Keeping track of forests: systems for measurement, reporting and verification

Cost-effective national forest monitoring requires credible systems of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). Discussion in this session focused on the latest work in international capacity development, and what countries in the region are doing. Featured: Carly Green, Methods and Guidance Component Manager, Global Forest Observations Initiative; Haruni Krisnawati, Senior Researcher, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia; HE Samuela Lagataki, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Forests, Fiji; Alfred Rungol, Acting Manager, Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) at Papua New Guinea Climate Change Development Authority.

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