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Sampling Methods, Remote Sensing and GIS Multiresource Forest Inventory

Michael Köhl, Steen S. Magnussen, Marco Marchetti (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XIX, 373 Seiten

2006 | 2006
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-32571-0 (ISBN)

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When we talk about forests, we talk about 30% of our planet's land surface 6 area. In 2000 there was an estimated 3 870×10 ha of forest worldwide, of which 1 5% is in forest plantations and 95% in natural forests (FAO 2003). Forests are not only a source for timber; they also generate significant nonwood goods and services, mitigate climate change, conserve biological diversity, provide prot- tion from natural hazards, and not least: provide recreational areas for an increasingly urbanized world population. The availability of timber and n- wood goods and services is waning as deforestation and degradation of tro- cal forests continue. While forest area has stabilized or is slightly increasing in the boreal and temperate regions, the annual loss of forest area in the tropics and subtropics is decreasing. Between 1990 and 2000 the annual rate of defor- 6 estation was estimated to be 14. 6×10 ha (approximately 0. 38%) and took place mainly in tropical and subtropical forests (FAO 2003). The net annual rate of 6 change is about 9. 4×10 ha (0. 2%). Maintaining and enhancing forest areas and the vitality of forest ecosystems is a widely accepted political goal, which is often opposed by conflicting demands of various stakeholders.

Michael Köhl is Professor of World Forestry at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and head of the Institute for World Forestry, at the Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products. His main research interests are in the field of quantitative methods for natural resources assessments and forest planning, including statistical design and analysis of complex sample surveys, remote sensing, information systems and GIS. He has authored more than 150 scientific papers. He was former leader of IUFRO's S4.02 "Forest Resources Inventory and Monitoring", leader of the Team of Specialists for the UN-FAO/ECE Temperate and Boreal Forest Resources Assessment (TBFRA) 2000, coordinator for the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MNPFE) - an advisory group on the Improvement of the Pan-European Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management - and lead author of the UN-IPCC "Good Practice Guidance for Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry. He is currently an Associate Editor of the Schweizerische Forstzeitung (Swiss Journal of Forestry) and Subject Editor of the European Journal of Forest Research. He is Honorary Member of the Finnish Society of Forest Science, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Forest Institute, and Associate Member of the Italian Academy of Forest Sciences .

Forest Inventories - an Overview.- Forest Mensuration.- Sampling in Forest Surveys.- Remote Sensing.- Geographic and Forest Information Systems.- Multiresource Forest Inventory.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.9.2006
Reihe/Serie	Tropical Forestry
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 373 p. 108 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	790 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte	Biom • Environment • Fernerkundung • Forest • Forest inventory • Forstwirtschaft • Informationssysteme, geographische • information systems, geographic • Monitoring • Remote Sensing • Sampling • Stichprobenerhebung • Waldbau • Waldinventur
ISBN-10	3-540-32571-9 / 3540325719
ISBN-13	978-3-540-32571-0 / 9783540325710
Zustand	Neuware