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1. Improved large-area forest increment information in Europe through harmonisation of National Forest Inventories

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Gschwantner, Thomas, Riedel, Thomas, Henning, Lea, Adame, Patricia, Adolt, Radim, Aguirre, Ana, Alberdi, Iciar, Avitabile, Valerio, Cañellas, Isabel, Di Cosmo, Lucio, Fischer, Christoph, Freudenschuß, Alexandra, Gasparini, Patrizia, Henttonen, Helena M., Korhonen, Kari T., Kučera, Miloš, Marin, Gheorghe, Máslo, Jan, Mionskowski, Marcin, Morneau, François, Mubareka, Sarah, Neagu, Stefan, Nilsson, Mats, Pesty, Benoit, Schadauer, Klemens, Sroga, Radosław, Talarczyk, Andrzej, and Westerlund, Bertil

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2024
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2. Common tree definitions for national forest inventories in Europe

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Gschwantner, Thomas, Schadauer, Klemens, Vidal, Claude, Lanz, Adrian, Tomppo, Erkki, di Cosmo, Lucio, Robert, Nicolas, Englert Duursma, Daisy, and Lawrence, Mark

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Forestry, SD1-669.5
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At the international level, various definitions have been established for the compilation and publication of forest resources assessment results over the last decade. These international definitions frequently rely on terms that are not precisely specified for inventory purposes and do not completely cover the requirements arising from the application of National Forest Inventory (NFI) data. Also, with respect to conventional topics such as forest area and growing stock estimation, several terms and expressions referring to individual trees are not, or are only vaguely, defined until now. Since the individual tree is the basic element of any forest resources assessment, the clarification of tree-related terms is an important part of COST Action E43 to harmonise common reporting of National Forest Inventories. Based on a review of existing definitions and on the requirements for harmonised reporting, common tree-related definitions are established. One objective of this study is to refine and enhance the applicability of available tree and shrub definitions, in particular with regard to the distinction between trees and shrubs. The study also focuses on the parts or âelementsâ of trees and on the distinction between these elements as they are of particular importance in growing stock and biomass definitions. Furthermore, several definitions for tree characteristics such as âlivingâ and âstandingâ, as well as tree variables such as height, length, diameter at breast height, and crown projection area are adjusted with respect to NFI purposes. A concluding discussion reflects upon the reviewed, refined and newly established definitions. The definitions presented in this paper provide a firm basis for a common set of harmonised reference definitions developed by COST Action E43 and contribute to the precise and consistent use of terms.

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2009
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3. Establishing forest inventory reference definitions for forest and growing stock: a study towards common reporting

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Vidal, Claude, Lanz, Adrian, Tomppo, Erkki, Schadauer, Klemens, Gschwantner, Thomas, di Cosmo, Lucio, and Robert, Nicolas

Subjects
Forestry, SD1-669.5
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International agreements such as the Kyoto protocol and Convention on Biological Diversity (1992), as well as, criteria and indicator processes require reports on the status of nationsâ forests. Any comparison of the current status and trends of forest resources among nations presumes that the nationsâ applied definitions and concepts produce comparable estimates of the status of forests. In spite of this, the FAO has already collected global information for 60 years and made noticeable efforts in creating common definitions, but forest related data are still collected using diverse definitions, even regarding basic concepts such as forest and forest area. A simple consequence is that the cross-countries estimates are not comparable. The reasons behind the differences in the definitions are diverse histories, and sometimes different use of forests. In an ideal case, national forest inventories should fulfil both national and international needs. In addition to the FAOâs Forest Resources Assessment process, other efforts are made to assess the status of forests in European countries, e.g. European Forest Information and Communication System (EFICS). EFICS produced reports about forest inventories but does not suggest any common definition or method to convert estimates from one definition to another one. This article presents principles and methods to create commonly acceptable and adoptable definitions for forest inventories. The principles and methods are demonstrated using two examples: the reference definitions of forest and growing stock. The article is based on the work of COST Action E43 (http://www.metla.fi/eu/cost/e43/).

