TY - BOOK ID - 8286257 TI - Designing and conducting a forest inventory - case : 9th national forest inventory of Finland AU - Tomppo, Erkki AU - Heikkinen, Juha AU - Henttonen, Helena M. PY - 2011 VL - 21 SN - 15681319 SN - 9400716516 9786613470119 9400716524 128347011X 9789400716513 PB - Dordrecht: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Agroforestry. KW - Forest management. KW - Forest surveys . KW - Forestry law and legislation. KW - Forests and forestry. KW - Forest surveys KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Forestry KW - Forest inventories KW - Forest surveying KW - Forests and forestry KW - Surveying KW - Life sciences. KW - Geotechnical engineering. KW - Biodiversity. KW - Forestry. KW - Forestry management. KW - Statistics. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Forestry Management. KW - Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. KW - Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences. KW - Natural resources surveys KW - Vegetation surveys KW - Biological diversification KW - Biological diversity KW - Biotic diversity KW - Diversification, Biological KW - Diversity, Biological KW - Biology KW - Biocomplexity KW - Ecological heterogeneity KW - Numbers of species KW - Statistical analysis KW - Statistical data KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistical science KW - Mathematics KW - Econometrics KW - Forest land KW - Forest lands KW - Forest planting KW - Forest production KW - Forest sciences KW - Forestation KW - Forested lands KW - Forestland KW - Forestlands KW - Forestry industry KW - Forestry sciences KW - Land, Forest KW - Lands, Forest KW - Silviculture KW - Sylviculture KW - Woodlands KW - Woods (Forests) KW - Agriculture KW - Natural resources KW - Afforestation KW - Arboriculture KW - Logging KW - Timber KW - Tree crops KW - Trees KW - Statistics . KW - Engineering, Geotechnical KW - Geotechnics KW - Geotechnology KW - Engineering geology KW - Forest administration KW - Forest plants KW - Forest resource administration KW - Forest resource management KW - Forest stewardship KW - Forest vegetation management KW - Forestry management KW - Stewardship, Forest KW - Vegetation management, Forest KW - Ecosystem management KW - Management KW - Administration KW - Control KW - Forest surveys - Case studies KW - Forest surveys - Finland UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8286257 AB - Reliable information on forest resources and the status of forests at the national level is required for various purposes, such as making strategic decisions, formulating regulations and recommendations for forest management, aimed at ensuring the availability of sufficient supply of timber for the forest industries as well as in their strategic planning of investments. It is also essential in planning forest protection and for maintaining biodiversity. Global agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol, increasingly rely on national forest statistics.   National Forest Inventories in Finland have evolved gradually over a period of one hundred years, first with a trial inventory in the 1910s, and since the 1920s, with operative inventories. The sampling design and estimation methods have been continuously revised to correspond with inventory techniques and the available infrastructure. The content, as well as the collected data and variables employed, are constantly adapted to the users' needs. Co-operation with the inventories of other countries, particularly with those of the Nordic countries, has supported these developments.   This book demonstrates in detail all phases of the 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland (1996–2003): the planning of the sampling design, measurements, estimation methods and results. The inventory knowledge accumulated during almost one hundred years is consolidated in the book. The purpose of the numerous examples of results is to demonstrate the diversity of the estimates and content of a national forest inventory. The authors hope that the book will help in designing and conducting any large area forest inventory.    . ER -