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DISCUSSION No. 121 • FSN Forum digest No. 1200
Online consultation on the first draft of the FAO voluntary guidelines on national forest monitoring
until 31 October 2015
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Dear Forestry Experts,
FAO's Forestry Department is inviting you to an online consultation to have your say on a draft version of the Section III of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring Systems<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/forestry>, which includes the elements needed to establish and sustain such Systems.
Your inputs will help improve the draft and ensure it reflects countries' forests needs and peculiarities. In this message we also share with you the latest comments received.
To join the consultation and to send your feedback in English<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/forestry>, French<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fr/forum/discussions/forestry> or Spanish<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/es/forum/discussions/forestry> please:
· write to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
· register to the FSN Forum here.<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/user/register> Once you receive the confirmation message you will be able to post online.
For further information please visit the website <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/forestry> or contact the FSN Forum team: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
We hope that you appreciate the Forestry Department's interest in receiving feedback from a wide audience and encourage you to take advantage of the remaining days to take part in this consultation.
All the best,
Your FSN Forum team
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[cid:image003.png@01D10C13.712ECEE0]Javier Fernández, Costa Rica
Javier appreciates the draft, particularly the inclusion of a specific section on the integration of young experts. At the same time, he suggests adding a reference to the financial sustainability of the national forest monitoring systems. [...]
Read the contribution online<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-online-consultation-first-draft-fao-voluntary-guidelines-national-forest-mo-1>
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[cid:image003.png@01D10C13.712ECEE0]H. Gyde Lund, Forest Infromation Services, Zambia
H. Gyde also expresses his overall satisfaction with the draft and proposes some detailed suggestions for improvements such as a more specific reference to what data should be collected. [...]
Read the contribution online <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-online-consultation-first-draft-fao-voluntary-guidelines-national-forest-mo-2>
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[cid:image003.png@01D10C13.712ECEE0]Christian Laurent, Service Public de Wallonie - Département de la Nature et des Forêts, Belgium
Christian shares his satisfaction with the document and suggests that a series of charts, such as a timeline depicting the different stages of the measuring process and an overview of the different sampling techniques, could be added. [...]
Read the contribution online <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-consultation-en-ligne-sur-la-premi%C3%A8re-version-des-directives-volontaires-de-l>
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[cid:image003.png@01D10C13.712ECEE0]Kuruppacharil V.Peter, World Noni Research Foundation, India
Kuruppacharil laments the continuous intrusions of humans into forest areas and a lack of general awareness on the role of forests. [...]
Read the contribution online <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-online-consultation-first-draft-fao-voluntary-guidelines-national-forest-mo-3>
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[cid:image003.png@01D10C13.712ECEE0]Subhash Chand, ICAR, India
Subhash suggests that awareness raising on the utility and importance of the forest must be a foremost goal of policy at local as well as at global level. [...]
Read the contribution online <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-online-consultation-first-draft-fao-voluntary-guidelines-national-forest-mo-4>
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[cid:image003.png@01D10C13.712ECEE0]Chiegele Christian Akpoke, Ebonyi State Agricultural Development Programme, Nigeria
Chiegele reminds us of the importance of forests for beekeeping and of the role that bees have for the propagation of trees and the conservation of forest areas. [...]
Read the contribution online <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-online-consultation-first-draft-fao-voluntary-guidelines-national-forest-mo-5>
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