National forest inventories (NFIs) have a long history, although their current major features
date only to the early years of the twentieth century. Recent issues such as concern over the …

We report on the operational use of remotely sensed data by national forest inventory (NFI)
programmes in 45 countries representing approximately 65% of the world's forest area. The …

Forest inventories throughout the world have evolved gradually over time. The content as
well as the concepts and definitions employed are constantly adapted to the users' needs …

Abstract National Forest Inventories (NFIs) are becoming increasingly important worldwide
in order to provide information about the multiple functions of forests, eg their provision of …

Estimates of forest area are among the most common and useful information provided by
national forest inventories. The estimates are used for local and national purposes and for …

Forests are the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystems. National forest inventories (NFIs) are
the main source of information on the status and trends of forests, but they have traditionally …

Key message Volume predictions of sample trees are basic inputs for essential National
Forest Inventory (NFI) estimates. The predicted volumes are rarely comparable among …

In order to realistically fulfil global and national climate protection targets, all potential
measures have to be made use of to a maximum extent. Because it is readily available …

Until recently, deadwood was perceived as a negative element of forest ecosystems, that
indicates “mismanagement, negligence, and wastefulness” of the applied forest …

The Good Practice Guidance (GPG) for reporting emissions and removals of greenhouse
gases from the land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) sector of the United …