8. Improvements of National Forestry Statistics Process

In order to improve the current system of data collection and collation, inter-institutional co-ordination in data production is essential. This helps to avoid duplication of efforts and to improve data quality and its usage. The future development should take into account the need for improved data sharing between stakeholders.

In addition, procedures for data collection and reporting between regions and the federal state should be standardised to ensure that data aggregation is possible. This should include standardised formats for data collection. However, possibilities for adapting formats to individual regions to meet specific data requirements could be incorporated.

Reports must be delivered when they are needed and the formats for data collection should be simple and easy to fill. Clear guidelines and instructions on how to collect data and fill formats should be given to all data collectors.