Harmonisation of data and information on the potential supply of wood resources

Abstract

The main objective of COST Action Usewood was to improve and harmonise data and information from National Forest Inventories (NFIs) on the potential supply of wood resources at European level considering the actual extent. This will improve the quality of data available to describe wood resources and possible wood uses. Such high quality information could be used for future scenario modelling and help inform political decision making for the renewable energy sector. The harmonisation of NFIs is based on reference definitions. Four different topics in terms of wood supply are covered and described in this chapter: forest available for wood supply, change estimation, stem quality, other wooded land and trees outside forest. These definitions will enable data comparison between countries and consequently, this will imply a transparent, comprehensive and robust information for decision-making.

Keywords

Agricultural or urban land similar to forest; Agricultural or urban land similar to other wooded land; Change estimation; Forest available for wood supply; Other wooded land; Reference definition; Stem quality; Tree growth; Trees outside forest

Published in

Title: National Forest Inventories : Assessment of Wood Availability and Use
Publisher: Springer

SLU Authors

• Fridman, Jonas

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44015-6_3
• ISBN: 978-3-319-44014-9
• eISBN: 978-3-319-44015-6

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/130374