Assessing change in national forest monitoring capacities of 99 tropical countries

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 352; pp. 109 - 123
• Main Authors: Romijn, Erika, Lantican, Celso B., Herold, Martin, Lindquist, Erik, Ochieng, Robert, Wijaya, Arief, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Verchot, Louis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Bos- en Natuurbeleid; Capacity building; Carbon; Carbon reporting; carbon sinks; Construction; emissions factor; Food and Agriculture Organization; Forest and Nature Conservation Policy; Forest cover change; forest inventory; Forest management; forest resources; Forests; greenhouse gases; issues and policy; Laboratorium voor Geo-informatiekunde en remote sensing; Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing; Leerstoelgroep Bos- en natuurbeleid; Monitoring; Monitoring systems; PE&RC; politics; REDD; Remote sensing; Reporting; spatial data; Stockpiling; Tropical forests; tropics; WASS; Forest cover change; Capacity building; Tropical forests; Carbon reporting; REDD; Monitoring systems

•An overview of forest monitoring and reporting capacities and changes is presented.•Analysis of 99 tropical countries was done for the years 2005–2010–2015.•In 2015, a larger area of forest is monitored with good to very good capacities.•Carbon pool reporting needs improvement with use of higher Ti...