International Workshop on Sustainable Forestry Management: Monitoring and Verification of Greenhouse Gases - Summary Statement (original) (raw)

2000, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

In addition to presenting their papers, workshop attendees shared experiences concerning the development and monitoring of regional and national forestry projects, through their participation in one of two working group sessions. The discussions focused on institutional, economic, methodological, and data availability problems. Group 1 concentrated on data collection and methods for monitoring and verifying GHG flows, while Group 2 discussed the key socio-economic and institutional issues associated with monitoring and verification. Within their focus areas, both groups addressed the questions of what should be monitored, how should monitoring and verification be done, and how can leakages be managed.