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Forest Investment
Account
Vegetation Resources Inventory
Introduction
Forest Investment
Account funding recipients interested in undertaking Vegetation
Resources Inventory projects are required under their recipient
agreement with PricewaterhouseCoopers to adhere to RISC standards
or Best Practices standards established by government. The table
below provides on-line access to those standards.
Also included in the table is access to other
related documents including strategies, best management practices
and guidelines as well as reports that the user may reference
as they develop their project.
Prior to undertaking any VRI activity, proponents
are required to develop appropriate planning documentation. A
VRI Strategic Inventory Plan (VSIP) broadly outlines the VRI activities
and products needed to address the identified forest management
issues, and ensures that all key stakeholders understand the technical
and business issues associated with a VRI investment. A VRI Project
Implementation Plan (VPIP) defines specific objectives, such as
timelines, costs, and roles and responsibilities, and is required
prior to initiation of either photo interpretation or ground sampling.
Sign-off of the planning documentation is required by the proponent,
and the Ministry of Forests and Range in order to be funded by PricewaterhouseCoopers. A diagram indicating the flow of planning process and documentation can be found at:
Recipients interested in undertaking a VRI are
requested to contact Gary Johansen, VRI Audit Coordinator, Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch. Phone number: (250) 356-0633, email at Gary.Johansen@gov.bc.ca.
Before the commencement of any base mapping
project, recipients must complete the Standard Operating Procedure.
The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to provide
direction to government agencies and partners with Government,
in the documentation and procedures to be followed during the
planning and implementation of mapping projects, inclusive of
any aspect that relates to base mapping. The SOP will be applicable
to mapping projects which have any component of Government funding
for air photos, scanning, ortho photos, aerial triangulation and
data exchanges involving such data. http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bmgs/sop/index.html
In the event a recipient desires to vary from
the standards a request must be submitted to PricewaterhouseCoopers
who will then forward that request for approval of the variance.
Vegetation Resources Inventory And FIA Focussed Funding 2008/2009 [download]
Vegetation
Resources Inventory Standards
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Planning
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Strategic
Inventory Planning (VSIP) (January 2005) |
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Guidelines for Preparing a Project Implementation Plan for Ground Sampling and Net Volume Adjustment Factor Sampling Version 3.0 May 2007 [download] |
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Guidelines for Preparing a
Project Implementation Plan for Photo Interpretation
(version 2.2, May 2008) |
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Ground
Sample Selection Procedures (version 3.3, December 2002) |
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Errata
1.0 - Ground Sample Selection Procedures (version 3.3,
April 2005) |
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Net Volume Adjustment Factor Sampling Standards and Procedures (version 4.1, March 2006) [download]
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| Photo Interpretation |
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Photo
Interpretation Procedures (version 2.4, March 2002) |
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VRI Photo
Interpretation Standards and Quality Assurance Procedures (version 3.1, May 2008) |
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Air
Call (Air Calibration) Data Collection Procedures and
Standards
(version 2.1, June 2007) |
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Ground Call (Ground Calibration) Data Collection Procedures
and Standards
(version 3.1, June 2007) |
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VRI
the BC Land Cover Classification Scheme (version 1.3,
March 2002) |
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Inventory
Localization Procedure (version 2.0, March 2005) |
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Photo Interpretation Standards and Quality Assurance Procedures Version 3.0 April 2006 [download] |
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| Ground Sampling |
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Ground
Sampling Procedures (Version 4.8, May 2008) |
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Ground
Sampling Procedures Appendices (Version 4.5, March 2004) |
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Vegetation
Resources Inventory Quality Assurance Procedures for VRI Ground
Sampling (Version 3.1, March 2008) |
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Net Volume Adjustment Factor:
Sampling Standards and Procedures
(Version 4.2 June 2007) |
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Addendum to Net Volume Factor Sampling Standards and Procedures (Version 4.2 April 2007) |
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Provincial
GPS Standard (version 3.0, March 2001) |
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Ground
Sampling Data Collection Procedures for Inaccessible Samples
(version 1.0, March 2003) |
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Within-Polygon
Variation Sampling Procedures (version 1.1, January 2003) |
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| Ground Sampling Compilation |
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Data
Entry and Validation |
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Data
Entry for NVAF: DV Hand data Collection User Guide (version
4.0, March 2004) |
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Compilation
(VRI/NFI/PSP/NVAF) |
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Other Related Information
Web Page Last Updated:
June 16, 2008
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