PROJECT PROPOSAL - ITTO 772-15 Rev.pdfAmazonia Oriental conducted since 1979 (Silva et al, 1995, 1996), and elaborated into the growth model CAFOGROM in various updates since 1994

INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION

ITTO

PROJECT PROPOSAL

TITLE IMPROVED APPLICATION OF GROWTH AND YIELD MODELS TO

FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING IN THE AMAZON BASIN SERIAL NUMBER PD 772/15 Rev.1 (F) COMMITTEE REFORESTATION AND FOREST MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED BY GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL ORIGINAL LANGUAGE ENGLISH

SUMMARY This project will develop free, downloadable tools for sustainable management planning of the mixed natural forests of the Amazon region and provide training and ‘training of trainers’ workshops for their use. Available research data from long-term PSPs will be compiled to openly-available tables of key growth parameters, and a modelling framework based on the MYRLIN toolkit will be updated and made cross-platform (PC, iOS, Android) compliant, and extended with GIS components for whole-forest planning. An initial technical workshop will establish the scientific basis and conformance with Brazilian forest planning laws and standards. A website will provide access to the tools, data tables, user guides and training materials. EXECUTING AGENCY

INSTITUTO FLORESTA TROPICAL, BRAZIL

COOPERATING GOVERNMENTS

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DURATION

18 MONTHS

APPROXIMATE STARTING DATE

TO BE DETERMINED

BUDGET AND PROPOSED SOURCES OF FINANCE

Source

Contribution

in US$

Local Currency

Equivalent

ITTO Gov’t of Brazil TOTAL

143,920 47,700

191,620

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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ARPA .............. Áreas Protegidas da Amazônia [Protected areas of Amazônia] CERFLOR ......... Programa Brasileiro de Certificação Florestal [Brazilian Forest Certification

Programme] CONAMA ......... Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente [National Environment Council] EMBRAPA ........ Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária [Brazilian Enterprise for

Agricultural Research] EO .................. Earth Observation, ie optical and radar satellite imagery FSC ................. Forest Stewardship Council IBAMA............. Instituto do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis) [Institute

for Environment and Renewable Natural Resources] IDEFLOR ......... Instituto de Desenvolvimento Florestal do Estado do Pará [Forest

Development Institute of Pará State] IEF ................. Instituto Estadual de Florestas do Amapá [State Forest Institute of Amapá] ITTA ............... International Tropical Timber Agreement ITTO ............... International Tropical Timber Organization of the United Nations MMA ............... Ministerio do Meio Ambiente [Ministry of the Environment] PEFC ............... Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes PMF ................ Plano de Manejo Florestal [Forest Management Plan] SFB ................. Serviço Florestal Brasileiro [Brazilian Forest Service] SMART ............ Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, Time-Related (indicators, criteria). UFAC .............. Universidade Federal do Acre [Federal University of Acre] UMF ................ Unidade de Manejo Florestal [Forest Management Unit] UPA ................ Unidade de Produção Anual [Annual Production Unit] UFRA Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia [Federal Rural University of

Amazônia]

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1. Project Context

1.1. Origin The immediate origin of the present project proposal arose from a training workshop held at the Federal University of Acre (UFAC) in October 2013 on the use of the MYRLIN forest modelling tools for improved forest management planning in the Amazon Basin. This suite of tools itself is the outcome of several antecedent projects and research processes, and is currently used by stakeholders in Brazil, Peru, Guyana and elsewhere. The database used for growth and yield functions is currently largely derived from research by EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental conducted since 1979 (Silva et al, 1995, 1996), and elaborated into the growth model CAFOGROM in various updates since 1994 (Alder & Silva, 2000, Alder et al, 2012). The MYRLIN toolkit itself was the result of a DFID-supported project at Oxford University, but involving pan-tropical collaborators from Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Brazil and Costa Rica (Alder et al, 2002). The Papua New Guinea component of the research was based on results from ITTO /PNG Project PD 162/91 (Gideon & Oavika, 1999). All forestry projects in Brazil are required by law to submit forest management plans (PMF) for approval by the Brazilian State and Federal Environmental Institutions. This strongly incentivises the use of tools such as MYRLIN to provide for stand projections and estimates of sustainable yield based on simple modelling methods. Similar requirements exist in the other countries of the region. The requirements for forest certification according to FSC or PEFC standards also require a logical and rational basis for the control of harvesting according to sustainable criteria. However, the research data required to support these processes is held in a variety of different databases, and access to the data is often difficult. Whilst MYRLIN provides generalised pan-tropical functions by default, there is a need to bring into the public domain for professional users, in an accessible and usable format, the wealth of good regional growth and yield data in order to provide for the most scientifically sound and accurate basis for sustainable management planning. This is generally acknowledged, and provides the primary driver for the current proposal. A secondary driver is the need to update the relatively dated software systems used for MYRLIN and CAFOGROM into a modern application that conforms to current standards of open-source compatibility across Windows, Android and Apple systems.

1.2. Relevance

1.2.1. Conformity with ITTO’s objectives and priorities The proposed project will enhance capacity for good planning of sustainably managed forest, in a publicly accessible and verifiable way that also conforms to best scientific practice. This will promote legal and verifiable sustainable forest management and forest certification. This process will support aspects of paragraphs (d), (f), (h), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) of Article 1 of the ITTA. Paragraph (r) will also be supported by capacitation of indigenous community organizations in forest planning according to legal and certification requirements. From Article 1 of the ITTA, the relevant paragraphs are:

(d) Enhancing the capacity of members to implement strategies for achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources; (f) Promoting and supporting research and development with a view to improving forest management and efficiency of wood utilization and the competitiveness of wood products relative to other materials, as well as increasing the capacity to conserve and enhance other forest values in timber producing tropical forests; (h) Improving market intelligence and encouraging information sharing on the

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international timber market with a view to ensuring greater transparency and better information on markets and market trends, including the gathering, compilation and dissemination of trade related data, including data related to species being traded; (k) Improving marketing and distribution of tropical timber and timber product exports from sustainably managed and legally harvested sources and which are legally traded, including promoting consumer awareness; (l) Strengthening the capacity of members for the collection, processing and dissemination of statistics on their trade in timber and information on the sustainable management of their tropical forests; (m) Encouraging members to develop national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of timber producing forests, and maintaining ecological balance, in the context of the tropical timber trade; (n) Strengthening the capacity of members to improve forest law enforcement and governance, and address illegal logging and related trade in tropical timber; (o) Encouraging information sharing for a better understanding of voluntary mechanisms such as, inter alia, certification, to promote sustainable management of tropical forests, and assisting member s with their efforts in this area; (r) Encouraging members to recognize the role of forest-dependent indigenous and local communities in achieving sustainable forest management and develop strategies to enhance the capacity of these communities to sustainably manage tropical timber producing forests.

