Kangas, Annika

Jukuri

Natural Resources Institute Finland– a foundation for the bioeconomyVisionWe are a bioeconomy pioneer – our expertise creates a basis for sustainable growth and well-being. © Natural Resources Institute FinlandWe concentrate on these thingsBased on renewable natural resources• biomass-based products and energy• food system and food security • health and well-being• sustainable natural resources economy and policy © Natural Resources Institute FinlandOrganisation© Natural Resources Institute FinlandMerged organisations• MTT Agrifood Research Finland,• Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla• Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute RKTL • Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryTike formed Natural Resources Institute Finland January 1st 2015.© Natural Resources Institute FinlandThe second largest research institute in the country• Combined resources 2013 turnover 140 EUR milj• Person-years aprox.1700• Locations 38• Headquarters in Helsinki© Natural Resources Institute FinlandSome facts about Finland Population 5.2  mill.  Land area 30.5 mill. ha  Forest land  (FAO) 22.1 mill. ha 72 % of land is forest land 57 % owned by private individuals (NIPF)  Growing stock 2.2 mrd. m3   104 m3/ha on forest land 384 m3 per person Annual increment 104 mill. m3/year  4.6  m3/ha/year Annual drain (2010, removals and mortality) 71 mill. m3/year    70 % of increment 9/15/2015 7The Two Inventory Systems in Finland9/15/2015 81. Management planning inventories• Forestry Center for private forests, Forest Service and forest companies for their own forests• to produce management plans (10 year period) • Government supports, appr. 16.5 mill. €/year in private forests• standwise inventory , new method based on laser & field plots2. National Forest Inventory (NFI)• country and district level results, based on statistical sampling• covers all country, all land, all ownership groups...• 5 year cycle• annual budget appr. 1.6 mill. euro9/15/2015 9Management planning in private forests• About 1 mill. hectares per year• Appr. 40 % of forest ownershave valid management plan• Paid by the forest owner, data collection supported bygovernment• Main aims:– locate cutting possibilities and necessary/recommendedsilvicultural measures– promote sustainable use of forests: good silviculturalpractices & protection of rarebiotopesManagement planning inventory method1) Laser scanning and aerial images2) Field plot measurements, plots selected to represent all kind of forests3) Classification of laser scanning data -> Wall-to-Wall forest resource information (pixel size 16 meters by 16 meters)4) Field checkings of data quality5) Management plan9/15/2015 10National Forest Inventory – Why?9/15/2015 11Government needs Forest policy, forestry programs Protection of forests Assessing sustainability of forestry Estimating forest carbon budget, other international reports & statistics (Forest taxes)Regional needs Regional planning: setting goals for thinnings, tending of seedling stands etc. Forest certificationForest Industry needs Planning of forest industry investments Timber procurementResearchHistory of NFI in Finland Statistical sampling aplied since the first inventory The first NFI in 1921-1924 The first four NFIs using linewise survey sampling Clusterwise systematic sampling since the fifth NFI (1964 - ) Aerial photos in North Finland in 5th - 7th NFIs Implementation of satellite image based inventory during 8th NFI  (1986-1994) 10th NFI 2004 – 2008 Five year cycle All country measured each year, full sample in 5 years 11th NFI 2009-20139/15/2015 12The 11th NFI (in 2009 – 2013) • 6 regions with slightly different sampling designs• two phase sampling• systematic cluster sampling• Ca. 60 000 plots• Temporary and permanent clusters of sample plots (ca. 12 300)• 1/5th of the field plots measured each year• 22 – 24 field crews (2 – 3 persons)• