Forest Monitoring and Information System

Georgia’s highly diverse forests fulfill a wide range of social, ecological and economic functions. In order to preserve them, the Georgian government declared its goal to sustainably manage the forests of Georgia in a multifunctional manner. To achieve this goal, forest inventory must be made available to establish a forest monitoring and information system. UNIQUE and ForestEye were assigned to provide professional and technical expertise on the essentials of the introduction and implementation of forest inventories on the national and enterprise level. In addition, the assignment introduced a forest monitoring and information system, as well as the provision of specific trainings for the relevant stakeholders in the forestry sector.

• Development of a technical proposal for forest inventory standards on a national and enterprise level.
• Proposals for the institutionalization of inventory, monitoring and information on forests.
• Implementation planning of a national forest inventory.
• Introduction of forest management inventory, set-up of forest information and monitoring system.
• Feasibility review of the implementation.
• Information and trainings for relevant stakeholders.