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VIET NAM 2012. National Forest Assessment (NFA)

17 May 2012. Back Kan, Viet Nam. Researchers for the National Forest Assessment (NFA) measure tree
diameters using a GPS tracking device that allows them to assess forest status and monitor development
over time. They locate and document, repeatedly, forest growth in one area.

05/17/2012

Project ID GCP/CLO/194/MUL FIN-VN

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The objective of the assignment is to provide support to the implementation of the FAO Finland Forestry Programme/National Forest Assessment (NFA) project in Viet Nam, in order to obtain improvements in the quality and scope of socio-economic (SE) data and information to be collected within the next National Forest Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment Programme (NFIMAP), and serving better the national forest related socio-economic information needs for national and international decision making and reporting.