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The previous inventories mainly focused on timber and partly on biomass of the forest trees. Limited efforts were made to
generate information on NTFPs and biological diversity of forest tree species. Protected areas were excluded from the NFI by
defining inaccessible forest. In this backdrop, a NFI is urgently needed in Nepal to update forest statistics and address the
present data needs.
The previous NFI relied on centralized data collection approach and data collection procedures were quite expensive. The
problem tree reveals that there is inadequate co-operation between organizations, lack of integrated natural resource data, and
limited data processing capability. There is a clear need to emphasize decentralization of data collection and results
dissemination. The institutional capacity of forestry organizations in information management need to be enhanced.
Compilation of Forestry
National forest management
sector policy & programs
decisions
are not optimal
are not optimal
National & district District forest
decisions are made
with inaccurate data
Accurate and actual forest forest
decision making data
is not available
Inadequate information
acquisition and sharing
mechanism
Lack of actual,
integrated natural
resource data.
Limited data processing
capacity and capability
Lacking
coordination in in
data collection,
data sharing
procedures
do not exist,
centralized
processes
Data
dissemination is is
poor and
only few
organizations are are
involved.
Inventory data is is not not
used for decision
NTFP,
Livelihood,
Carbon, and
Biodiversity
data are missing.
Growth models
are missing.
Efficient
Monitoring
System missing.
Actual and
accurate
remote
sensing data
not available.
Links to
census,
wildlife,
agri-statistics,
industrial
statistics are
weak
Knowledge
of GIS and RS
data
processing
as well as
Biometric& biometric&
growth
modeling
limited
Limited
resources in in
data collection
and data
processing
Figure 1: Nepal national Problem Tree of forest information management
3. Stakeholders and beneficiaries
Although there are diverse stakeholders and beneficiaries of the project, they can be broadly categorized into immediate and
indirect stakeholders. Immediate stakeholders will be directly involved in the NFI processes, but indirect beneficiaries only
use the end products of the project. In the initial stage of the project, the national level forestry stakeholders will be identified.
Moreover, FRA activities will be decentralized and capacity of local level forestry organizations will be utilized during the
data collection procedures. Indirect stakeholders and beneficiaries will be involved in data collection and dissemination
processes.
3.1 Key Stakeholders and beneficiaries
The following four groups are the key stakeholders of the FRA project:
3.1.1 Public sector policy and decision makers
National, regional and district level policy makers need FRA data for strategic planning, policy formulation and management
decision. FRA project will generate data at national and regional scales to support forestry planning and policy decision.
3.1.2 Cross-sectoral users
Forests and forestry activities have great impact in different organizations. The FRA results are utilized by many
organizations. For example, Department of Survey and Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) use forest data for their purpose.
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