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ARGENTINA
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ARGENTINA INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE MONTREAL
PROCESS

• Argentina endorsed the Santiago Declaration that
  resulted from the sixth meeting of the Montreal
  Process Working Group held in Santiago, Chile,
  in February 1995.
• The Consulting Technical Committee is at the
  National Institute of Agricultural Technology
  (INTA), and the person in charge is Dr. Tomas
  Schlichter.
• The Argentine institutions involved are the
  Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock,
  Fisheries and Food (SAGPyA) and the Secretariat
  of Sustainable Development and Environmental
  Policy (SDSyPA).

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Current actions related to the issues addressed
by the Montreal Capacity Building Meeting
Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND
RELIABILITY OF FOREST INVENTORIES
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ARGENTINA
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MINISTERY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MINISTERY OF ECONOMY
SECRETARIAT OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, FISHERIES
AND FOOD (SAGPyA)
SECRETARIAT OF SUSTAINTABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (SDSyPA)
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y
Alimentación
NATIVE FOREST RESOURCES DIVISION
FOREST DIVISION
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The Government of Argentina received a loan from
the World Bank for the execution of a Project for
the forest sector.
An Executive Project Unit was created to assist
in this task according to the procedures
determined by the loan regulations to strengthen
the capacity of both secretariats.
Forest Development Project
Native Forest and Protected Areas Project
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FOREST DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Overall objective
To strengthen the capacity of the Government of
Argentina through SAGPYA for
ASSESMENT and MANAGEMENT of its forest resources
DEVELOPMENT of UPDATED FOREST POLICIES and
REGULATIONS
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of Related Database
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
Misiones (1995)
La Rioja (1983)
Scope of previous inventories
Mendoza (1984)
Delta (1980)
Neuquén (1985)
Andean Patagonia (1981)
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
Scope of current forest inventory of plantation
1997 - 1998 First National Inventory of Forest
Plantations and Management of a Related Database
The Consortium formed by Aeroterra (Argentina),
Tecsult International Limitee and Simons Red
Collins (Canada), was in charge of the inventory
according to procedures determined by the
contract. It began during December 1997 and ends
August 2001.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
General objective

• Define an economic, efficient and sistematic
  system to obtain data for forest plantations and
  execute the first inventory of forest plantations.

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Specific objectives

• At the Province / region level
• Define areas of plantations (size, location) of
  all major species, Pinus spp Eucalyptus spp
  Populus and Salix spp other conifers and
  hardwoods.
• Estimate total wood volume for the main groups
  of species per province / region.
• Produce thematic maps 1100.000 scale -
  Infrastructure and forest polygons digitized and
  adjusted to satellite image Landsat TM5.
• Store all the data in a Geographic Information
  System (GIS).
• Establish a database for assisting in the
  updating of the inventory.
• Training personnel in all the phases of the
  inventory.

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Regions

• Misiones

• Jujuy
• Salta
• Tucumán

• Corrientes

• Entre Rios

• Chubut
• Mendoza
• Neuquén
• Río Negro

• Buenos Aires

• La Pampa
• Cordoba
• Santa Fe

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Regions
There are plantations that are not included for
different reasons in this inventory

• Difficulties to determine the area of recent
  plantations with trees too small to be seen in
  the satellite images.
• Detection of windbreaks.
• Plantations smaller than 5 ha.
• Plantations established after 1998.

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Error

• lt 10 for each of the 4 regions that contained
  most of the planted area.

The error associated with the estimation of the
volume per unit area was

• lt 15 for the other three regions where the
  rest of the plantations were located.

In both cases 95 of confidenciality
The area of the recently established plantations
was underestimated because their trees were too
small to be seen in the satellite images. This
problem was ameliorated by the fact that 90 of
the area planted since 1995 has been registered
in a Geographical Information System by SAGPyA.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Audits

• Geographical Information System and Inventory
  Section (GIS) of the Forest Division.

The execution of the project was audited by

• Independent professionals

• Executive Project Unit of the Forest Development
  Project (UDI).

Structure Head of the Forest Division Forestry
Director GIS section one Head and five junior
officers. UDI section two senior foresters.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability
All the tabular tables, links, geographical data
and the cartography were verified (control of
100) by the GIS section.

• Thematic maps 1100.000 with the location of the
  major species for the 14 provinces with the
  infrastructure digitalized and the database
  associated.

