Capacity Building for the Planning, Assessment and Systematic Observations of Forests With Special Reference to Tropical Countries /

• Main Author: Singh, Karan Deo. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering,
• Subjects: Geography.; Forests and forestry.; Sustainable development.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Forestry.; Sustainable Development.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32292-1

This book is intended to support the forestry institutions in the tropical countries in the planning, assessment and systematic observation of forests required to fulfill their obligations as laid in international conventions such as the CBD and UNFCCC. Following the Rio Conference, a number of coun...

Table of Contents:

• The Growing Mandate OF Forest Inventories
• Forest Inventory Problem Formulation
• Organizing the Existing Information
• Technology Transfer and Applications
• Building Capacity for Planning and Forest Assessments
• Statistical Planning
• Special Studies
• Data Collection
• Data Processing
• Report Writing.