Forest-Range Inventory: A Multiple-Use Survey

Forest inventory

Evaluating Multiple Imputation Models for the Southern Annual Forest Inventory

‘Ihe USDA Forest Service’s Southern Research Station is implementing an annualized forest survey in thirteen states. The sample design is a systematic sample of five interpenetrating grids (panels), where each panel is measured sequentially. For example, panel one information is collected in year o n e , and panel five in year five. The area representative and time series nature of the sample d...

Forest inventory and analysis: a national inventory and monitoring program.

Forests provide significant commodity and noncommodity values to the citizens of the United States. An important and substantial role in ensuring the continued health, productivity, and sustainability of these resources is a reliable and credible inventory and monitoring program. The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the US Forest Service has been monitoring and reporting on status...

A Methodology for Updating Agricultural Forest and Range Resource Inventory in Mexico

Monitoring forest/non-forest land use conversion rates with annual inventory data

Sustainable forestry practices are meant to ensure that all the benefits of forests are available in perpetuity. These practices on existing forestland are effective as long as that forestland remains forested. The transitioning of forestland to other uses is of vital interest as urban areas expand and the world’s population continues to grow. Compensating for this loss, and therefore also of i...