Challenges and opportunities for national forest inventories
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. |
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.