Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in theCaucasus and Central Asia UNECE/FAO, UNDA Regional Inception Workshop15 to 18 November 2016

15 – 18 Nov 2016 UNECE/FAO, UNDA Regional Inception Workshop

“Quantitative and Qualitative C&I for SFM in LFCCs; a Practical Guidance on

Methodology of Measurement”

Yerevan, Armenia

Mostafa JafariHead of TPS for LFCCs/ and

RIFR- AREEO

Backgrounds:

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• 1- African Timber Organization (ATO) Process• 2- Dry Forest in Asia Process• 3- Dry-Zone Africa Process• 4- International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Process• 5- Lepaterique Process of Central America• 6- Montreal Process (Temperate and Boreal Forests)• 7- Near East Process• 8- Pan-European Forest Process• 9- Tarapoto Proposal for the Sustainability of the Amazon

Forest • 10- TPS for LFCCs (2000, 2006)• (Martines-Falero et al. 2010; Jafari 2006)

Introduction:Process Established date updated Countries

numberPrincipal criteria element indicators references

1- African Timber Organization (ATO) Process

1993 13 20 60 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

2- Dry Forest in Asia Process

1999 2000National 10- FAO, UNEP,

ITTO8 49 Martines-Falero

et al. 2010

3- Dry-Zone Africa Process

1995 28 6 47 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

4- International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Process

1999 30 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

5- Lepaterique Process of Central America

1997National

7-FAO 8 53 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

Regional 4 406- Montreal Process (Temperate and Boreal Forests)

12 7 67 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

7- Near East Process 1996 30 7 65 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

8- Pan-European Forest Process

1998National 37 6 27 Martines-Falero

et al. 2010

9- Tarapoto Proposal for the Sustainability of the Amazon Forest

1995 2000 37 7 47 IIFM-ITTO Project/ SFM

10- TPS for LFCCs 1998 2006 Jafari, 2006

Regional 56 (72) 7 93Bhopal-India Process 1999 National 8 43 IIFM-ITTO

Project/ SFM

Process Established date updated Countries number

Principal criteria element indicators references

1- African Timber Organization (ATO) Process

1993 13 20 60 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

2- Dry Forest in Asia Process

1999 2000National 10- FAO, UNEP,

ITTO8 49 Martines-Falero

et al. 2010

3- Dry-Zone Africa Process

1995 28 6 47 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

4- International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Process

1999 30 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

5- Lepaterique Process of Central America

1997National

7-FAO 8 53 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

Regional 4 406- Montreal Process (Temperate and Boreal Forests)

12 7 67 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

7- Near East Process 1996 30 7 65 Martines-Faleroet al. 2010

8- Pan-European Forest Process

1998National 37 6 27 Martines-Falero

et al. 2010

9- Tarapoto Proposal for the Sustainability of the Amazon Forest

1995 2000 37 7 47 IIFM-ITTO Project/ SFM

10- TPS for LFCCs 1998 2006 Jafari, 2006

Regional 56 (72) 7 93Bhopal-India Process 1999 National 8 43 IIFM-ITTO

Project/ SFM

Forest area as % of total land

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Challenges for forest sector:

Priority of forest sector

Limited of forest area

Forestry Expert gaps

National forest program

National action plan

Climate change impacts

Aridity and drought

Flood

Strategy for the Implementation

• enhancing cooperation and partnerships;

• enhancing information collection, analysis anddissemination;

• estimating and including forest goods and services innational accounts;

• establishing criteria and indicators for sustainableforest management (C& I for SFM);

• promoting forest education and research;

• improving policy, planning and institutions; and

• enhancing participatory processes.

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Major Criteria and Indicators:

It is a need to nationalized and localizedinternationally recommended criteria andindicators.

For this purpose we select 6 criteria among 7 and25 indicators among 93 TPS for LFCCsrecommendations (Jafari, 2006)(http://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/kaigai/pdf/iran.pdf) to examine SFM in Hyrcanian forest ecosystem.

Three windows on forest: nfp, FRA, and C&I for SFM

C&I for SFM, Jafari 2006:

C&I application procedures:

Quantitative measurements:

Quantification and Qualification of C&I for SFM

Each indicator need to be measured and evaluated intwo dimensions: quantities as well as qualities.

Quantities characteristics of the indicators are easytask to measure like, forest area, number of speciesand or biomass production.

