Project News

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) – a nationwide forest survey – supported under F-REDD, was originally planned for the dry season of October 2016 – June 2017. In order to ensure adequate process control and further capacity building of the counterpart staff, the project decided to launch the NFI from February 2016, nearly eight months ahead of schedule. The survey will collect important base data for the estimation of carbon stock in the forests of Lao PDR.

The survey is currently on-going in four provinces; Houaphan, Xiangkhouang, Khammouane, and Xekong. Mr. Thongphath Vongmany, Vice Minister of MAF, chaired the kick-off meeting on 5th February, expressed a strong commitment of the government towards successful implementation of the survey and agreed that MAF would co-finance NFI from their own financial resources.

NFI field survey using a tablet device with automated survey program