Forest inventory; resources; development

Language English

Innovation

Owner or author e-mail

aksel.granhus@nibio.no

Main website

https://www.nibio.no/en/subjects/forest/national-forest-inventory

Domain

Inventory, monitoring

Voting

Keywords

Forest inventory; resources; development

Short description

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Digital solution

Abstract

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) started in 1919, triggered by concern and uncertainty about the conditions of the forests.
The scheme is based on a network of permanent sample plots, distributed in a grid across all of Norway – on both forested and unforested land. The plots are re-measured on a five-year rotation. On plots located on forest land or other land types with tree cover, all trees growing within a 250 m² plot are measured with their coordinates included, thus enabling time-series to be established at the tree level. In addition to stand volume, increment and tree species, a range of parameters are measured to provide information about e.g. site productivity, stand structure, forest health, forest operation conditions, and biological diversity.
The data serves as an important basis for national forest policy development and are used by both Governmental bodies and other public administration, as well as by the forest industry, research and teaching purposes, and national and international reporting. Also, development and testing of remote sensing applications is an important field of research within the NFI. The content of the inventory is regularly updated to meet new demands from the society.

Owner or author organization

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (Nibio)

Owner or Author name

Aksel Granhus

Owner or author website

https://www.nibio.no/en/subjects/forest/national-forest-inventory

Reporter organisation

Tretorget Ltd

Reporter name

Ola Rostad

Reporter e-mail

ola@tretorget.no

Project website

https://www.nibio.no/en/about-eng/our-divisions/division-of-forestry-and-forest-…

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Hub

Northern Hub

BP - Rosewood - V1

Country of origin

Norway

Title (national name)

Landskogtakseringen

Scale of application

National

Project under which this factsheet has been created

Rosewood 4.0

Challenge addressed

3.- Activate private owners and cooperative forest management

Has video

Language English

Innovation

Yes

Source of wood

Above and below ground woody biomass

Owner or author e-mail

dgarcia@agresta.org

Main website

https://forestmap.eu

Code

IN_ES_05

Time scale

From 2018

Mobilization Potential

Unknown

Kind of wood concerned

All kind of wood

Sustainability Potential

Very positive

Impact on environment & biodiversity

Positive

Ease of implementation

Easy, basic digital skills

Specific knowledge needed

Very high skills and knowledge in remote sensing, forestry and software development

Costs of implementation

300.000-1.000.000 €

Technical readiness level

Immediately applicable

Key prerequisites

To know its existence

Location

Spain.

Implementers

Agresta S.Coop

Actual status

Running

Domain

Forest management, ecosystem, resilience

Attachments

in_es_05.pdf

Country Region City

Spain

Scope

National

Voting

Start Year

2018

Keywords

Forest inventory; resources; development

Short description

ForestMap is an e-commerce platform that allows users to make reliable and on-line forest inventories of a specific area in a rapid and simple way. It estimates all relevant variables included in a professional forest inventory through combination of pre-processed remote sensing data and powerful predictive models.

Digital solution

Yes

Type of solution

Advice and services for forest owners

Abstract

ForestMap intuitive interface allows anyone to automatically generate forest inventories of a chosen area without the need of field work and unnecessary delays. ForestMap is an unprecedented solution that delivers accurate, quick and cost-effective forest inventory reports. It is necessary to integrate a maximum of information sources to generate the most accurate, complete and updated inventories possible: LiDAR, satellite, photogrammetry, available terrain data... Stakeholders in the forestry sector are not used to working with technological tools, so it is important to do important demonstration work and support.

ForestMap has a positive impact for a major mobilisation of wood resources allowing forest-owners, operators and indutries to assess stands in an easy and remote way. ForestMap is able to provide valuable reports on demand. An operative version of the web platform (link) is working for 10 provinces in Spain, that covers more than 3 M ha. ForestMap models showed a high performance in terms of accuracy (volume BIAS< 20%) and response times being able to produce a full inventory of less than 500ha in minutes.
ForestMap has been used to produce tailor-made products for specific uses and clients, based on innovation projects:

Tool for calculating (link)the amount of carbon in forest masses in the province of Bizkaia (Basque Country, Spain).
Inventory mapping of fuel models tool and for the prevention and management of forest fires in La Rioja

Owner or author organization

Agresta S. Coop.

Owner or Author name

David García

Owner or author website

https://agresta.org/

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