In relation to the ITTO Strategic Action Plan 2013-18 the project supports Strategic Priorities 1, 5 and 6, as follows:

Strategic Priority 1: Promote Good Governance and Enabling Policy Frameworks for Strengthening SFM and Related Trade, and Enhancing SFM Financing and Investment The project will strengthen the forest planning process and the calculation and verification of sustainable yields, which is critical to the implementation of good governance and SFM, and enhances investment through transprancy, accountability and calculation of long-term viability. Strategic Priority 5: Improve the Quality and Availability of Information on Tropical Forests, Forest Product Markets and Trade A key part of the project is the conversion of research data on growth and yield of tropical species into standard lists and models accessible in the region to forest management agencies and enterprises, and usable in planning contexts via the tools the project will develop. Strategic Priority 6: Build and Develop Human Resource Capacity to Implement SFM and Increase Trade in Forest Goods and Services from Sustainably Managed Forests The model will provide for training workshops and online manuals and downloadable tools, and will directly enhance SFM human resource capacity in line with this strategic priority.

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1.2.2. Relevance to the submitting country’s policies There is a considerable and active body of legislation, decrees and federal regulations in Brazil relating to the conservation, protection and sustainable management of tropical forests, particularly in the Amazon basin. The website of the Brazilian Forest Service provides search tools for reviewing this body of forest-related legislation The Law 11.284 of 2006 established the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) as an Agency of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), with duties, among others, of regulating and controlling forest concessions in Brazil. Forest management units in concessions areas must have a forest management plan approved by IBAMA. Management plans and annual operating plans must be published in the public domain, usually as website documents, and are available for inspection and monitoring (for example, by satellite) to any third party. There is thus a considerable need, within Brazil and in the Amazonian region, for tools to improve and ease the process of forest management planning. This project has its origins from these drivers and directly aims to fulfil them, by linking up the existing extensive research information on forest growth and yield, inventory and modelling with the needs for planning, and also by making the process more accessible and straightforward for trained forest engineers for developing and certifying such plans.

1.3. Target Area

1.3.1. Geographic Location

Figure 1 Lowland moist forest in the Amazon Region

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Figure 1 above shows the general region of applicability of the project, including the Amazon basin and adjacent and contiguous areas of tropical most forest, based on Eva et al (1999), Eva & Huber (2005). Whilst Brazil is the country which will primarily host and develop the project, relevant institutions in the other regional countries Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana will be invited to workshops and training events1.

1.3.2. Social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects The project is designed to enhance forest management planning capacity for small and medium enterprises (SME) in the forest sector, including NGOs and community groups, with particular reference to the humid tropical forests of the Amazonian region. This region of continental scale (7-8 million km2, similar to the Australian continent, larger than the European Union) is one of the world’s most iconic regions in terms of biodiversity, as a major component of the biosphere evidenced by many international treaties and the work of multilateral agencies, a large number of indigenous Amerindian communities, as well as an economic region of major importance with respect specifically to the forest sector. In Brazil alone, SFB (2013) estimates that 600,000 people are directly employed in the forest sector, and the financial turnover is around US$ 7 billion per annum. The protection of the Brazilian Amazon and its indigenous peoples are enshrined in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988. The Brazilian Forest Act Law 11.651 of 2012 and CONAMA Resolution 416 provide for specific obligations with respect to sustainable forest management, and for the requirement for management plans to be prepared and approved for all forests management areas, whether federal, state or under private ownership. The executing agency of this project, IFT, has a number of social, environmental and developmental projects with various international donors, as detailed on its website (see Projetos at ift.org.br), with a strong social and capacitization emphasis in the context of sustainable forest management. The currently proposed project will continue and enhance this theme. It is designed to allow complex research findings and data on tropical forest dynamics to be used in a practical and simple way to support forest management planning, and support compliance with Brazilian laws such as Law 11.284 of 2006, and international certification schemes according to FSC and PEFC criteria, with the latter being mediated through the Brazilian national CERFLOR scheme. These certification schemes themselves draw heavily on the extensive ITTO work on criteria and indicators for sustainable tropical forest management. The result will be to enable and empower the target groups in forest planning and enhance the legal, verifiable and sustainable use and conservation of the tropical forests in the region within a social and economic context of empowerment and sustainable development.

1.4. Outcomes at project completion The project outcomes, will be:

1. A list of standard growth model coefficients for Amazonian tree species, in a file format compatible with the MYRLIN toolkit.

2. An updated and re-calibrated version of the MYRLIN toolkit, suitable for use on PCs, and Android and Mac-OS tablet devices.

3. Web pages, linked through the IFT and Embrapa websites, in English and Portuguese, giving documentation on the use of the MYRLIN toolkit for forest planning, and download points for the coefficient file and installation package.

1 Brazilian Portuguese will be normal the working language of the project, but presentations may be made in any of the regional languages (Spanish, French, English) as necessary and will be published as such without translation except for abstracts.

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4. Training course materials (demonstration data sets, slide sets, example forest planning problems) in Portuguese, also downloadable from those sites.

5. Training courses based on this material delivered through IFT to at least 12 regional participants. 2-3 courses will be targeted including one specifically for university level teaching staff, and 2 for practitioners in the forest planning field.

6. A regional workshop on forest planning, growth and yield which will include a main presentation detailing the basis and techniques of the method. The workshop will include invited papers from regional participants with peer-reviewed proceedings being published by IFT.

The stakeholders (see 2.1 Stakeholder Analysis) will benefit from these outcomes as follows:

EMBRAPA and other regional research institutions will benefit through the extension of their forestry research into improved and more rapid practical application. This in turn will translate into greater social and economic relevance, linkages to major international programmes such as REDD, and hence improved opportunities for financial support for the necessary ongoing research into forest growth and yield, ecology, systematics, ecophysiology and genetics.

State and Federal Universities in Brazil and the region which teach Forest

Management will benefit from the teaching materials and toolkit developed, allowing them to strengthen the teaching of forest planning in natural tropical forest, and make it as current and relevant as possible.

Government institutions responsible for forest management such as MMA, SFB and

IBAMA will benefit from improved and more standardised forest planning methods.

SMEs, NGOs and communities directly managing forest reserves, concessions and private lands will benefit from access to tools and training for improved forest management, easier and lower cost pathways to certification through FSC or PEFC, and hence better access to premium markets.

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2. Project rationale and Objectives

2.1. Stakeholders Analysis Table 1 below shows the stakeholders in the project, their characteristics, needs, contributions and project involvement.

Table 1 Stakeholder Analysis

Stakeholder Group

Characteristics Problems, needs, interests

Potentials Involvement in the project

Forest management organisations, SMEs, NGOs, Communities involved in forest management

Directly responsible for managing forest lands, may be companies, individual land owners, community groups or NGOs

Must comply with complex national regulations on forest planning, often with limited technical capacity or data. May be seeking certification to access premium and international markets.

Source of much data needed for forest plans, strategies, markets, etc. Staff responsible for plan production, much local knowledge etc.

Primary beneficiary of project

Chartered forest engineers, national consultants

Support forest management organisations through provision of forest planning services

Better and simpler tools, standardised and accepted, makes their work easier.

Works for and with forest management organisation, has same potentials

Primary beneficiary of project

Universities teaching Forest Engineering and Management

Academic institutions training forest engineers and undertaking forest research

Well-defined and standardised models and methods with clear documentation that is accepted for national planning to simplify and improve teaching curriculum, with related teaching materials.

