National Forest Inventories

Traditionally the purpose of National Forest Inventories (NFIs) has been to provide continuously updated information regarding the state of a given nation s forest resources, including their timber volumes, species composition and sustainable development. But with increased international reporting requirements to the FAO, the ITTO, the UN s Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Ministerial Conference Protecting Forest in Europe and other international bodies the potential role of how NFIs can accurately respond to these requirements has received some considerable attention.