National Forest Inventories : pathways for common reporting

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define a mean species cover (MSC) indicator that can be used by European countries for harmonized shrub cover estimation using data from their respective national forest inventories (NFIs); to quantify the effects of using different NFI field cover scales; and to establish bridges to facilitate harmonized estimation.

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Inference on forest attributes and ecological diversity of trees outside forest by a two-phase inventory

Marco Marchetti, +10 more

- 01 Jun 2018 -

Annals of Forest Science

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-phase inventory approach was adopted to assess the diversity and carbon stock of trees outside forests (TOF) in the surveyed territory (Molise region, Central Italy).

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On the possibility to monitor and assess forest damage within large scale monitoring programmes – a simulation study

Sören Wulff, +4 more

- 01 Jan 2013 -

Silva Fennica

TL;DR: Simulated sampling is used to assess the precision of estimators related to forest state and changes in the damage sustained by trees within an area corresponding to the Swedish region Götaland, assuming a sampling design corresponding to that used in the Swedish National Forest Inventory.

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The Design of the Payments for Water-Related Ecosystem Services: What Should the Ideal Payment in Slovakia Look Like?

Klára Báliková, +7 more

- 02 Jun 2020 -

Water

TL;DR: Based on the theoretical background and the results of the survey, the authors defined key aspects of the design and implementation of PWS schemes in Slovak conditions such as potential buyers and sellers, important factors for the implementation ofPWS schemes, and the role of public authorities.

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Towards a sampling strategy for the assessment of forest condition at European level: combining country estimates.

Davide Travaglini, +6 more

- 01 Apr 2013 -

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

TL;DR: A set of requirements for status and change assessment and a harmonized sampling strategy able to provide unbiased and consistent estimators of forest condition parameters and of their changes at both country and European level are proposed.

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