Facilities and staff to support training courses, technical knowledge, experience to assist in development of course materials.

Primary beneficiary, tools and teaching materials, with well documented science, will support teaching and educational standards.

EMBRAPA and other regional Research Institutions

Conduct experiments, collect and analyse data and models on forest dynamics and ecology

Research data needs to be seen as of practical benefit for long-term support, hence interest in maximizing use of research results.

Often much unused data in large databases not yet analysed. Staff may have high expertise in specific fields eg systematics, ecology.

Secondary beneficiary with strong interest in seeing research put to practical use.

Federal and State Environmental Agencies, SFB, IBAMA, IDEFLOR, IEF etc.

Mandate and verify legal requirements for forest planning, repositories for national mapping and EO data, validate and approve management plans

Standardisation of forest planning methods, especially in modelling field simplifies plan validation and improves scientific credibility of their work.

Provision of data including planning boundaries and EO data. Endorsement of modelling and planning methods in toolkit.

Secondary beneficiary with interest in more standardised management plans with good scientific credibility.

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Table 1 Stakeholder Analysis (continued…)

Stakeholder Group

Characteristics Problems, needs, interests

Potentials Involvement in the project

Certification Bodies for CERFLOR, PEFC, FSC standards

Undertake inspection of forest management organisations and verification of compliance with certification standards

Standardised methods of mixed forest management simplify certification process and improve credibility.

Can advise on areas of critical importance from certification perspective.

Tertiary beneficiary, project outputs will facilitate certification process once fully accepted.

2.2. Problem Analysis The key problem that the project addresses is the lack of standardised practical methods for sustainable yield calculation in the mixed natural forests of the Amazon region. Figure 2 below shows the problem tree that develops from this key problem. The effects are over-cutting and unsustainable harvesting, based on over-optimistic methods, problematic verification of plans by public agencies and certification bodies, due to lack of

The lack of standardised, effective, practical methods for sustainable yield calculation in the mixed natural forests of the Amazon region

Over-cutting, unsustainable harvesting may occur due to use of invalid methods

Inability to validate forest management plans on consistent and scientific basis

Problematic certification, no access to ethical markets, loss of credibility by state institutions

Regional species growth parameters not publicly available

Growth models not readily accessible and practical to use

Extensive research exists, but multiplicity of databases, lack of standard formats for key outputs

No accepted definition for key parameters to be published for each species

Simple stand projection tools not commonly taught, lack of training materials and courses

Many packaged models are primarily research oriented (eg SYMFOR, CAFOGROM), not accessible for making PMFs

Stand projection toolkits (eg MYRLIN) are somewhat obsolete, need updating to modern systems

Limits and credibility of stand projection in Amazonian context not well known

Spatial variation of growing stock often not captured in forest planning GIS

Lack of knowledge of how to design forest inventories as baseline data for forest planning purposes

Lack of simple toolkits that link common GIS formats with temporary sample plot data

Figure 2 — Problem tree

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clear benchmarks, excessive costs in preparing plans because of the need to undertake a quasi-research activity in each case, problems in designing training courses and materials for forestry professionals and technicians, and opportunities and risks of maladministration and exploitative use due to the general confusion. The primary causes of the problem arise from the need to translate the extensive research that has been carried out in growth and yield in the Amazon region by EMBRAPA and other bodies into practical and well-accepted tools and standard tables of parameters. Although there is a diversity of models, and much basic data on growth and yield in the region, translation of this research into practical tools has lagged. Several growth models for forest planning in the Amazon region do exist, including tools such as SYMFOR (Phillips et al, 2004), CAFOGROM (Alder & Silva, 2000), PLANEJO (Silva et al, 2008), and MYRLIN (Alder et al 2002). However, SYMFOR and CAFOGROM are research-oriented tools that cannot be routinely applied in a forest planning context. PLANEJO is a tool for forest inventory and operational planning designed for the specific Brazilian situation, but does not include long-term sustained yield analysis. MYRLIN is a toolkit that is specifically designed for forestry SMEs in the tropics, and it has been applied in Amazonia and training courses in its use have been promoted by Brazilian Universities (UFAC in 2013, UnB planned for 2014-15), as well as in several other countries (including Peru and Guyana). It is however, relatively old in design and needs updating. It also needs to be evaluated scientifically through publication in a peer-reviewed journal to establish the accuracy of

Simple and effective tool for sustainable management planning of the mixed natural forests of the Amazon region is freely available

Planned harvesting of forests is sustainable

Forest management plans use yield forecasting methods with clear scientific basis

Facilitation of forest certification, broadening market access and improving livelihoods

Downloadable table of key regional species parameters for MYRLIN-type modelling

Updated MYRLIN model, completed training course, download website for materials

Workshop of regional research institutions to present growth and yield data holdings and formalise coordination.

Working group defines key species parameters and format for publicly accessible species data table

Training workshop given and course materials developed for updated MYRLIN version.

Working group to review MYRLIN data requirements and ensure compatibility with regional PMF criteria

MYRLIN modules improved and updated and tested for Android, Mac-OS as well as Windows PCs

Scientific paper comparing stand projection with MYRLIN to long-term growth on PSPs.

MYRLIN integration with GIS components of forest planning including workshops materials

Workshop on forest inventory design using MYRLIN toolkit and relation to PMF needs.

MYRLIN to include visualization of shape and image files with planning model.

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projections based on simple methods, so that public agencies and certification bodies can have confidence in it as a planning tool, given access to the appropriate data. MYRLIN requires relatively simple information about tree species for its calibration. As the research on which MYRLIN was based has shown (Alder et al, 2002), the typical size at maturity, growth rate, wood density and ecological guild of tree species fall into a limited number of patterns. There is ample information available in the region on tree growth and yield, especially from the various long-term experiments and PSP series managed by EMBRAPA, but this is not available or summarised in formats that are accessible to forest planners in SMEs, and there is no protocol yet devised for this to be done. This means that this wealth of research information is not directly accessible to users of MYRLIN and similar tools, and is in fact mainly confined to the domain of academic studies and scientific publication. A third causal factor relative to the key problem is the fact that the spatial variation in species associations, which is normal in tropical forest, is often not considered in the yield planning process, which typically uses an average stocking for the whole planning area and felling sequence over the rotation. MYRLIN is designed to work with spatially discrete inventory data linked to annual production units (UPAs). This would be better implemented and understood if linked to GIS files of forest operational or type boundaries.

2.3. Objectives

2.3.1. Development objective and impact indicators To raise standards of forest management through improved forest planning in the natural forests of the Amazon basin.

2.3.2. Specific objective and outcome indicators To provide a simple and effective tool for sustainable management planning of the mixed natural forests of the Amazon region that is freely available.

Table 2 Project Outputs and Indicators Output Description Indicators 1 Table of key regional species

parameters for MYRLIN-type modelling

A table downloadable in spreadsheet format of regional species with key growth model parameters including typical size (D95), mean increment, ecological categories, wood density, commercial uses. The list will be developed and maintained from current research data of regional institutions on the basis of the project workshop and working group activities related to this output.

