National Forest Inventories
Pathways for Common Reporting
Editors: Tomppo, E., Gschwantner, Th., Lawrence, M., McRoberts, R.E. (Eds.)
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- Offers original research and first-hand experience
- Explains processes
- Provides alternative pathways and solutions for realizing forest inventories
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- About this book
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Traditionally the purpose of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) has been to provide continuously updated information regarding the state of a given nation’s forest resources, including their timber volumes, species composition and sustainable development. But with increased international reporting requirements – to the FAO, the ITTO, the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Ministerial Conference Protecting Forest in Europe and other international bodies – the potential role of how NFIs can accurately respond to these requirements has received some considerable attention.
Addressing the issue of how well countries are able to respond to current international reporting requirements, this book discusses the importance of comparable reporting, and the possible approaches for achieving comparability across Europe and globally. It includes country status reports from 37 countries, worldwide, and it discusses methodologies and techniques for a common reporting system.
With its collection of inventories and detailed discussions on the current status and future needs of NFIs, this book provides an invaluable resource for anyone involved in developing, managing, monitoring or contributing to forest inventories, as well as to those who are researching or practising forest resource management.
- Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-18
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Comparisons of National Forest Inventories
Pages 19-32
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National Forest Inventories: Prospects for Harmonised International Reporting
Pages 33-43
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Summary of Accomplishments
Pages 45-54
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- National Forest Inventories
- Book Subtitle
- Pathways for Common Reporting
- Editors
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- Erkki Tomppo
- Thomas Gschwantner
- Mark Lawrence
- Ronald E. McRoberts
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-90-481-3233-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-90-481-3233-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-3232-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-9082-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVI, 612
- Topics