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2008
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4. Harmonised statistics and maps of forest biomass and increment in Europe

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Avitabile, Valerio, Pilli, Roberto, Migliavacca, Mirco, Duveiller, Gregory, Camia, Andrea, Blujdea, Viorel, Adolt, Radim, Alberdi, Iciar, Barreiro, Susana, Bender, Susann, Borota, Dragan, Bosela, Michal, Bouriaud, Olivier, Breidenbach, Johannes, Cañellas, Isabel, Čavlović, Jura, Colin, Antoine, Di Cosmo, Lucio, Donis, Janis, Fischer, Christoph, Freudenschuss, Alexandra, Fridman, Jonas, Gasparini, Patrizia, Gschwantner, Thomas, Hernández, Laura, Korhonen, Kari, Kulbokas, Gintaras, Kvist, Vivian, Latte, Nicolas, Lazdins, Andis, Lejeune, Philippe, Makovskis, Kristaps, Marin, Gheorghe, Maslo, Jan, Michorczyk, Artur, Mionskowski, Marcin, Morneau, François, Myszkowski, Marcin, Nagy, Kinga, Nilsson, Mats, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Pantic, Damjan, Perin, Jerôme, Redmond, John, Rizzo, Maria, Šebeň, Vladimír, Skudnik, Mitja, Snorrason, Arnor, Sroga, Radosław, Stoyanov, Todor, Svensson, Arvid, Talarczyk, Andrzej, Teeuwen, Sander, Thürig, Esther, Uva, José, and Mubareka, Sarah

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2024
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6. National Forest Inventory Data to Evaluate Climate-Smart Forestry

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Temperli, Christian, Santopuoli, Giovanni, Bottero, Alessandra, Barbeito, Ignacio, Alberdi, Iciar, Condés, Sonia, Gschwantner, Thomas, Bosela, Michal, Neroj, Bozydar, Fischer, Christoph, Klopčič, Matija, Lesiński, Jerzy, Sroga, Radoslaw, Tognetti, Roberto, Tomé, Margarida, Series Editor, Seifert, Thomas, Series Editor, Kurttila, Mikko, Series Editor, Tognetti, Roberto, editor, Smith, Melanie, editor, and Panzacchi, Pietro, editor

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2022
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8. National Forest Inventory Data to Evaluate Climate-Smart Forestry

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Temperli, Christian, primary, Santopuoli, Giovanni, additional, Bottero, Alessandra, additional, Barbeito, Ignacio, additional, Alberdi, Iciar, additional, Condés, Sonia, additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Bosela, Michal, additional, Neroj, Bozydar, additional, Fischer, Christoph, additional, Klopčič, Matija, additional, Lesiński, Jerzy, additional, Sroga, Radoslaw, additional, and Tognetti, Roberto, additional

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2021
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9. Austria

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Ledermann, Thomas, Kindermann, Georg, Gschwantner, Thomas, von Gadow, Klaus, Series editor, Pukkala, Timo, Series editor, Tomé, Margarida, Series editor, Barreiro, Susana, editor, Schelhaas, Mart-Jan, editor, McRoberts, Ronald E., editor, and Kändler, Gerald, editor

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2017
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10. Austria

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Gschwantner, Thomas, Berger, Ambros, Büchsenmeister, Richard, Hauk, Elmar, Vidal, Claude, editor, Alberdi, Iciar A., editor, Hernández Mateo, Laura, editor, and Redmond, John J., editor

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2016
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11. Progress Towards Harmonised Assessment of Availability and Use of Wood Resources in Europe

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Vidal, Claude, Gschwantner, Thomas, Korhonen, Kari T., Alberdi, Iciar, Gasparini, Patrizia, Redmond, John, Ginzler, Christian, Fischer, Christoph, Hervé, Jean Christophe, Waser, Lars T., Kuliešis, Andrius, Kasperavičius, Albertas, Bosela, Michal, Adolt, Radim, Petráš, Rudolf, Kučera, Miloš, Fridman, Jonas, Schadauer, Klemens, Vidal, Claude, editor, Alberdi, Iciar A., editor, Hernández Mateo, Laura, editor, and Redmond, John J., editor