(1) Existence of a comprehensive species list with 400+ species and model data compatible with MYRLIN that can be downloaded from the project website. (2) Published proceedings from the workshop of regional research institutions defining source data sets for the list. (3) Paper from the Working Group (in Proceedings (2)) defining selection of parameters to be included in the list.

Updated MYRLIN model, completed training course, download website for materials

This output will include: (1) A website, linked with and maintained through IFT (the executing agency), and Embrapa from which the MYRLIN model and course materials can be downloaded. (2) Training courses delivered to regional practitioners and teaching staff (training of trainers) under the auspices of IFT. (3) Programming work to adapt,

(1) Existence of website, with alternative texts in Portuguese and English, enabling download of MYRLIN, species data set (as per Output A above) and course materials (Power Point slides). (2) MYRLIN open source program code, demonstrable as functional on Windows, iOS and Android systems. (3) Course materials in Portuguese and English as Power Point slides and

Table 2 Project Outputs and Indicators Table 2 Project Outputs and Indicators

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update and test MYRLIN. (4) A scientific paper drafted and submitted to an English-language journal comparing MYRLIN long-term projections with actual sample plot data to validate the methodology.

demonstration datasets. (4) Documentation for MYRLIN in PDF format, in English and Portugues. (5) 1-2 Training courses deliver for 12+ regional forest planning practitioners using above materials. (6) A ‘training of trainers’ course aimed at university teaching staff. (7) Scientific paper accepted for publication by an English language journal.

3 MYRLIN integration with GIS components of forest planning including workshops materials

This output includes: (1) Regional workshop on forest inventory and planning highlighting integration of GIS and ground survey and presenting MYRLIN with GIS module, as a tool for basic inventory analysis in a forest planning context. (2) A software module within MYRLIN for visualization of shape files and EO data in GeoTIFF formats and their overlay with inventory plot locations, with geo analysis for forest growing stock stratification and tabulation by annual cutting units (UPAs).

(1) Workshop proceeding published. (2) MYRLIN inventory GIS module operational and demonstrated with sample training sets during training courses. (3) Cadre of trained users, from the training workshops in B(2) above. (4) Documentation and course materials relative to GIS modules.

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3. Description of Project Interventions

3.1. Outputs Output 1 : Table of key regional species parameters for MYRLIN-type modelling By end of 1st quarter (year 1), a workshop will have been completed to discuss key

parameters, standards, and available data sets. By end of 1st quarter (year 1), a paper will be presented to same workshop and for

publication giving a provisional list based on immediately accessible EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental datasets.

By end of 4th quarter (year 1), an extended list, based on workshop outcomes, will be available for download.

Output 2 : Updated MYRLIN model, completed training course, download website for materials By end of 1st quarter (year 1), a working group will be convened to ensure compatibility

between MYRLIN specifications and PMF criteria. By end of 3rd quarter (year 1), MYRLIN modules will have been updated and tested with

Windows, iOS and Android computers, and available for download. By end of 1st quarter of year 2, a scientific paper on MYRLIN will have been submitted for

publication in an international peer-reviewed journal. By end of 2nd quarter of year 2, 2 training workshops for MYRLIN users, and 1 training

workshop for tertiary trainers will have been completed.

Output 3 : MYRLIN integration with GIS components of forest planning By end of 4th quarter (year 1), MYRLIN extended with GIS components to include spatial

data for PMF. By end of 1st quarter of year 2, a workshop completed to present GIS components of

MYRLIN.

3.2. Activities and Inputs Table 3 below lists the project activities, as also shown on the Objectives Tree in Figure 3, and describes them in more detail together with required project inputs. The staff resources are assumed to include a senior project coordinator from IFT, and a facilitator, also from IFT who will deal with day to day coordinating and organizational work, national consultants to work on database and website issues, most likely from EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental, and an international consultant for the development work on the MYRLIN model.

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Table 3 Project Activities and inputs

Activity Description Inputs

Output 1 : Table of key regional species parameters for MYRLIN-type modelling

1.1 Workshop of regional research institutions to present growth and yield data holdings and formalise coordination.

Research institutions including the EMBRAPA centres in Amapá, Pará, Amazônia and Acre, and centres in French Guyana, Guyana, , Peru, Suriname and Ecuador and Bolivia, will be invited for an introductory meeting, to deliver short papers on data holdings of relevance to the project and to set up the working group membership (Activity 1.2). The project will provide background papers on the aims of the projects.

IFT project coordinator IFT facilitator MYRLIN consultant EMBRAPA consultants (2) Workshop participants Travel and per diem costs Workshop facilities

1.2 Working group defines key species parameters and format for publicly accessible species data table

Following the workshop, a working group will be constituted to deal with the practical aspects of extracting the necessary data from the institutional databases and preparing a single regional table with the required parameters for MYRLIN and other stand projection-type models, accessible via internet, which will be Output 1 of the project.

IFT project coordinator IFT facilitator MYRLIN consultant EMBRAPA consultants (2) Database consultant Website consultant Working group members from

contributing institutions

Output 2 : Updated MYRLIN model, completed training course, website for downloads

2.1 Training workshops given and course materials developed for updated MYRLIN version.

Training courses will be given towards the end of the project, once antecedent activities have been completed, for about 12-15 participants with emphasis on primary beneficiaries as participants. Course materials will serve as a model and resource for other trainers and will be made freely available from the website. One of the courses will emphasise ‘training of trainers’ ie University teaching staff, and the other(s), practitioners of forest planning.

IFT project coordinator IFT facilitator MYRLIN consultant Website consultant Travel and per diem costs Facility expenses

2.2 Working group to review MYRLIN data requirements and ensure compatibility with regional PMF criteria

A group primarily composed of members from forest regulatory bodies such as State and Federal Environmental Agencies. This process will be conducted by email, and meetings coordinated with the principal workshops, especially activity 3.1

IFT project coordinator IFT facilitator MYRLIN consultant

2.3 MYRLIN modules improved and updated and tested for Android, Mac-OS as well as Windows PCs

The current 3 Excel 97 VBA modules of MYRLIN will be re-coded as a browser-compatible application in Javascript that can be used across most computer platforms, but with drag and drop interfaces to Excel compatible worksheet data. The application will be integrated with the regional species database (output 1.1)

MYRLIN consultant

2.4 Scientific paper comparing stand projection with MYRLIN to long-term growth on PSPs.

A technical paper will be written by the MYRLIN consultant, co-authored with the involved researchers, and submitted be international publication in a peer reviewed journal

