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- Title
The Spanish National Forest Inventory: history, development, challenges and perspectives.
- Authors
Alberdi, Iciar; Cañellas, Isabel; Bombín, Roberto Vallejo
- Abstract
It is important to have a statistically robust forest information data base which can be updated and can provide long-term information. National Forest Inventories (NFI) provide one of the best large-scale sources of information, and therefore are a cornerstone of forest policies. The scopes of NFIs, which are the primary source of data for national and large-area assessments, has been broadened to include new variables to meet increasing information requirements. This paper describes the history, methodology and guidance of Spanish NFI and international requirements. The current objectives are determined by analysing future perspectives and possible direction of future assessments. These objectives include harmonization of NFI, open data source and to broaden the number of field variables monitored (multi-objective inventory) in order to effectively fulfil information requirements.
- Subjects
SPAIN; FORESTS &; forestry; FOREST surveys; LONGUE duree (Historiography); DATABASES; HISTORY of forestry
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Forest Research / Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira, 2017, Vol 37, Issue 91, p361
- ISSN
1809-3647
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4336/2017.pfb.37.91.1337