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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 most recent results
include the assessment of the indicators describing the
biodiversity of forests. The Finnish NFI has been and is a model
for many countries worldwide. The methods and results of the book
are set in the international context and are applicable globally.
The book provides a valuable information source for countries,
institutions and researchers planning own inventories as well as
modifying the existing ones, or seeking the applicable definitions
and estimation methods to use in their own inventories.
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.
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