Project/activity information

On 14 October 1996, the ITTO Mission submitted its report on Promotion of Sustainable Forest Development in Bolivia for the consideration of the XXI Session. This report identified as one of the most urgent priorities the need for a national forest inventory and the establishment of a forest resources monitoring program in Bolivia.

This project is aimed at gathering both static and dynamic quantitative and qualitative information on Bolivian forests by updating the forestry map and implementing a national forest inventory and a forest dynamics monitoring program. The information obtained will be integrated using a forest geographic information system (FGIS), which will facilitate the decision making process regarding the designation of permanent production forests and other needs as the administration deems appropriate. Project results will be used as the basis for the formulation of a Forest Development Plan for Bolivia.

This project will lay the foundations for the establishment of a Forest Information and Evaluation Centre (CEIF), which will be the institution responsible for following up monitoring and evaluation activities after project completion.