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2016
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13. Comparison of Wood Resource Assessment in National Forest Inventories

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Redmond, John, Gschwantner, Thomas, Riedel, Thomas, Alberdi, Iciar, Vidal, Claude, Bosela, Michal, Fischer, Christoph, Hernández, Laura, Kučera, Miloš, Kuliešis, Andrius, Tomter, Stein, Vestman, Martin, Lanz, Adrian, Vidal, Claude, editor, Alberdi, Iciar A., editor, Hernández Mateo, Laura, editor, and Redmond, John J., editor

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2016
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16. Summary of Accomplishments

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Tomppo, Erkki, Gabler, Karl, Schadauer, Klemens, Gschwantner, Thomas, Lanz, Adrian, Ståhl, Göran, McRoberts, Ronald E., Chirici, Gherardo, Cienciala, Emil, Winter, Susanne, Tomppo, Erkki, editor, Gschwantner, Thomas, editor, Lawrence, Mark, editor, and McRoberts, Ronald E., editor

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2010
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17. Comparisons of National Forest Inventories

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Lawrence, Mark, McRoberts, Ronald E., Tomppo, Erkki, Gschwantner, Thomas, Gabler, Karl, Tomppo, Erkki, editor, Gschwantner, Thomas, editor, Lawrence, Mark, editor, and McRoberts, Ronald E., editor

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2010
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18. Introduction

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Tomppo, Erkki, Schadauer, Klemens, McRoberts, Ronald E., Gschwantner, Thomas, Gabler, Karl, Ståhl, Göran, Tomppo, Erkki, editor, Gschwantner, Thomas, editor, Lawrence, Mark, editor, and McRoberts, Ronald E., editor

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2010
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19. Overview of methods and tools for evaluating future woody biomass availability in European countries

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Barreiro, Susana, Schelhaas, Mart-Jan, Kändler, Gerald, Antón-Fernández, Clara, Colin, Antoine, Bontemps, Jean-Daniel, Alberdi, Iciar, Condés, Sonia, Dumitru, Marius, Ferezliev, Angel, Fischer, Christoph, Gasparini, Patrizia, Gschwantner, Thomas, Kindermann, Georg, Kjartansson, Bjarki, Kovácsevics, Pál, Kucera, Milos, Lundström, Anders, Marin, Gheorghe, Mozgeris, Gintautas, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Packalen, Tuula, Redmond, John, Sacchelli, Sandro, Sims, Allan, Snorrason, Arnór, Stoyanov, Nickola, Thürig, Esther, and Wikberg, Per-Erik

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2016
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22. From inventory to consumer biomass availability—the ITOC model

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Mantau, Udo, Gschwantner, Thomas, Paletto, Alessandro, Mayr, Marian L., Blanke, Christian, Strukova, Evgeniya, Avdagic, Admir, Camin, Paolo, Thivolle-Cazat, Alain, Döring, Przemko, Petrauskas, Edmundas, Englert, Hermann, Schadauer, Klemens, Barreiro, Susana, Lanz, Adrian, and Vidal, Claude

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2016
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26. Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation

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Gschwantner, Thomas, Alberdi, Iciar, Bauwens, Sebastien, Bender, Susann, Borota, Dragan, Bosela, Michal, Bouriaud, Olivier, Breidenbach, Johannes, Donis, Janis, Fischer, Christoph, Gasparini, Patrizia, Heffernan, Luke, Kolozs, Laszlo, Korhonen, Kari T., Koutsias, Nikos, Kovacsevics, Pal, Kucera, Milos, Kulbokas, Gintaras, Kuliesis, Andrius, Lanz, Adrian, Lejeune, Philippe, Lind, Torgny, Marin, Gheorghe, Morneau, Francois, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nunes, Leonia, Pantic, Damjan, Redmond, John, Rego, Francisco C., Riedel, Thomas, Seben, Vladimir, Sims, Allan, Skudnik, Mitja, and Tomter, Stein M.