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability

• Thematic maps

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability

• Thematic maps

• Satellite images Landsat TM 76. Selected and
  georeferenced.

Control of 100
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability

• Thematic maps

• Satellite images Landsat TM

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability

• Thematic maps

• Satellite images Landsat TM

• Database of 1220 plots.
• Contents
• Number of trees, basal area, total and commercial
  volume per hectare and per diameter class,
  dominant height, square average diameter.

Field work control of 27 plots of the total
(2.2) by independent professionals and GIS
section.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability

• Thematic maps

• Satellite images Landsat TM

• Database

• CruiseComp program designed by Olympic Resource
  Management to compile volumes.

Overall control for consistency.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability

• Thematic maps

• Satellite images Landsat TM

• Database

• CruiseComp programe

• Inventory Operational Manuals Remote Sensing,
  Gis, Field Work, Database Compilation.

Control on 100
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability

• Thematic maps

• Satellite images Landsat TM

• Database

• CruiseComp programe

• Inventory Operational Manuals

• Training courses

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Products - Reliability

• Thematic maps

• Satellite images Landsat TM

• Database

• CruiseComp programe

• Inventory Operational Manuals

• Training courses

• Final Report

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Results
Forest plantation area - 1998
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Results
Plantation area per group of species
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Results
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
First National Inventory of Forest Plantations
and Management of a Related Database
Work in progress
SAGPyA is working in the update of the inventory
of forest plantations
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
Scope of existing and current forest inventories

• First National Native Forest Inventory
  (1998-2001)
• Regional Native Forest Inventories
• North West Argentine Inventory covering five
  provinces
• Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán y
  Catamarca (1971-1974)
• Provinces Native Forest Inventories
• North East Santiago del Estero (1993)
• Tucumán (1994-1995)
• Chubut (1997)
• Formosa (1997)
• North Chaco (1997-1998)
• Tierra del Fuego (1998)

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
Proposed Updating Frequency of the National
Inventory

• The ongoing inventory is defined as a continuous
  inventory, and the updating it is scheduled
  every five years. The Unit of the Forest
  Evaluation System (UMSEF) at the DRFN has been
  created for this purpose.
• UMSEF Institutional tasks
• Inter-institutional links with provinces for
  periodic updating of the national inventory.
• UMSEF Technical tasks
• Integrate tabular and geographical data in a
  Geographic Information System (GIS).
• Define the methodology for monitoring and
  updating the information of permanent plots.
  Within the current inventory, sampling plots are
  defined as permanent plots.

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
NATIVE FOREST AND PROTECTED AREAS PROJECT
Overall objective
Assist the SDSyPA in the definition of
prioritary actions attending to the Native Forest
improvement and conservation.
A. Generation and dissemination of Research and
Information.
B. Protected Areas (in charge of the Nationals
Park Board).
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
A. Generation and dissemination of Research and
Information.
Overall objective
Improve the knowledge, policies and methods of
native forest management to promove their
restoration and conservation.
A.1Amendment of the overall legal, policy, and
regulatory framework that affects the Native
Forest.
A.2 National Native Forest Inventory and its
Database Management
A.3 Applied research and studies to facilitate
the improvement, management and conservation
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Work in progress
Objectives of the Inventory

• General objectives
• Build and maintain a native forest data base.
• Strengthen the SDSyPA operational capacities for
  data base management.
• Obtain basic information about the countrys
  native forest resources to help in the
  formulation of forest policies.

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Objectives of the Inventory

• Specific objectives
• Obtain consistent information about the location,
  extent and condition of forests.
• Provide statistical information adequate to the
  end-users requirements.
• Build the required data bases to constitute the
  National Forest Evaluation System.
• Provide the framework for a permanent evaluation
  and monitoring system.
• Provide the tools for the development of future
  restoration and conservation policies for native
  forests.
• Strengthen the role and operational capacities of
  the SDSyPA (DRFN) to store, analyze, restore and
  publish consistent data and information about the
  native forests of Argentina.

