Dokumentation der Waldschädigungsfaktoren : DWF ersetzt die Erhebung der "Schäden im Wald" der FOSTA

Wien

2003

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200108288

The experience of the staff of the Department of Forest Protection (of the Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests, BFW) has shown that quantitative data on specific damage factors are only rarely available nationwide for Austria. Therefore, since a few years, data on forest pests, diseases, vertebrates and abiotic damages are collected through a survey on forest district basis in all private and public woodlands. The data ascertainment is based on estimations of about 70 damage factors. The results are tabulated for the Federal Provinces and the total federal territory and illustrated by maps of the forest districts. In addition to the DWF, in Austria forest damage data are collected by other surveys, such as forest statistics (FOSTA) and the report of forest harvesting (HEM). To avoid misunderstanding when comparing the results of the different surveys and to prevent duplication of ascertainment work, from 2003 onwards, DWF will replace that part of FOSTA which is dealing with forest damages.