Subjects
Forest Science
Abstract

Wood resources have been essential for human welfare throughout history. Also nowadays, the volume of growing stock (GS) is considered one of the most important forest attributes monitored by National Forest Inventories (NFIs) to inform policy decisions and forest management planning. The origins of forest inventories closely relate to times of early wood shortage in Europe causing the need to explore and plan the utilisation of GS in the catchment areas of mines, saltworks and settlements. Over time, forest surveys became more detailed and their scope turned to larger areas, although they were still conceived as stand-wise inventories. In the 1920s, the first sample-based NFIs were introduced in the northern European countries. Since the earliest beginnings, GS monitoring approaches have considerably evolved. Current NFI methods differ due to country-specific conditions, inventory traditions, and information needs. Consequently, GS estimates were lacking international comparability and were therefore subject to recent harmonisation efforts to meet the increasing demand for consistent forest resource information at European level. As primary large-area monitoring programmes in most European countries, NFIs assess a multitude of variables, describing various aspects of sustainable forest management, including for example wood supply, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. Many of these contemporary subject matters involve considerations about GS and its changes, at different geographic levels and time frames from past to future developments according to scenario simulations. Due to its historical, continued and currently increasing importance, we provide an up-to-date review focussing on large-area GS monitoring where we i) describe the origins and historical development of European NFIs, ii) address the terminology and present GS definitions of NFIs, iii) summarise the current methods of 23 European NFIs including sampling methods, tree measurements, volume models, estimators, uncertainty components, and the use of air-and space-borne data sources, iv) present the recent progress in NFI harmonisation in Europe, and v) provide an outlook under changing climate and forest-based bioeconomy objectives.

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2022

27. Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories

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Gschwantner, Thomas, Alberdi, Iciar, Bauwens, Sébastien, Bender, Susann, Borota, Dragan, Bošela, Michal, Bouriaud, Olivier, Breidenbach, Johannes, Donis, Janis, Fischer, Christoph, and Skudnik, Mitja

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sampling, forest history, vzorčenje, zgodovina gozdov, sustainability, bioekonomija, remote sensing, climate change, naravni viri, timber volume, daljinsko zaznavanje, klimatske spremembe, volumen drevja, udc:630*58:630*9(045)=111, natural resources, trajnost, bioeconomy
Abstract

Wood resources have been essential for human welfare throughout history. Also nowadays, the volume of growing stock (GS) is considered one of the most important forest attributes monitored by National Forest Inventories (NFIs) to inform policy decisions and forest management planning. The origins of forest inventories closely relate to times of early wood shortage in Europe causing the need to explore and plan the utilisation of GS in the catchment areas of mines, saltworks and settlements. Over time, forest surveys became more detailed and their scope turned to larger areas, although they were still conceived as stand-wise inventories. In the 1920s, the first sample-based NFIs were introduced in the northern European countries. Since the earliest beginnings, GS monitoring approaches have considerably evolved. Current NFI methods differ due to country-specific conditions, inventory traditions, and information needs. Consequently, GS estimates were lacking international comparability and were therefore subject to recent harmonisation efforts to meet the increasing demand for consistent forest resource information at European level. As primary large-area monitoring programmes in most European countries, NFIs assess a multitude of variables, describing various aspects of sustainable forest management, including for example wood supply, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. Many of these contemporary subject matters involve considerations about GS and its changes, at different geographic levels and time frames from past to future developments according to scenario simulations. Due to its historical, continued and currently increasing importance, we provide an up-to-date review focussing on large-area GS monitoring where we i) describe the origins and historical development of European NFIs, ii) address the terminology and present GS definitions of NFIs, iii) summarise the current methods of 23 European NFIs including sampling methods, tree measurements, volume models, estimators, uncertainty components, and the use of air- and space-borne data sources, iv) present the recent progress in NFI harmonisation in Europe, and v) provide an outlook under changing climate and forest-based bioeconomy objectives.