MYRLIN consultant

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3.3. Strategic approach and methods The project is designed to address a significant gap in the sustainable forest management planning process for natural tropical forest, which is the dynamic calculation of yields to be extracted from each annual operational area, allowing for spatial variations in species, and for the ecological and growth dynamics variations among species. At present, only simple blanket prescriptions for total volume removals versus felling cycle are required for plan approval, and in many cases this can either permit overcutting or creaming of selected species, or in rarer cases, not allow the fullest utilisation of a productive resource. This project builds on earlier work, as has been described in section 1.1 and 2.2, particularly the extensive research carried out by EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental on the CAFOGROM model, and on the MYRLIN toolkit for assisting SMEs with natural forest planning. It aims to create a connection between research data, held by the various EMBRAPA centres (Amazônia Oriental, Amazônia Occidental, Amapá and Acre) and its practical application for forest planning by developing a protocol to summarise key data on growth and yield and make it available on a website in a form that can be applied by stand projection or cohort models for forest planning. Regional research institutes in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Suriname, Guyana, and French Guyana will also be invited to participate. This process will be facilitated by an initial workshop to present descriptions of relevant holdings, and discuss pathways and protocols for analysis that will not compromise the intellectual property rights of the participating institutions and individual researchers, whilst placing useful data summaries into the public domain. There will then be a period during which this process is implemented. At the same time, the MYRLIN toolkit, which is somewhat dated in form, will be recoded as a web-based application, so that it can take advantage of the ubiquity of web browser software to provide an application that can work on any platform. The present stand projection engine will be made more accurate by transforming it into a cohort model, based on the design of CAFOGROM. The inventory and planning modules will be improved by allowing the linkage to GIS files for simple presentation of forest types, administrative boundaries and annual coups. The final system will be tested against long-term experimental data from EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental and if possible, other sites, and the result written up as a scientific paper for international peer review publication. This will provide credibility to the system and support its application in the context of forest certification or REDD+ projects. Mid-way through the project a second workshop will be held that will emphasise forest inventory and mapping techniques in relation to forest planning. It will invite participants from selected stakeholders to present a range of methodologies and will also present the capabilities of the updated version of MYRLIN in this area.

Table 3 Project Activities and inputs (continued…)

Activity Activity Activity Activity

Output 3 : MYRLIN integration with GIS components of forest planning

3.1 Workshop on forest inventory design using MYRLIN toolkit and relation to PMF needs

Workshop on forest inventory techniques for forest management plans with MYRLIN presented as an inventory analysis tool.

IFT project coordinator IFT facilitator MYRLIN consultant GIS/Inventory consultant Travel and per diem costs Facility expenses

3.2 MYRLIN to include visualization of shape and image files with planning model

Software will be added to MYRLIN to allow GIS data to be overlaid and linked to inventory data and sample plot locations.

MYRLIN consultant GIS/Inventory consultant

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Training courses for 12-15 participants each will be arranged towards the end of the project. A training of trainers course will be held for University-level teaching staff, and also 1-2 course for practitioners, participants being forest engineers or managers tasked with forest planning for community projects or SME concession holders. The training materials from the course will be made available on a website for public access, as will the MYRLIN toolkit itself. All software will be developed under an open-source license. The project will be coordinated and managed by the Institute of Tropical Forestry (IFT) in Brazil, based in Belém, Pará state. The IFT will provide a part-time senior Project Manager2, and a full-time facilitator to handle day-to-day project administration and facilitation of the workshops, regional communications and similar matters. The project will retain five key experts:

A MYRLIN consultant, familiar with growth and yield modelling in natural tropical forest, especially the Amazonian region, stand projection and cohort modelling, and the MYRLIN system. This consultant will provide the key technical inputs to the project.

A database consultant, especially familiar with the MFT database system used by EMBRAPA, who will develop the links for extracting raw sample plot data into the standardised species list.

A website consultant who will support IFT in developing the specific features of the MYRLIN website.

Two experienced researchers in EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental, familiar with the sample plots, treatments, species, and ecology of the principal experimental dispositions at Tapajós, Jarí and elsewhere. They will be key members of the working group on species classification and will facilitate data access and analysis.

Fuller details are given in Annex 3 of these various staff and specialists. EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental will have a key role in providing the major data resources and the experienced researchers, as project consultants, who will guide the process of developing a standardised table of species parameters. Both IFT and EMBRAPA have the physical facilities to host the various meetings and workshops, and both are located in Belém, Pará, improving communication and reducing costs. The budget provides for a facility fee to EMBRAPA for their administrative costs, as well as variable consultancy fees for the time of research staff2. The project will emphasise a consultative and consensual approach, and will be geared to providing tools that, through intended for professional forest engineers, do not require advanced training beyond that normally available to practitioners in this field. IFT works predominantly with industrial and community forest management, and there will therefore be testing and training of the systems, and communication of their application, at this level as well as for the larger state and private forestry concession managers. Gender issues do not form an explicit part of this project. In Brazil in particular there is a high degree of gender equity and empowerment, in forestry research and management as in other fields. No special measures are therefore incorporated into this project with respect to gender.

2 To be treated as part of the Brazilian Government input to the budget.

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3.4. Work Plan The work plan for the project is shown in Table 4 below.

Table 4 Work Plan for project for 2-year duration

Output Activity Responsible Year 1 Year 2

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2


1.1 Workshop of regional research institutions to present growth and yield data holdings and formalise coordination.

IFT

1.2 Working group defines key species parameters and format for publicly accessible species data table

IFT + EMBRAPA + Consultant


2.1 Training workshops given and course materials developed for updated MYRLIN version.

IFT + Consultant

2.2 Working group to review MYRLIN data requirements and ensure compatibility with regional PMF criteria

IFT

2.3 MYRLIN modules improved and updated and tested for Android, Mac-OS as well as Windows PCs

Consultant

2.4 Scientific paper comparing stand projection with MYRLIN to long-term growth on PSPs.

Consultant


3.1 Workshop on forest inventory design using MYRLIN toolkit and relation to PMF needs

IFT + Consultant

3.2 MYRLIN to include visualization of shape and image files with planning model

Consultant

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3.5. Budget

3.5.1. Master Budget Schedule

Description Units

Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 Year 2


A1.1 Workshop of regional research institutions to present growth and yield data holdings and formalise coordination.

IFT Project Management/Consulting 11.1 5 day 200 1000Participants Air Fares (Local) 33.1 8 unit 500 4000

Participants Air Fares (International) 32.1 4 unit 900 3600

Participants Per Diem 31.1 24 day 100 2400

Workshop Expenses 61.1 1 event 2000 2000MYRLIN Consultant, fee 14.1 5 day 490 2450

Consultant airfare 32.2 1 unit 1200 1200

Consultant per diem 31.2 5 day 120 600

IFT Support Staff 12.1 30 day 100 3000Information, media, publications 61.2 1 unit 1000 1000

A1.2 Working group defines key species parameters and format for publicly accessible species data table

IFT Project Management/Consulting 11.1 10 day 200 2000Workshop Expenses 61.1 1 event 2000 2000

Database Consultant 11.2 10 day 300 3000

Website Consultant 11.3 10 day 200 2000

EMBRAPA consultants 11.5 20 day 200 4000IFT Support Staff 12.1 30 day 100 3000


A2.1 Training workshops given and course materials developed for updated MYRLIN version.

IFT Project Management/Consulting 11.1 10 day 200 2000Workshop Expenses 61.1 2 event 2000 4000

MYRLIN Consultant, fee 14.1 10 day 490 4900



Participants Air Fares (Local) 33.1 16 unit 500 8000

participants Air Fares (International) 32.1 8 unit 900 7200


IFT Support Staff 12.1 60 day 100 6000Information, media, publications 61.2 1 unit 1000 1000

A2.2 Working group to review MYRLIN data requirements and ensure compatibility with regional PMF criteria

IFT Project Management/Consulting 11.1 10 day 200 2000EMBRAPA consultants 11.5 10 day 200 2000

A2.3 MYRLIN modules improved and updated and tested for Android, Mac-OS as well as Windows PCs


A2.4 Scientific paper comparing stand projection with MYRLIN to long-term growth on PSPs.



