National Forest Inventory in Mali : Szenarien von BFW, BOKU und Umweltbundesamt

Wien

2015

5 S.

Bandaufführung

11921S

190796

Under the umbrella of the Austrian NAMA Initiative (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions) an initial project appraisal for the development and implementation of a National Forest Inventory (NFI) in Mali was launched in cooperation of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of Austria (BMLFUW), the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW) and the Ministry of Environment and Public Saniaction of Mali through the Agence de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable (AEDD). Important climatic, environmental and socio-economic developments pose new challenges on the multifunctional demands on forest resources and their sustainable management also in developing countries. For tackling these challenges National Forest Inventories (NFI) provide the fundamental data source for the assessment of the status and trends of forest resources, land uses and forest management practices. Furthermore NFI data serve for forest stakeholders and policy makers to comply with a wide range of requirements and reporting obligations at national and international level (e.g. UNFCCC, KP, FRA, CBD). Specifically for the implementation of the REDD+-initiative (Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and Nationally Appropriated Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) the availability of reliable forest information based on repeated measurements is a prerequisite (UNFCCC, 2010).