Published
2021

28. Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation

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Gschwantner, Thomas, primary, Alberdi, Iciar, additional, Bauwens, Sébastien, additional, Bender, Susann, additional, Borota, Dragan, additional, Bosela, Michal, additional, Bouriaud, Olivier, additional, Breidenbach, Johannes, additional, Donis, Jānis, additional, Fischer, Christoph, additional, Gasparini, Patrizia, additional, Heffernan, Luke, additional, Hervé, Jean-Christophe, additional, Kolozs, László, additional, Korhonen, Kari T., additional, Koutsias, Nikos, additional, Kovácsevics, Pál, additional, Kučera, Miloš, additional, Kulbokas, Gintaras, additional, Kuliešis, Andrius, additional, Lanz, Adrian, additional, Lejeune, Philippe, additional, Lind, Torgny, additional, Marin, Gheorghe, additional, Morneau, François, additional, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, additional, Nunes, Leónia, additional, Pantić, Damjan, additional, Redmond, John, additional, Rego, Francisco C., additional, Riedel, Thomas, additional, Šebeň, Vladimír, additional, Sims, Allan, additional, Skudnik, Mitja, additional, and Tomter, Stein M., additional

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2022
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30. Comparing policy options for carbon efficiency in the wood value chain: Evidence from Austria

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Ludvig, Alice, primary, Braun, Martin, additional, Hesser, Franziska, additional, Ranacher, Lea, additional, Fritz, David, additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Jandl, Robert, additional, Kindermann, Georg, additional, Ledermann, Thomas, additional, Pölz, Werner, additional, Schadauer, Klemens, additional, Schmid, Blasius F., additional, Schmid, Carmen, additional, Schwarzbauer, Peter, additional, Weiss, Gerhard, additional, Wolfslehner, Bernhard, additional, and Weiss, Peter, additional

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2021
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31. Introduction

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Tomppo, Erkki, primary, Schadauer, Klemens, additional, McRoberts, Ronald E., additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Gabler, Karl, additional, and Ståhl, Göran, additional

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2009
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32. Summary of Accomplishments

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Tomppo, Erkki, primary, Gabler, Karl, additional, Schadauer, Klemens, additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Lanz, Adrian, additional, Ståhl, Göran, additional, McRoberts, Ronald E., additional, Chirici, Gherardo, additional, Cienciala, Emil, additional, and Winter, Susanne, additional

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2009
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35. Correction to: Harmonised projections of future forest resources in Europe

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Vauhkonen, Jari, primary, Berger, Ambros, additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Schadauer, Klemens, additional, Lejeune, Philippe, additional, Perin, Jérôme, additional, Pitchugin, Mikhail, additional, Adolt, Radim, additional, Zeman, Miroslav, additional, Johannsen, Vivian Kvist, additional, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, additional, Sims, Allan, additional, Bastick, Claire, additional, Morneau, François, additional, Colin, Antoine, additional, Bender, Susann, additional, Kovácsevics, Pál, additional, Solti, György, additional, Kolozs, László, additional, Nagy, Dóra, additional, Nagy, Kinga, additional, Twomey, Mark, additional, Redmond, John, additional, Gasparini, Patrizia, additional, Notarangelo, Monica, additional, Rizzo, Maria, additional, Makovskis, Kristaps, additional, Lazdins, Andis, additional, Lupikis, Ainars, additional, Kulbokas, Gintaras, additional, Antón-Fernández, Clara, additional, Rego, Francisco Castro, additional, Nunes, Leónia, additional, Marin, Gheorghe, additional, Calota, Catalin, additional, Pantić, Damjan, additional, Borota, Dragan, additional, Roessiger, Joerg, additional, Bosela, Michal, additional, Šebeň, Vladimír, additional, Skudnik, Mitja, additional, Adame, Patricia, additional, Alberdi, Iciar, additional, Cañellas, Isabel, additional, Lind, Torgny, additional, Trubins, Renats, additional, Thürig, Esther, additional, Stadelmann, Golo, additional, Ditchburn, Ben, additional, Ross, David, additional, Gilbert, Justin, additional, Halsall, Lesley, additional, Lier, Markus, additional, and Packalen, Tuula, additional

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2019
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36. Harmonised projections of future forest resources in Europe

