Roadmap for the establishment of Forest Reference levels and the National Forest Monitoring System
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May 2016
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FAODOCREP:1f96290a-014b-4184-9714-e469e54565fd
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80
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The Government of Kenya is in the process of establishing a National REDD+ Programme through the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). Two critical elements of the National REDD+ Programme are forest reference levels (FRL) and a National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS). This document describes the steps towards establishing the design of the NFMS and reference levels, through an enumeration and description of required tasks.
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