A3.1 Workshop on forest inventory design using MYRLIN toolkit and relation to PMF needs

IFT Support Staff 12.1 10 day 100 1000MYRLIN Consultant, fee 14.1 5 day 490 2450



Participants Air Fares (Local) 33.1 8 unit 500 4000

participants Air Fares (International) 32.1 4 unit 900 3600


Database Consultant 11.2 5 day 300 1500

Website Consultant 11.3 5 day 200 1000

Local GIS/Inventory Consultant 11.4 5 day 200 1000

Workshop Expenses 61.1 1 event 2000 2000

Information, media, publications 61.2 1 unit 1000 1000

A3.2 MYRLIN to include visualization of shape and image files with planning model

MYRLIN Consultant, fee 14.1 20 day 490 9800Local GIS/Inventory Consultant 11.4 10 day 200 2000

TOTAL direct costs 65450 53050 17000 9000

Table 5 Master Budget Table

Output & Activity

Budget code

Unit Cost US$

Executing AgencyQuantity ITTO

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3.5.2. Consolidated budget by component

Category Budget Category Total Year 1 Year 210 Project Personnel

11 National Experts11.1 IFT Project Management/Consulting 7,000 5,000 2,000 11.2 Database Consultant 4,500 3,000 1,500 11.3 Website Consultant 3,000 2,000 1,000 11.4 Local GIS/Inventory Consultant 3,000 2,000 1,000 11.5 EMBRAPA consultants 6,000 6,000 -

12 Other personnel12.1 IFT support staff 13,000 6,000 7,000

14 International consultants - 14.1 MYRLIN Consultant, fee 49,000 41,650 7,350

19 Subtotal 85,500 65,650 19,850 30 Travel

31 Daily subsistence allowance31.1 Participants Per Diem 9,600 2,400 7,200 31.2 Consultants per diem 2,400 600 1,800

32 International Travel32.1 Participants Air Travel 14,400 3,600 10,800 32.2 Consultants Air Travel 3,600 1,200 2,400

33 Local transport costs33.1 Participants Air Travel 16,000 4,000 12,000 33.2 Consultants Air Travel - - -

39 Subtotal 46,000 - - 60 Miscellaneous

61 Sundry61.1 Workshop expenses 10,000 4,000 6,000 61.2 Information, media, publications 3,000 1,000 2,000

29 Subtotal 13,000 5,000 8,000 70 National management costs

Subtotal 10-60 144,500 70,650 27,850

75 Executing Agency Fee (15%) 21,700 10,600 4,200 79 Subtotal 21,700 10,600 4,200

80 Project monitoring and administration81 ITTO monitoring & review 10,000 5,000 5,000 82 ITTO mid-term evaluation83 ITTO final evaluation84 ITTO ex-post evaluation

Subtotal 10-82 176,200 86,250 37,050

85 ITTO programme Support (12%) 15,420 8,450 6,970 89 Subtotal 25,420 13,450 11,970

100 Grand Total 191,620 89,700 36,020

Table 6 Consolidated Budget by component

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3.5.3. ITTO budget by component


11 National Experts11.1 IFT Project Management/Consulting - - - 11.2 Database Consultant 4,500 3,000 1,500 11.3 Website Consultant 3,000 2,000 1,000 11.4 Local GIS/Inventory Consultant 3,000 2,000 1,000 11.5 EMBRAPA consultants - - -

12 Other personnel12.1 IFT support staff - - -

14 International consultants - 14.1 MYRLIN Consultant, fee 49,000 41,650 7,350

19 Subtotal 59,500 48,650 10,850 30 Travel

31 Daily subsistence allowance31.1 Participants Per Diem 9,600 2,400 7,200 31.2 Consultants per diem 2,400 600 1,800

32 International Travel32.1 Participants Air Travel 14,400 3,600 10,800 32.2 Consultants Air Travel 3,600 1,200 2,400

33 Local transport costs33.1 Participants Air Travel 16,000 4,000 12,000 33.2 Consultants Air Travel - - -

39 Subtotal 46,000 11,800 34,200 60 Miscellaneous

61 Sundry61.1 Workshop expenses 10,000 4,000 6,000 61.2 Information, media, publications 3,000 1,000 2,000

29 Subtotal 13,000 5,000 8,000 70 National management costs (see Executing Agency Budget)80 Project monitoring and administration

81 ITTO monitoring & review 10,000 5,000 5,000 82 ITTO mid-term evaluation83 ITTO final evaluation84 ITTO ex-post evaluation85 ITTO programme Support (12%) 15,420 8,450 6,970 89 Subtotal 25,420 13,450 11,970

100 Grand Total (ITTO) 143,920 78,900 65,020

Table 7 ITTO Yearly Budget

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3.5.4. Executing Agency budget by component


11 National Experts11.1 IFT Project Management/Consulting 7,000 5,000 2,000 11.2 Database Consultant - - - 11.3 Website Consultant - - - 11.4 Local GIS/Inventory Consultant - - - 11.5 EMBRAPA consultants 6,000 6,000 -

12 Other personnel12.1 IFT support staff 13,000 6,000 7,000

14 International consultants - 14.1 MYRLIN Consultant, fee - - -

19 Subtotal 26,000 17,000 9,000 30 Travel

31 Daily subsistence allowance31.1 Participants Per Diem - - - 31.2 Consultants per diem - - -

32 International Travel32.1 Participants Air Travel - - - 32.2 Consultants Air Travel - - -

33 Local transport costs33.1 Participants Air Travel - - - 33.2 Consultants Air Travel - - -

39 Subtotal - - - 60 Miscellaneous

61 Sundry61.1 Workshop expenses - - - 61.2 Information, media, publications - - -

29 Subtotal - - - 70 National management costs

Subtotal 10-60 from Consolidated budget 144,500 70,650 27,850

75 Executing Agency Fee (15%) 21,700 10,600 4,200 79 Subtotal 21,700 10,600 4,200

100 Grand Total (Executing Agency) 47,700 27,600 13,200

Table 8 Executing Agency Yearly Budget

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4. Implementation Arrangements

4.1. Executing Agency and organizational structure The Institute for Tropical Forestry is based in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It was established in 1994 with a mission to promote good practice in forest management in Amazonia, and to promote the values of transparency, sustainability, innovation and inclusion, dynamism, ethics and justice. It undertakes training, pilot and community projects in forest management. It currently has approximately 43 permanent staff and a turnover of some US$2.7 million per annum. It is constituted as a Civil Society Organization in the Public Interest (OSCIP) according to Brazilian law and is accountable to the Federal Ministry of Public Affairs (http://www.mpf.mp.br). IFT has a website at http://ift.org.br. The most recent published biennial report for 2011 and 2012, which includes audited accounts, is available online3. Since 1994, approximately 5,700 people have been trained through its courses, of whom 38% were women. It has been the agency for many international projects, details of which can be found on the website, and produces a peer-reviewed bulletin of technical articles and brochures of high quality. These are also available on the website. It has strong Brazilian and regional networking in the field of tropical forest management.

