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Topic outline
This course covers national forest inventory (NFI) reporting in detail and establishes the importance of reporting in the context of REDD+ actions.
This course is primarily intended for people who are involved in NFIs but can be taken by anyone with an interest in the subject. Specifically, this course targets:
- Forest technicians responsible for implementing their country’s NFIs.
- Forest data analysis practitioners.
- National forest monitoring teams
- Youth and new generations of foresters
- Five principles of reporting.
- Structure and purpose of the NFI report.
- Phased approach of REDD+.
- REDD+ reporting: approach, process and data required.
- Importance of open NFI data.
The course consists of 4 lessons, of approximately 20 minutes duration each:
- Lesson 1 - Introduction to data analysis
- Lesson 2 - The NFI report and supporting documents
- Lesson 3 - REDD+ results reporting (and role of NFIs)
- Lesson 4 - Data transparency – open data and data sharing
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