The Mapping and Inventory unit is responsible for monitoring the nation’s forest resources and compiling essential data to support forest management, planning, and decision-making.

The unit’s key activities include:

• Execution of timber surveys in gazetted, communal, and commercial forests
• Change detection for forest cover monitoring
• Production of vegetation maps at both national and local levels
• Analysis of fire data from gazetted forests
• Assessment of Permanent Increment Plots for growth estimation