The Ministry of Environment is calling on owners of forestry lands to cooperate with specialist personnel working on the National Forests Inventory (2014-2015). The survey will take place through March 2015 at a cost of RD$80 million. The experts will be measuring the amount, composition, quality of the forests with a physical monitoring and satellite monitoring, to determine the size of the lots, the height of the trees, as well as making other assessments.
The first inventory, which was carried out by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) from 1969 to 1971, established that 23% of the land was forested. However, satellite monitoring in recent years suggests that forestry coverage has increased to 39%.
The Ministry staff members are working alongside specialists from the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ) that is helping with the survey.
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