Harmonizing Reporting On Forests And Forestry

摘要

A dizzying array of international conventions and organizations request national governments to regularly provide up-to-date data on the status of their forests and on activities related to the respective conventions and action programs. There's no doubt that such reporting is important, but many countries face considerable difficulties in reporting to various processes because of limited technical and financial capacities and because of the divergence of forest-related terms, definitions and reporting methods used by the various conventions and processes. In addition, since distinct national agencies are often responsible for reporting under different mechanisms - using differing methodologies, definitions and procedures - inconsistencies and confusion are common within the data being reported by individual countries.