Projects
Projects
The national forest inventory has surfaced in recent years partly as an activity which needs to be developed and internationally coordinated and also as a tool that can provide efficient support to other projects, even outside the industry with data of different levels and time horizons given its procedure (technology), its applied technique and its outcomes.
A non-exhaustive list of Hungarian and international projects:
DIABOLO (2015-)
DIABOLO (Distributed, integrated and harmonised forest information for bio-economy outlooks) is a project currently running under the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges programand is one of the pioneeringresearch projects of the program. DIABOLOprovides more accurate, harmonised and updated forest information via the cooperation network of European National Forest Inventories, ENFIN. The outcome of the project contributes to the development of EU policies and international processes based on consistent forest information.TheDIABOLOconsortium counts 33partner institutions delegated by 25European countries.
The DIABOLO project expands the knowledge available about European forest resources and thereby supports the development of an innovative, sustainable and inclusive bio-economy. Its three key research areas include:
- improving data collection methods for instance for national forest inventories and monitoring systems so as to possess more accurate, more harmonised and more up-to-date information, which lends itself to subsequent integration into the forest information systems of the EU:
- providing consistent and updated forest information to support the shaping of EU policies and international processes
- developing methodologies for the innovative use of data collected by aerial and space imaging and platforms relying on terrestrial observations
For further information see: http://diabolo-project.eu/
USEWOOD COST Action FP1001
(2010-2014)
Developing information and data on available wood resources: European level approach by using national forest inventories.
Questions about sustainably available wood resources in Europe are of major importance from the perspective of strategies aimed at mitigating global changes, the definition of European and national level biomass based energy goals and for improving the utilisation of wood as a post-Kyoto decision.
European level forecasts (scenarios) indicate deficits in the proportion of wood utilisation to wood supply at: 47 million m3 in 2005, 134 million m3 in 2010 and 436 million m3 in 2020. The most important task involves the clear identification of woody biomass potential, including trees outside forests and economic, social and ecological circumstances that influence the supply of wood in the main.
This COST project set as its objective the development of information on and a procedure for the sustainable supply of wood based on national forest inventories to be able to reduce existing uncertainties. Policy makers urgently need such harmonised information about forests, the environment and the wood and energy sector so as to have a better basis for calculations.
The key target area of the project:
- Estimation and evaluation of status data and related changes
- Improving the estimation of wood resources with terrestrial techniques and remote sensing
- Forecasting the utilization of wood
For further information see:
http://193.170.148.89/enfin/img/COST%20ACTION%20PROPOSAL%20USEWOOD.pdf
COST E43-Harmonisation of National Forest Inventories in Europe (2004-2008)
EU forest information needs to be managed at European level, political decision makers require European level, comprehensive forest resource data. EU institutions also need long term, harmonised forest monitoring so as to be able to influence EU policies and to support the sectors of forestry and wood processing in Europe.
Decisions are made at national and also at local, regional and global level, which is why forest resources information supported by the same basis, which therefore allows comparisons is of great importance for forestry, wood products industry and environmental affairs.
Since decision-making is based on estimating the quantity and quality of forest resources, procedures need to be harmonised. Moreover, definitions of technical terms in individual member states should be laid out to allow comparisons of information provided by forest inventories.
The key objectives of the project:
- improving and harmonising existing national resource inventories in Europe
- supporting new inventory procedures in compliance with national, European and global expectations to ensure updated, harmonised and transparent forest resource information
- scientifically sound and approved methods in taking forest inventories, data collection and analysis
For further information see: http://www.metla.fi/eu/cost/e43/
European National Forest Inventory Network (ENFIN)
A well defined need for harmonised forest information has emerged at European level and the national organisations involved in national forest inventories in the EU member states responded by setting up ENFIN, whose core objective calls for supporting national forest inventories that collect harmonised data of general use as as a comprehensive monitoring system.
ENFIN supports the cooperation between institutions responsible for national forest inventories, including in particular the strengthening of forest inventory capacities so as to ensure that national expectations as well as international and European requirements for harmonised and updated data are met.
The key objectives of the project:
- provide a suitable platform for publishing European forests data,
- support knowledge sharing and new ideas and thereby the continuous improvement of the procedures of forest resource assessment, data collection and processing
- maximises synergies between forest inventories and other European systems of data collection
- ensures the openness of forest inventories towards new demands for forest data
For further information see: http://www.enfin.info/
Forest reserve survey in the area of Mecsekerdő Zrt and in the Bükkhát nature reserve
The NFCSO FD provided the tools for and implemented the project, held training and ensured ongoing professional support and also completed the processing of terrestrial data collected.
Taking inventory of a selection/converter forest in the area of Pilisi Parkerdő Zrt.
The NFCSO FD implemented the project, held training and provided the tools in 2013-2014.
Swiss-Hungarian Cooperation Program (SH-4-13)
The objective of the project involved multi-purpose status assessment designed to ensure protection for silvicultural life communities in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary. The NFCSO FD provided the ELTE research team with professional assistance and methodological support (in Börzsöny, Mátra and Zemplén) and provided the tools, made preparations for the project in Mátra, where it also participated in joint data collection.
Moreover, also directly relating to the forest inventory effort, NFCSO FD staff also participated in several Hungarian and international projects.