4.2. Project Management The IFT will nominate a senior staff member (most likely the Executive Secretary) as a formal project manager. IFT will through its internal accounting and project control systems manage the detailed financial and logistic operation of the project. An IFT staff member, designated as the Project Facilitator will handle all day to day management and administrative activities required to support the project, under the direct line management of the Project Manager. IFT will be responsible through these structures for ensuring that all ITTO reporting requirements, financial and administrative procedures are complied with. IFT has a strong record of managing international projects and its internal administrative systems comply with ISO certification.

4.3. Monitoring and Reporting The IFT will maintain all normal financial records and produce as required by ITTO quarterly and annual reports on project progress. All information will be open to inspection and audit as may be required by ITTO procedures. Quarterly reports will be prepared noting progress relative to the specific outputs and indicators of the project, and providing financial summaries of project expenditures.

3 http://ift.org.br/arquivosdb/relatorio_ift2011-2012.pdf

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Annex 1 Profile of the executing Agency 1. Background

Instituto Floresta Tropical (IFT), an independent Brazilian NGO established in September 1994 as an affiliate of the Tropical Forest Foundation-USA-, has twenty years of experience building capacity in the practice of tropical forest management in the Brazilian Amazon and in other Amazon countries. IFT is one of the few forest management training centres active in the tropical region. In 2006 IFT was officially recognized in Brazil as a Civil Society Organisation in the Public Interest (OSCIP), attesting to the financial transparency of its operation. During this period, IFT has trained over seven thousand practitioners and managers in science-based forest management in compliance with existing forest legislation. Hands-on training in forest management takes place at IFT’s Roberto Bauch Forest Management Training Centre in eastern Pará, Brazil. Forest extension activities are conducted by IFT at a number of communities located inside Extractive Reserves, Sustainable Development Reserves, Sustainable Development Projects, National and State Forests and Forest Settlements in the Brazilian Amazon. IFT’s mission is to promote adoption of sustainable forest management practices, contributing to conservation of natural resources and improvement of the livelihoods of forest populations. IFT’s vision is the development of a fair, sustainable, and inclusive forest sector in the Brazilian Amazon, supported by an industry strongly anchored in technical capacity and on legality, recognizing traditional communities as an important source of knowledge and of supply of forest products arising from the social and biological diversity inherent to the Amazon. With a total staff of 33 individuals, IFT’s administrative office is located in Belém, the capital of Pará State, Brazil, with a field office in Altamira, Pará, and with a field crew based at the Roberto Bauch Forest Management Training Centre in Paragominas, Pará. IFT has close working relationships with state-level forest agencies in the Brazilian Amazon, with the Brazilian Forest Service, with the Chico Mendes Institute for Conservation of Biodiversity (ICMBio) that manages public conservation areas in Brazil, with Brazilian and international forest research organizations and universities, and with Brazilian and international conservation NGOs. As a member of the Forest Legality Alliance, IFT promotes reduction of illegal logging through support for supply of legal forest products. In 2009 IFT was recognized by Brazil’s Ministry of Environment for honourable mention under the Chico Mendes Environment Award for work enhancing and encouraging protection of the environment in the Amazon biome. Widely known as a reference centre in dissemination and improvement of good forest management practices in the Amazon, in 2010 IFT’s work was recognized by FAO as an exemplary case of forest management in the tropics.

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2. Organizational chart

3. Main projects or studies conducted in the previous three years.

Support to expansion of sustainable forest management as an economic, social and environmental alternative to deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon. Donor: Fundo Amazônia.

Support to Community Forest Management. Donor: Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation

Forest Enterprise Cluster (Cluster). Funded by US Forest Service and USAID. Sustainable Almeirim: a new paradigma of a green municipality Fase II. Donor:

Fundo Vale.

4. List of projects funded by ITTO

1998-2000: Training and capacity building in Brazil and other Latin American

countries.

2003-2005: Human Resources Development in Sustainable Forest Management and

Reduced Impact Logging in the Brazilian Amazon

2008-2010: Promoting adoption of forest management in the Brazilian Amazon.

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5. Infrastructure

Main office located in Belém including local LAN and internet facilities, GIS lab,

auditorium, among others.

Field office in Altamira, Pará,

Roberto Bauch Forest Management Training Centre in Paragominas, Pará

6. Budget:

INSTITUTO FLORESTA TROPICAL

BUDGET 2011‐2013 (US $)

SINTETIC / DESCRIPTION 2011 2012 2013

COSTS/EXPENSES $ 2,202,433.89 $ 2,641,600.37 $ 3,074,565.06

COSTS $ 1,497,521.78 $ 1,803,493.88 $ 2,310,082.43

CONSULTING $ 7,854.09 $ 44,523.50 $ 309,647.30

OPERATIONAL COSTS $ 170,111.88 $ 235,501.31 $ 357,787.76

TRAVEL COSTS $ 98,203.17 $ 195,695.76 $ 210,095.07

PUBLICATIONS $ 34,479.37 $ 17,481.50 $ 61,769.32

MAINTENANCE $ 518,931.13 $ 474,956.96 $ 513,513.47

SALARIES AND SOCIAL BENEFITS $ 667,942.14 $ 835,334.85 $ 857,269.51

EXPENSES $ 704,912.11 $ 838,106.48 $ 764,482.63

OPERATIONAL EXPENSES $ 695,723.43 $ 838,106.48 $ 764,482.63

SALARIES AND SOCIAL BENEFITS $ 257,472.03 $ 297,340.68 $ 343,572.02

HONORARIUM $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00

CONSULTING $ 30,411.04 $ 50,794.15 $ 148,814.02

MAINTENANCE $ 16,248.50 $ 14,619.46 $ 7,382.43

OCCUPANCY EXPENSES $ 50,563.37 $ 50,905.03 $ 52,837.87

UTILITIES AND SERVICES $ 36,008.84 $ 44,228.81 $ 50,565.01

INSURANCE $ 8,232.61 $ 0.00 $ 0.00

FREIGHT $ 3,202.79 $ 232.28 $ 149.11

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $ 257,872.92 $ 347,378.27 $ 102,944.13

TAXES $ 11,905.57 $ 10,720.52 $ 18,568.46

FINANCIAL EXPENSES $ 23,805.75 $ 21,887.30 $ 39,649.58

NON OPERATIONAL EXPENSES $ 9,188.68 $ 0.00 $ 0.00

NON OPERATIONAL EXPENSES $ 9,188.68 $ 0.00 $ 0.00

7. Personnel:

Total number of personnel in relevant fields: 33

- number of personnel with postgraduate degrees: 4

- number of personnel with graduate degrees: 5

- number of middle-level technicians: 4

- number of administrative personnel: 8

- other: 12

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Annex 2 Tasks and Responsibilities of Key Experts Provided by the Executing Agency

