IUFRO International Guidelines for Forest Monitoring : A Project of IUFRO Working Party S4.02-05

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The purpose of these guidelines is to promote standardized or compatible collection and reporting of selected data for forest monitoring through cooperation in such a way that the results offer a common data base for research and management. The short term goals are to list data and define the variables that should be collected to address emerging forest and environmental concerns and to present the principles for collecting such data suitable for international use. These guidelines will support the long term goal in global environmental information service: the establishment of a world forest resource information system. The expected end product would be a multi-nation network of databases, which if incorporated in their entirety, will provide forest resource estimates for the world."What are the direct and indirect effects and the long-term risks of climate change and air pollution on forest ecosystems?" forms the core area of this volume. This multidisciplinary overview provides technical information which will be of value to decision makers in environmental policy, research planning and forest management, as well as for the IUFRO family.