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Argentina forests and woodlands
The native forest area of Argentina is estimated
around 36 million hectares, this means that about
13 percent of the country continental surface is
forest and woodland and its potential commercial
capacity is estimated in approximately 15 million
hectares. Due to the country extension, the
areas covered by native forest are quite
different among them. Therefore, they have been
grouped in six forest native regions. They
present a rich diversity of ecosystems varied in
their floristic composition, structure and the
fauna they support.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database




Native Forest Regions

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Native Forest Regions
Selva Tucumano Boliviana This is a forest of a
subtropical area located in the sides of a
mountain chain. Therefore, there are climate
differences that conforms an heterogeneous region
having different vegetation categories according
to altitude with trees height between 30 and 35
meters. The principal forest species are Cedrela
balansae, Tipuana tipu,etc. Estimated surface is
2.000.000 hectares.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Native Forest Regions
Parque Chaqueño This is an extensive area that
changes from wetlands to dry areas from east to
west. The landscape is like a grassland with
isolated trees with no more than 60 of forest
cover. Biodiversity importance is based in
climate characteristics. The region is very
important in biodiversity. The principal forest
species are Schinopsis balansae, Aspidoperma
quebracho blanco, Prosopis nigra, etc. Estimated
surface is 25.000.000 hectares.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Native Forest Regions
Bosques Andino Patagónicos This forest is a cold
temperate one. It covers more than 3000 Km. from
north to south, like a string along the Andes
Mountain. The landscape is quite similar to the
Rocky Mountain area. The forest is homogeneous
where the main species is Nothofagus. The
principal forest species are Nothofagus sp,
Araucaria araucana, etc. Estimated surface is
1.500.000 hectares.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Native Forest Regions
Monte This is a widespread region of dry areas
similar to chaparral (from Mexico) with a few
forest species, specially Prosopis and a very low
forest cover. The principal forest species are
Larrea sp, Prosopis sp, etc. Estimated surface is
2.000.000 hectares
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Native Forest Regions
Espinal This area includes very few relicts of
original vegetation because of extensive
agriculture activities and it does not have a
significant native forests except conservation
areas, but includes the most important man made
forest in the country. The principal forest
species are Prosopis caldenia, Prosopis nigra,
Prosopis algarobilla, etc. Estimated surface is
4.000.000 hectares.
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Expected Products

• Classification of the native forest resources
  according to the classification scheme proposed
  by FAO (2000 Forest Resources Evaluation).
• Thematic maps in digital and analogical format
  with the location of the native forests and their
  different categories, including the
  identification of protected areas.
• Native forest surfaces, discriminating protected
  areas.

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Expected Products
Database Number of trees per Ha Basal area per
Ha Volume per Ha Diameter distribution, by
species and/or group of species Indicators of
regeneration of species of interest Inventory
Operational Manuals Stem Análisis
Manual Cartography and GIS Manual Remote
Sensing Manual Database compilation
Manual Field work Manual Reports Regional Fin
al
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Expected Products
Creation of the Management Unit of the Forest
Evaluation System (UMSEF) Structure
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Selva Misionera Results
Imágenes Landsat TM 223_78 (09/03/97) 223_79
(17/09/97) 224_78 (24/09/97) 224_79
(08/09/97) 224_80 (08/09/97)
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Selva Misionera Results
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Selva Misionera Results
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Reliability

• Control work done by UMSEF
• Inventory work control in the field of 10 of
  the plots
• Remote sensing control of 100 of image
  processing and generated thematic maps
  (categories).
• Cartography control of 100 of cartography
• GIS control of 100 of tabular tables, links,
  operational aspects, etc
• Database control of 100 of the information
  stored, control of operational aspects.
• Overall control for consistency

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Size and complexity of Argentina Native Forest
Regions

• Parque Chaqueño 44 satellite images,
• 10 provinces.
• Bosques Andino Patagónicos 25 satellite images,
  5 provinces.
• Selva Tucumano Boliviana 9 satellite images, 4
  provinces.
• Selva Misionera 5 satellite images,
• 1 province.
• Espinal 24 satellite images, 7 provinces.
• Monte 36 satellite images, 12 provinces.

Dirección de Recursos Forestales Nativos SDSyPA
- Febrero 2001
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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY
OF FOREST INVENTORY
National Native Forest Inventory and Management
of a Related Database
Future activities

• The implementation of criteria and indicators
  will require significant effort in the future.
• The current plans are related to
• Frequent updating of national and regional forest
  inventories
• Research and development projects
• An adequate legislation framework

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Indicator 7.4B - SCOPE, FREQUENCY AND
RELIABILITY OF FOREST INVENTORIES
ARGENTINA