National Forest Inventories

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Introduction

   • Erkki Tomppo, Klemens Schadauer, Ronald E. McRoberts, Thomas Gschwantner, Karl Gabler, Göran Ståhl

   Pages 1-18

3. Comparisons of National Forest Inventories

   • Mark Lawrence, Ronald E. McRoberts, Erkki Tomppo, Thomas Gschwantner, Karl Gabler

   Pages 19-32

4. National Forest Inventories: Prospects for Harmonised International Reporting

   • Ronald E. McRoberts, Göran Ståhl, Claude Vidal, Mark Lawrence, Erkki Tomppo, Klemens Schadauer et al.

   Pages 33-43

5. Summary of Accomplishments

   • Erkki Tomppo, Karl Gabler, Klemens Schadauer, Thomas Gschwantner, Adrian Lanz, Göran Ståhl et al.

   Pages 45-54

6. Back Matter

   Pages 56-612

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Forest inventories throughout the world have evolved gradually over time. The content as well as the concepts and de?nitions employed are constantly adapted to the users’ needs. Advanced inventory systems have been established in many countries within Europe, as well as outside Europe, as a result of development work spanning several decades, in some cases more than 100 years. With continuously increasing international agreements and commitments, the need for information has also grown drastically, and reporting requests have become more frequent and the content of the reports wider. Some of the agreements made at the international level have direct impacts on national economies and international decisions, e. g. , the Kyoto Protocol. Thus it is of utmost importance that the forest information supplied is collected and analysed using sound scienti?c principles and that the information from different countries is comparable. European National Forest Inventory (NFI) teams gathered in Vienna in 2003 to discuss the new challenges and the measures needed to get data users to take full advantage of existing NFIs. As a result, the European National Forest Inventory Network (ENFIN), a network of NFIs, was established. The ENFIN members decided to apply for funding for meetings and collaborative activities. COST– European Cooperation in Science and Technology - provided the necessary ?n- cial means for the realization of the program.

• Forest inventories
• Forest resources
• Species composition
• Sustainable development
• Timber
• Worldwide reporting
• biodiversity
• classification
• forest

• Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland

  Erkki Tomppo

• Ausbildungszentrum für Wald,, Bundesforschungs- und, Wien, Austria

  Thomas Gschwantner

• Northern Research Station, Forest Research, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

  Mark Lawrence

• Northern Research Station, US Forest Service, St. Paul, U.S.A.

  Ronald E. McRoberts

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