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Vauhkonen, Jari, primary, Berger, Ambros, additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Schadauer, Klemens, additional, Lejeune, Philippe, additional, Perin, Jérôme, additional, Pitchugin, Mikhail, additional, Adolt, Radim, additional, Zeman, Miroslav, additional, Johannsen, Vivian Kvist, additional, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, additional, Sims, Allan, additional, Bastick, Claire, additional, Morneau, François, additional, Colin, Antoine, additional, Bender, Susann, additional, Kovácsevics, Pál, additional, Solti, György, additional, Kolozs, László, additional, Nagy, Dóra, additional, Nagy, Kinga, additional, Twomey, Mark, additional, Redmond, John, additional, Gasparini, Patrizia, additional, Notarangelo, Monica, additional, Rizzo, Maria, additional, Makovskis, Kristaps, additional, Lazdins, Andis, additional, Lupikis, Ainars, additional, Kulbokas, Gintaras, additional, Antón-Fernández, Clara, additional, Rego, Francisco Castro, additional, Nunes, Leónia, additional, Marin, Gheorghe, additional, Calota, Catalin, additional, Pantić, Damjan, additional, Borota, Dragan, additional, Roessiger, Joerg, additional, Bosela, Michal, additional, Šebeň, Vladimír, additional, Skudnik, Mitja, additional, Adame, Patricia, additional, Alberdi, Iciar, additional, Cañellas, Isabel, additional, Lind, Torgny, additional, Trubins, Renats, additional, Thürig, Esther, additional, Stadelmann, Golo, additional, Ditchburn, Ben, additional, Ross, David, additional, Gilbert, Justin, additional, Halsall, Lesley, additional, Lier, Markus, additional, and Packalen, Tuula, additional

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2019
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37. Harmonisation of stem volume estimates in European National Forest Inventories

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Gschwantner, Thomas, primary, Alberdi, Iciar, additional, Balázs, András, additional, Bauwens, Sébastien, additional, Bender, Susann, additional, Borota, Dragan, additional, Bosela, Michal, additional, Bouriaud, Olivier, additional, Cañellas, Isabel, additional, Donis, Jānis, additional, Freudenschuß, Alexandra, additional, Hervé, Jean-Christophe, additional, Hladnik, David, additional, Jansons, Jurģis, additional, Kolozs, László, additional, Korhonen, Kari T., additional, Kucera, Milos, additional, Kulbokas, Gintaras, additional, Kuliešis, Andrius, additional, Lanz, Adrian, additional, Lejeune, Philippe, additional, Lind, Torgny, additional, Marin, Gheorghe, additional, Morneau, François, additional, Nagy, Dóra, additional, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, additional, Nunes, Leónia, additional, Pantić, Damjan, additional, Paulo, Joana A., additional, Pikula, Tomas, additional, Redmond, John, additional, Rego, Francisco C., additional, Riedel, Thomas, additional, Saint-André, Laurent, additional, Šebeň, Vladimír, additional, Sims, Allan, additional, Skudnik, Mitja, additional, Solti, György, additional, Tomter, Stein M., additional, Twomey, Mark, additional, Westerlund, Bertil, additional, and Zell, Jürgen, additional

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2019
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39. A holistic assessment of greenhouse gas dynamics from forests to the effects of wood products use in Austria

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Braun, Martin, primary, Fritz, David, additional, Weiss, Peter, additional, Braschel, Nina, additional, Büchsenmeister, Richard, additional, Freudenschuß, Alexandra, additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Jandl, Robert, additional, Ledermann, Thomas, additional, Neumann, Markus, additional, Pölz, Werner, additional, Schadauer, Klemens, additional, Schmid, Carmen, additional, Schwarzbauer, Peter, additional, and Stern, Tobias, additional

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2016
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40. Stem quality assessment in European National Forest Inventories: an opportunity for harmonised reporting?

