Towards a European Forest Monitoring System
The new EU Forest Strategy 2030 requires reliable data, transparent governance, and coordinated exchange at the EU level. National Forest Inventories (NFIs) in Europe can deliver precisely that.
Having 34 members in 31 European countries, ENFIN can provide a Europe-wide network of experienced NFI specialists and organisations that have collaborated in multiple projects, mainly focusing on the harmonization of forest data. Combined they have over half a million field plots producing detailed and compatible information with state of the art field surveys as well as remote sensing technologies. These data have long been used for strategic planning by the governments and more recently also in cooperation with the EU Commission.
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National Forest Inventories (NFIs) represent comprehensive, reliable, large-scale monitoring systems. ENFIN serves as a European network to promote NFIs, harmonise forest information and support decision makers in a broad range of forest related policies. The overall objectives of ENFIN are to • provide a platform for the harmonisation of forest inventory information at European scale • optimise synergies between NFIs and promote new knowledge and enhanced methods • support forest policies with harmonised forest information and adapt data collection to new emerging policy needs. |
