Challenges and opportunities for national forest inventories

Thomas Brandeis; Joberto Veloso de Freitas; Rubí Angélica Cuenca Lara; Alexs Arana; Mariana Boscana; Anibal Cuchietti; Rafael Mayorga Saucedo; Humfredo Marcano-Vega; Carlo Paredes Valiente; Carla Ramírez; Sergio Villela; Iciar Alberdi

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Challenges and opportunities for national forest inventories

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Authors:

Thomas Brandeis, Joberto Veloso de Freitas, Rubí Angélica Cuenca Lara, Alexs Arana, Mariana Boscana, Anibal Cuchietti, Rafael Mayorga Saucedo, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Carlo Paredes Valiente, Carla Ramírez, Sergio Villela, Iciar Alberdi

Year:

2022

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): 39-47.

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the challenges and opportunities of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), analyzing aspects related to the influence of the institutional framework and different sampling designs, the challenges in providing estimates that can be compared internationally, and the need to improve the transparency and transfer of information.

Keywords

Caribbean, Institutional frameworks, Forest inventory estimates, Latin America, National forest inventories, Sampling designs

Citation

Brandeis, T., Veloso de Freitas, J., Cuenca Lara, R.A., Arana, A., Boscana, M., Cuchietti, A., Mayorga Saucedo, R., Marcano Vega, H., Paredes Valiente, C., Ramírez, C., Villela, S., Alberdi, I. 2022. Challenges and opportunities for national forest inventories. In: Ramírez, C., Alberdi, I., Bahamondez, C., Veloso de Freitas, J., eds. National forest inventories of Latin America and the Caribbean – Towards the harmonization of forest information. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): 39-47. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7791en