidelines (2006) for Monitoring and Assessment • provide frame work for monitoring and assessment of various parameters like biomass, biodiversity, carbon, damage due to pests, fire • 3 Tier Approach • Stratification • default values of emission and other factors/indices

  16. International Reporting by FSI • GFRA • 1990, 2000, 2005 and 2010 • NATCOM • 2003, 2009

  17. Global Forest Resource Assessment-2010

  18. FRA-2010 • 17 reporting tables that countries are to complete and submit to FAO. • Specification of National Reporting Tables and guidelines have been issued by FAO. • Countries have to follow specification and guidelines in compilation of various tables. • Predefined formats for the tables

  19. Overview of the reporting tables

  20. Overview of the reporting tables

  21. Way Forward • Identify concise set of monitorable parameters covering all thematic elements/policies & measures • periodicity of monitoring • Institution – SFD coordinated mechanism to be put in place • National Institution in respect of each parameter to be identified • Monitoring and assessment design to be standardised • SFDs to generate field level data as per the design • Synthesis may be done at the national level by identified institutions for the States and Country • Capacity building on monitoring, assessment and reporting at various levels in the SFDs and Institutions

  22. Thanks

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