Project Manager A senior executive staff member of IFT with a strong record of work in tropical forest research, management and training, experienced in growth and yield research and it applications, with an appropriate record of peer reviewed publications in forest science, and qualified to doctoral level, specifically knowledgeable of the Amazon region species, ecology, forest management, timber industry and community forest management practices, with a strong knowledge of forest regulation and law as applied in the Amazon region, fluent in Portuguese and English, with a strong network of contacts in the main Brazilian and regional institutions. Responsible for overall project management and leadership, compliance with Brazilian and ITTO procedures and reporting requirements, and for maintaining coordination and timelines within the various project components. Project Facilitator A forest engineer or administrator with tertiary qualification, working within the IFT organization, experienced in day-to-day project administration, able to handle emails and telephone communications in the project languages, experienced in organizing and facilitating events such as meetings, workshops and training courses, production of memoranda, summaries and proceedings from such events. Responsible for event organization, travel arrangements, bookings, facilitation, production of reports and proceedings, compliance with ITTO and Brazilian financial and progress reports and all day-to-day project administration. Database Consultant A tertiary-qualified forest or software engineer, skilled in Microsoft SQL, specifically familiar with the EMBRAPA MFT package, able to construct database programs and applications and to develop web-based interfaces for data upload and extraction. Fluent in Brazilian Portuguese. Responsible for working with EMBRAPA staff and the MYRLIN consultant to enable automatic extraction of species summaries from the MFT system in a format suitable for the MYRLIN toolkit and website. Website Consultant A tertiary qualified software engineer experienced in data-driven website development, specifically familiar with the IFT website and able to develop modules and add-ins to smoothly integrate with it in function and appearance. Responsible for integrating the MYRLIN web-based tools developed by the MYRLIN Consultant with the IFT site, and for integrating the species database into an accessible format through liaison with the database consultant. GIS/Inventory Consultant A forest engineer with GIS experience, familiar with the production of forest maps from vector and satellite image products in the Amazon region, specifically experienced in the production of maps for Brazilian Forest management Plans, will work with the MYRLIN Consultant to provide test materials and coverage for the GIS component of the MYRLIN toolkit. EMBRAPA Consultants (2) Forest engineers qualified to doctoral level, and with appropriate publications in Amazon region forest management and silviculture, currently or recently having worked with EMBRAPA and well networked within the organization and regional research institutions, specifically familiar with the research plots that provide the majority of the Amazon region growth and yield data within the EMBRAPA system, and very familiar with common tree species ecology and silviculture, will contribute to and form the core of the working group to develop the table of species growth characteristics.

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Annex 3 Terms of Reference of Personnel and Consultants Funded by ITTO

MYRLIN Consultant A forest engineer qualified to doctoral level, with a strong knowledge of growth and yield research and modelling in relation to tropical forest management and planning, especially in the Amazon region, with an appropriate track record of scientific publications in the field, competent in Brazilian Portuguese, fluent in English, with a specific knowledge of MYRLIN and similar diameter class and cohort-type empirical models and their application in forest planning. Able to program growth model applications of online use via website using as may be required, Javascript, PHP, MySQL and Python, also familiar with common GIS libraries and programming methods as well as appropriate analytical methods and tools for growth and yield data. Responsible for upgrading the MYRLIN toolkit as a web-based application, leading the development of the table of species growth characteristics, contributing key papers on the MYRLIN model to the workshops within the project, writing the training course materials and MYRLIN documentation, delivering the MYRLIN training course for the project, and being the lead author of the scientific paper on MYRLIN to be prepared.

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Annex 4 : Recommendations of ITTO’s expert panel and resulting modifications and responses to reviewer comments

Text of Assessment by ITTO PD 772/15 (F) Improved Application of Growth and Yield Models to Forest

Management Planning in the Amazon Basin (Brazil) Assessment by the Forty-ninth Panel A) Overall Assessment The Panel recognized the importance of this small project aimed at developing free, downloadable tools for planning the sustainable management of the mixed natural forests in the Amazon Basin and in providing training and ‘training of trainers’ workshops for their widespread application throughout the region. As such, it is relevant to ITTO’s objectives and core priorities, in particular those related to the sustainable management of tropical forests. The Panel further noted that the proposal was fairly well formulated and in accordance with the format stipulated in ITTO’s Project formulation Manual. However, it was noted that Surinamese forestry institutions had not been invited to take part in the Permanent sample Plot (PSP) information sharing nor participate in the regional workshops, in spite of Surinam having a long trajectory in the establishment of PSPs under its CELOS program with Tropenbos, and should be invited to participate in these activities. Unit costs should also be provided in the budget. B) Specific Recommendations The proposal should be revised taking into account the overall assessment and the following: 1. Consider inviting the Surinamese forestry institutions involved in PSPs, particularly

those related to the CELOS programme there, to partake in the project’s activities; 2. Adjust the costs for ITTO monitoring and review to US$ 5,000/year, and recalculate the

ITTO's Programme Support Costs so as to conform to the new standard of 12% of total ITTO project costs. In case the total ITTO budget exceeds US$ 150,000, reformulate the proposal as a full project rather than a small project, and closely follow the format and include all required components as described in the ITTO Manual on project Formulation; and

3. Include an Annex which shows the overall assessment and recommendations of the

49th Panel and the respective modifications in tabular form. Modifications should also be highlighted (bold and underline) in the text.

C) Conclusion

Category 1: The Panel concluded that the proposal could be commended to the Committee with incorporation of amendments.

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Amendments made Reviewer Comment Amendment(s) made Page # Comment 1 : Consider inviting the Surinamese forestry institutions involved in PSPs, particularly those related to the CELOS programme there, to partake in the project’s activities;

Suriname was already included in the countries to be invited on page 4, but had been omitted on page 14 and in Table 3 by oversight. This has been corrected, and Suriname is explicitly included in the country lists on page 14 and in Table 3.

Page 13 (Table 3), 14 (text)

Comment 2 : Adjust the costs for ITTO monitoring and review to US$ 5,000/year, and recalculate the ITTO's Programme Support Costs so as to conform to the new standard of 12% of total ITTO project costs. In case the total ITTO budget exceeds US$ 150,000, reformulate the proposal as a full project rather than a small project, and closely follow the format and include all required components as described in the ITTO Manual on project Formulation;

The budget has been amended as required. To maintain the project within the $150,000 small project category, it has been found feasible after consultation to reduce the allowance for the daily fee rate for the MYRLIN consultant from $650 to $490. This allows the increased overheads to be included without increasing overall project cost. All other costs remain unchanged. The budget tables in section 3.5 (pages 17-20) have been amended, as has the cost summary on the front cover.

Pages 17-20, tables amended for adjusted costs. Front cover cost summary amended.

Comment 3 : Include an Annex which shows the overall assessment and recommendations of the 49th Panel and the respective modifications in tabular form. Modifications should also be highlighted (bold and underline) in the text.

The requested Annex has been incorporated as Annex 4 of the document. The overall assessment has been included verbatim, and this table has been included in compliance. Text has been bolded and highlighted where amended.

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Documents

PROJECT PROPOSAL - ITTO 772-15 Rev.pdfAmazonia Oriental conducted since 1979 (Silva et al, 1995, 1996), and elaborated into the growth model CAFOGROM in various updates since 1994