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Bosela, Michal, primary, Redmond, John, additional, Kučera, Miloš, additional, Marin, Gheorghe, additional, Adolt, Radim, additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Petráš, Rudolf, additional, Korhonen, Kari, additional, Kuliešis, Andrius, additional, Kulbokas, Gintaras, additional, Fischer, Christoph, additional, and Lanz, Adrian, additional

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2015
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43. Establishing Bridging Functions for Harmonizing Growing Stock Estimates: Examples from European National Forest Inventories

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Tomter, Stein M., primary, Gasparini, Patrizia, additional, Gschwantner, Thomas, additional, Hennig, Petra, additional, Kulbokas, Gintaras, additional, Kuliešis, Andrius, additional, Polley, Heino, additional, Robert, Nicolas, additional, Rondeux, Jacques, additional, Tabacchi, Giovanni, additional, and Tomppo, Erkki, additional

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2012
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46. Assessing forest availability for wood supply in Europe

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V. Seben, Jonas Fridman, Stein Tomter, Alexandra Freudenschuß, O. Boriaud, Michal Bosela, B. Pesty, Andrea Camia, B.T. Kjartansson, Monica Notarangelo, Laura Hernández, V. Avitable, Thomas Gschwantner, Thomas Riedel, Milos Kucera, Arnór Snorrason, Adrian Lanz, Leónia Nunes, S. Mubareka, T. Pikula, Silvia Guerrero, Isabel Cañellas, Maria Rizzo, Christoph Fischer, F. Castro Rego, Patrizia Gasparini, Gheorghe Marin, Susann Bender, John Redmond, Iciar Alberdi, European Commission, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Slovak Research and Development Agency, Alberdi, Iciar, Bender, Susann, Avitabile, V., Boriaud, O., Bosela, Michal, Cañellas, I., Castro Rego, Francisco, Fischer, Christoph, Freudenschuss, A., Fridman, Jonas, Gasparini, P., Gschwantner, Thomas, Notarangelo, Monica, Nunes, Leónia, Rizzo, M., Sebeň, Vladimír, Snorrason, A., Tomter, Stein Michael, and Hernández, Laura

Subjects
Economics and Econometrics, Wood resources, Sociology and Political Science, National forest inventory, 0211 other engineering and technologies, restriction, Harmonization, 02 engineering and technology, 010501 environmental sciences, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 01 natural sciences, Article, FAWS, Country level, Restriction, Biomass, national forest inventory, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Biomass (ecology), biomass, Agroforestry, wood resources, 021107 urban & regional planning, Forestry, Limiting, Forest resource, Geography, harmonization, Profitability index
Abstract

14 Pág., The quantification of forests available for wood supply (FAWS) is essential for decision-making with regard to the maintenance and enhancement of forest resources and their contribution to the global carbon cycle. The provision of harmonized forest statistics is necessary for the development of forest associated policies and to support decision-making. Based on the National Forest Inventory (NFI) data from 13 European countries, we quantify and compare the areas and aboveground dry biomass (AGB) of FAWS and forest not available for wood supply (FNAWS) according to national and reference definitions by determining the restrictions and associated thresholds considered at country level to classify forests as FAWS or FNAWS. FAWS represent between 75 and 95 % of forest area and AGB for most of the countries in this study. Economic restrictions are the main factor limiting the availability of forests for wood supply, accounting for 67 % of the total FNAWS area and 56 % of the total FNAWS AGB, followed by environmental restrictions. Profitability, slope and accessibility as economic restrictions, and protected areas as environmental restrictions are the factors most frequently considered to distinguish between FAWS and FNAWS. With respect to the area of FNAWS associated with each type of restriction, an overlap among the restrictions of 13.7 % was identified. For most countries, the differences in the FNAWS areas and AGB estimates between national and reference definitions ranged from 0 to 5 %. These results highlight the applicability and reliability of a FAWS reference definition for most of the European countries studied, thereby facilitating a consistent approach to assess forests available for supply for the purpose of international reporting., This research was supported by the Specific contract n. 18 “Use of National Forest Inventories data to estimate area and above ground biomass in European forests not available for wood supply” in the context of the Framework contract for the provision of forest data and services supporting the European Forest Data Centre 2012/ S 78-127532 of 21/04/2012 of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission; the EG-013-72 agreement of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) and the INIA belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN); and the project No.APVV-15-0265 granted by the Slovak Research and Development Agency.

Published
2020

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