Experiences in Capacity Building on Forest Monitoring at the National Level: The FCMC Peru MRV Activity

This report provides contextual information about Peru and FCMC, a summary of the activity’s goals and process for achieving them, technical results, and observations on the activity’s impact and potential further advances to be made in Peru. Information in this report draws in part from the FCMC Integrated REDD+ Assessment of Peru (FCMC, 2011); reports produced by Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) and their consultant for strategies on Reference Levels (RLs) and MRV; and products and workshop notes from the activity itself, including a peer-reviewed article. The intended audience for this is USAID and other donors who may consider similar activities in Peru or other countries, as well as the scientific community involved with research and capacity building on forest monitoring, especially in the context of national planning and REDD+.