Determine appropriate approach, method and tier requirements for the scope of the National Forest Monitoring System MRV, noting the approach, method and tier applied need to be consistent between the Reference Emission Level and emissions and removals reported in the REDD+ Annex to the biennial update report.

Document the selected approach, method and tier with an explanation/justification for the selection.

Conduct an assessment of data requirements and integration options of the identified approaches, methods and tiers.

Identify the levels of investment needed for staffing, equipment and capacity building and communicate back through established institutional arrangements to ensure support and secure adequate ongoing budgets.

Conduct a gap analysis between required data and available data to achieve selected approach, method and tier.

Draw on key category analysis to develop a prioritised data acquisition plan for all data sources (i.e. remote sensing data and ground data).

Assess the required capacity to collect data, develop/manage integration tools and to produce a land-use monitoring system to meet the selected approach, method and tier.