Building National Forest and Land-Use Information Systems: Lessons from Cameroon, Indonesia, and Peru

The document analyzes the development of forest and land-use information systems (FLUIS) in Cameroon, Indonesia, and Peru, emphasizing the need for high-level government support, cross-sectoral institutional mapping, and sustainable national funding to maintain staff and infrastructure beyond external support. It highlights that integrating sub-national data requires standardized collection and the inclusion of regional governments in planning, while noting that a primary capacity gap is the lack of coordination between ministries regulating land-use drivers.

• The development of a national FLUIS is heavily dependent on high-level government support to facilitate inter-ministerial cooperation and the resolution of conflicting land-use policies. An essential early step is an institutional mapping exercise to identify and include all agencies affecting forests and land use, even those outside the forest sector, to encourage data sharing.
• Long-term sustainability of a FLUIS requires transitioning from external funding to national and sub-national budget allocations to cover staff training, retention, equipment maintenance, and data storage infrastructure. This financial stability is best achieved by incorporating these needs into a formal policy framework for data integration and management.
• A significant capacity gap exists in the coordination between ministries and sub-national governments that regulate land-use drivers. To address this and integrate sub-national data, countries need to implement standardized data collection, include regional governments in planning, and develop systems that integrate both spatial and non-spatial data from multiple sources.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Building National Forest and Land-Use Information Systems: Lessons from Cameroon, Indonesia, and Peru. https://www.wri.org/research/building-national-forest-and-land-use-information-systems

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Building National Forest and Land-Use Information Systems: Lessons from Cameroon, Indonesia, and Peru. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/building-national-forest-and-land-use-information-systems.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendbuilding, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Building National Forest and Land-Use Information Systems: Lessons from Cameroon, Indonesia, and Peru}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/building-national-forest-and-land-use-information-systems}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }