Year of publication 2006

This working paper deals with the guidelines on establishment and management of National Network for monitoring assessment and reporting on forests. The following paragraphs describe the background, principles, process, ownership, responsibilities, work planning, and support to such National Network. This paper also indicates link of these Networks in the Asia Pacific region with a MAR project "Strengthening Monitoring, Assessment, and Reporting (MAR) on Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in Asia" (GCP/INT/988/JPN) initiated by FAO in January 2006. It is a five year project that is funded by the Government of Japan, with a view to develop a harmonized monitoring, assessment and reporting (MAR) system in the Asia-Pacific region to contribute directly to the improvement in their sustainable forest management (SFM) regimes.