National Forest Inventories
National Forest Inventories update and improve the information on sustainable forest management in Germany that is available to policymakers, the forestry and timber sectors and the general public.
Source: © Elke Bauer
A National Forest Inventory records large-scale observations of forest conditions and the forest production potential in Germany.
It is the central monitoring instrument for German forests and their development. It supplies data on forest area, tree species composition, use, growth and many other characteristics.
In view of the increasing use of renewable resources the National Forest Inventory (NFI) provides important insight into the timber sector. Another reason for setting up, and continually updating, a monitoring system such as this is to gather information on the damage that has been caused by extreme weather conditions.
The data obtained from the National Forest Inventory are used to estimate the timber harvesting potential for coming decades and to model the corresponding forest development.
Third National Forest Inventory planned
The second National Forest Inventory was carried out for the reference year 2002; it surveyed a random sample of the forest in Germany and represented the first standard forest survey for the whole of Germany, across all Laender and for all forms of ownership, since reunification. The first National Forest Inventory was carried out in 1987. The third National Forest Inventory will be conducted in the years 2011 and 2012. The aim is to incorporate the results into climate reporting by 2013.
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