The Seychelles will be embarking on a new project to provide accurate and updated information on the status of the island nation’s forests, including data on endemic and native species.
The project will be done through a national forest inventory which will be implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
John Quilindo, from the forestry section of the ministry, said: “the integrated forest land and tree resources assessment at the national level will allow the country to produce the required information for policy and decision-making.”
Quilindo said the exercise which has started in April will also produce the necessary information which will allow Seychelles to comply with international reporting requirements such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Convention on Biological Diversity and Global Forest Resources Assessment.
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Source: Seychelles News Agency
