A century of national forest inventories – informing past, present and future decisions
Johannes Breidenbach, Ronald E. McRoberts, Icíar Alberdi, Clara Antón‐Fernández, Erkki Tomppo
Abstract
Abstract In 2019, 100 years had elapsed since the first National Forest Inventory (NFI) was established in Norway. Motivated by a fear of over-exploitation of timber resources, NFIs today enable informed policy making by providing data vital to decision support at international, national, regional, and local scales. This Collection of articles celebrates the 100th anniversary of NFIs with a description of past, present, and future research aiming at improving the monitoring of forest and other terrestrial ecosystems.
Topics & Concepts
National forestForest ecologyEnvironmental resource managementEcosystemForest inventoryForest managementBusinessEnvironmental planningGeographyForestryEnvironmental scienceEcologyBiologyForest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsForest Management and Policy