Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Forest Inventory

The Forest Inventory Module is intended for people involved in the collection of data on forest resources. It provides insights into the types and purposes of forest inventories and sets out the main steps in conducting them, from measurement methods to data collection.

The module provides basic and more detailed information on forest inventory, as well as links to forest inventory tools and case studies of effective forest inventories.

Avery, T.E. 1975. Natural resources measurements. McGraw-Hill Inc.

Barrett, T. M., Eckmuller, O., Fried, J.S., Lund, H.G.,  Kohl, M, & Nuutinen, T. 2004. Inventory. Chapter in Encyclopedia of forest sciences Volume 1: 403-433. Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, UK.

Brack, C.L., Kangas, A., Kangas, J., Mackie, E., Matthews, R., Skovsgaard, J.P. &Worbes, M. 2004. Essays on forest mensuration. In: Encyclopedia of forest sciences Volume 2: 550-599. Elsevier, Oxford UK.

Huisman, O. & de By, R.A. 2009. Principles of geographic information systems – An introductory textbook.

Husch, B. 1971. Planning a forest inventory. FAO Forestry and Forest Products Study No. 17/FAO Forestry Series No. 4. FAO, Rome.

Johnson, E.W. 2000. Forest sampling desk reference. CRC Press, BOCA Raton, USA.

Philip, M.S. 1994. Measuring trees and forests. CAB International. Cambridge, UK.

Pretsch, H. 2010. Forest dynamics, growth and yield – From measurement to model. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg.

Tempfli, K., Kerle, N., Huurnemann, G.C. & Janssen, L.L.F. (eds.). 2009. Principles of remote sensing – An introductory textbook. The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation.

Tomppo, E., Gschwantner, T., Lawrence, M. & McRoberts, R.E. (eds). 2010. National forest inventories – Pathways for common reporting. Springer, European Science Foundation.

Weiskittel, A.R., Hann, D.W., Kershaw Jr., J.A. & Vanclayy, J. 2011. Forest growth and yield modeling. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

Videos

Ministerio del Ambiente, Peru. Inventario Nacional Forestal. Online video clip. YouTube, 6 November 2013. Last accessed 02.02.15.