"It also makes sense for various user agencies — public or private — as they can identify a beneficiary or customer using a secure, economical and paperless format," he said.
The investment costs would be covered by the Ministry of Justice, while the user agencies would have to pay for the operating and maintenance costs of the network.
This is partl y because of the lack of statistical units in some State Forest Departments and the fact that the involved staff, being already burdened with other work, may be inclined to treat collation of information from user agencies as a secondary task.
Even though, the users' agency could be maximised in doing this, the scientific value could, again, be compromised.
To overcome this eventual limitation, an investment in transparency particularly in providing information to users about the risks of data sharing and respect users agency and their decision of how and to what extent they want to be involved should be promoted.
