TROPICS Tropical Forestry Projects Information System

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Testing criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests. Phase II : Development of Sustainability.
Figures are indicative, and subject to revision
Some projects may contain substantial non-forest related components
Funder reference :B7-6201/1996/21
Funded through :Tropical Forestry
DGIB
B7-6201
Year :1996
Engaged :950,477 Euro
Further information :DGIB MIS System
Information in the TROPICS system is provisional only
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Updated from the DGIB internal management system 'MIS'
December 1999
 DGIB MIS System
internal management system
Numéro du projet : HOR/B7-6201/IB/1996/0121 Direction : D
Pays/région : Horizontal ALA-MED-ACP.... Intitulé : Testing forest criteria and indicators
Ligne budgétaire : B7-6201 Resp. géog. : not applicable
Numéro direction : 1996/0121 Resp. tech. : Sergio Carvalho
No SEM/ALA : Resp. fin. : Alain Jemine

A. Objectif de l'action envisagée :
To develop operational sustainability assessment tools; to improve key areas where existing criteria and indicators have been found to be deficient; to contribute towards the development of a system to evaluate the sustainability of forest management.

B. Description :
- developing cost-effective, transparent and practical sustainability assessment methods based on criteria and indicators, selected as being suitable after the first phase

- developing operational indicators for areas where shortcomings have been identified during the first phase (social dimension / biodiversity and environmental services of forest ecosystems)

- testing criteria and indicators in forest management by local communities

- developing transparent effective methods for scoring, weighting and resolving evaluation conflicts in order to arrive at decisions in a transparent, acceptable manner.


C. Justification :
The results of the first phase indicate that there is a need for further research in order to develop a practical and viable instrument for the assessment of sustainability based criteria and indicators and to fill gaps in the area of the project components mentioned above.

D. Modalités d'exécution :
The Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is an autonomous international institute conducting research to improve productivity and sustainability of forest use.

Information in the TROPICS system is provisional only
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