But qualitative characteristics of indicators are mainlydepends on expert judgments, like health, vigor, orsatisfaction. There are Two options:Option 1: Scoring each indicator (1-10, or %)

Option 2: Matrix, (importance of each indicator)

Qualitative measurements:

Table 1: Matrix of correlation of each indicator withother indicators separately (individually). Here is anexample of 10 indicators of 3 criteria.

Criterion

Criterion1 Criterion2 Criterion3 IW

indicators

I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 I8 I9 I10

Criterion1

I1 100 80 70 50 45 55 50 30 35 40 555

/10 = 55.5

I2 80 100

I3 70 100

Criterion2

I4 50 100

I5 45 100

I6 55 100

I7 50 100

Criterion3

I8 30 100

I9 35 100

I10 40 100

IW (indicator weight)

555/

10 =

55.5

Summation of column number /divided to the number of indicators

Importance or Priority of Indicators:

Criterion Criterion1 Criterion2 Criterion3 IW

indicators I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 I8 I9 I10

Criterion

1

I1 100 80 70 50 45 55 50 30 35 40 555

/10 =

55.5

I2 80 100 X

I3 70 100 Y

Criterion

2

I4 50 100 Z

I5 45 100 A

I6 55 100 B

I7 50 100 C

Criterion

3

I8 30 100 D

I9 35 100 E

I10 40 100 F

IW (indicator weight) 555/10 =

55.5

X Y Z A B C D E F Summation

of column

number

/divided to

the number

of

indicators

Overall score of each indicator:

Calculation of sustainability :

• I1: Indicator 1, I2: Indicator 2, I3: Indicator 3 … In: Indicator n• I1W: indicator1 weight, I2W: indicator2 weight, I3W: indicator3 weight … InW: indicator n weight,•

• To fill all matrix table cells: Each individual indicator correlation with other indicators will be estimated by expert judgments (either a fraction of 10/ or a percentage up to %100).

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• To calculate Sustainability Index (SI)• (IIFM-ITTO Project/SFM, 2005?)• Criterion Sustainability (CS) will be calculated by following formula (IIFM-ITTO Project/SFM, 2005?):• For all indicators under one criterion:• CS= Summation (WI1*I1)+(WI2*I2)+ … (WIn*In)/ Summation (WI1+WI2+…WIn)• Sustainability Index (SI) will be calculated by following formula (IIFM-ITTO Project/SFM, 2005?):• For all criteria (which is included all related indicators):• SI= Summation (WC1*C1)+(WC2*C2)+ … (WCn*Cn)/ Summation (WC1+WC2+…WC)

Quick view on field work:

WatershedProvince (different type of forest management

types)(standard: seed based; Coppice: branch or root based; Coppice with standard or composite forest)

Section (one type of forest management)District ( or series)(one forest management type,

with certain time period)(areas of about 1000-5000 ha.)

Parcel (or compartment)(areas of 20-50 ha. Or 100 ha. In disturbed forest)

Suparcell (or Sub-compartment)FMU (Forest management Unit)

Quick view on field work: main regional map

Each watershed: detail source of information

Forest potential map:

Slop map:

Forest vegetation types map:

Section/ Series map:

Vegetation study plots:

Series/ parcels/plots:

Real view on field work: Minkooh

Signe in the field as references:

Record and measure vegetation info:

Real view of the field: Samghabad

Recoding tree info:Hyrcanian Forest

Study forest view:Hyrcanian Forest Ecosystem

Three species in Sourdar, Anarestan:

Qualitative and Quantitative, 6 Criteria: Sourdar, Anarestan

Thank you for your attention

Contact details:

• Mostafa Jafari (Ph.D)• Head of TPS for LFCCs, UN-IGO/ and• Member of academic board- Climate Change Advisor RIFR- AREEO,• Deputy coordinator of IUFRO Working Party 9.01.05 (on R&D of indicators for SFM)• http://www.iufro.org/who-is-who/officeholder/Jafari /

• http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-9/90000/90100/90105 /

• IPCC AR5, LA WGIII, Chapter 11, Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)• http://www.ipcc-wg3.de/publications/assessment-reports/assessment-reports/Authors/chapter-11• Web site: http://lfccsandclimatechange.pbworks.com• E-mail: jafarimostafa@yahoo.com , mostafajafari@libero.it , mostafajafari@rifr-ac.ir•

• Tehran Processes Secretariat for Low Forest Cover Countries • )TPS for LFCCs)• Tel: (0098 21) 44195901 – 6 • Direct line: (009821) 44580215• Fax: (0098 21) 44196575 • P.O. Box 13185 – 116 • (Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands –RIFR)• Post code: 13111-14968 • Tehran, I.R. Iran