State of the Forests 2010

State of the Forests 2010

The process of developing the 2010 SOF report is not significantly different from that of the 2008 report and is based on indicators defined collegially by around sixty actors. Data collection was organized from 2009 to 2010 around national groups, with 4 to 10 members per country, all working within public administrations responsible for forests. The data collected, which largely concern the years 2008 and 2009, were then also validated during national workshops attended by officials from public administrations, representatives of environmental NGOs, the private sector and development projects. Finally, this data served as the basis for the chapter authors of the present report, supervised by internationally renowned thematic scientific committees. In addition, a sub-regional validation workshop for the 2010 SOF was organized on 29 and 30 March 2011. It brought together around 100 forest management actors, including representatives of the 10 COMIFAC countries as well as several of its partners.

Suggested citation: Forests of the Congo Basin - State of the Forests 2010. Eds: de Wasseige C., de Marcken P., Bayol N., Hiol Hiol F., Mayaux Ph., Desclée B., Nasi R., Billand A., Defourny P and Eba’a R. – 2012. Office for Official Publications of the European Union. Luxembourg. 276 p. ISBN: 978-92-79-22717-2 doi: 10.2788/48830