Brazil presents preliminary results from the National Forest Inventory carried out in Caçador
On March 14, the Director of Research and Information, Joberto Freitas, presented preliminary data from the National Forest Inventory (NFI) at an event held in the municipality of Caçador, Santa Catarina. The meeting gathered representatives of the Municipal Secretariat for Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, City Hall, as well as representatives of forestry production sector and academia.
Caçador is the first municipality in the country to participate in the survey conducted by the Brazilian Forest Service. The initiative was a pilot project to adapt the NFI methodology on the municipal scale. The existence of the Caçador Forests Model (Bosque Modelo de Caçador) was one of the reasons the municipality was chosen to implement the pilot project, although similar models already exist in Minas Gerais and one in Pará.
Continue reading in Portuguese at: http://www.florestal.gov.br/ultimas-noticias/1497-ifn-resultados-preliminares-do-inventario-florestal-nacional-em-rondonia-serao-apresentados-nesta-sexta-feira