The renaissance of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in the context of the international conventions – a discussion paper on context, background and justification of NFIs
National Forest Inventories (NFI) cover whole countries and strive to put the resource forest and the ecosystem forest into a quantitative framework. While for forest management inventories it is very obvious that they shall support management decisions and contribute to making forest planning, silv...
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| description | National Forest Inventories (NFI) cover whole countries and strive to put the resource forest and the ecosystem forest into a quantitative framework. While for forest management inventories it is very obvious that they shall support management decisions and contribute to making forest planning, silvicultural interventions, conservation management and timber sales more efficient, the purpose of NFIs is not immediately visible nor “measurable”: they are to support national (and sub-national) level policy processes that relate to forests. NFIs have a long history and do experience currently a boom because the availability of a science-based quantification of the forest resource and its changes is among the prerequisites for results-based payments to developing countries when they implement measures that are efficient - and evidenced by verifiable results – in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forests. While forest monitoring science does currently focus very much on increasing precision and accuracy of forest monitoring, on integration of ever more efficient remote sensing techniques and modelling methods, surprisingly little research is being published on background, strategic justification, institutionalization and impact of NFIs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05aa655b7a984f38b3f24af875eab85d2022-12-21T23:15:28ZengEmbrapa FlorestasPesquisa Florestal Brasileira1809-36471983-26052017-09-01379110.4336/2017.pfb.37.91.1343523The renaissance of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in the context of the international conventions – a discussion paper on context, background and justification of NFIsChristoph Kleinn0University of Göttingen, Faculty of Forest Forest Sciences and Forest EcologyNational Forest Inventories (NFI) cover whole countries and strive to put the resource forest and the ecosystem forest into a quantitative framework. While for forest management inventories it is very obvious that they shall support management decisions and contribute to making forest planning, silvicultural interventions, conservation management and timber sales more efficient, the purpose of NFIs is not immediately visible nor “measurable”: they are to support national (and sub-national) level policy processes that relate to forests. NFIs have a long history and do experience currently a boom because the availability of a science-based quantification of the forest resource and its changes is among the prerequisites for results-based payments to developing countries when they implement measures that are efficient - and evidenced by verifiable results – in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forests. While forest monitoring science does currently focus very much on increasing precision and accuracy of forest monitoring, on integration of ever more efficient remote sensing techniques and modelling methods, surprisingly little research is being published on background, strategic justification, institutionalization and impact of NFIs.https://pfb.cnpf.embrapa.br/pfb/index.php/pfb/article/view/1343Forest InformationForest policyDecision making |
| spellingShingle | Christoph Kleinn The renaissance of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in the context of the international conventions – a discussion paper on context, background and justification of NFIs Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira Forest Information Forest policy Decision making |
| title | The renaissance of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in the context of the international conventions – a discussion paper on context, background and justification of NFIs |
| title_full | The renaissance of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in the context of the international conventions – a discussion paper on context, background and justification of NFIs |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The renaissance of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in the context of the international conventions – a discussion paper on context, background and justification of NFIs |
| title_short | The renaissance of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in the context of the international conventions – a discussion paper on context, background and justification of NFIs |
| title_sort | renaissance of national forest inventories nfis in the context of the international conventions a discussion paper on context background and justification of nfis |
| topic | Forest Information Forest policy Decision making |
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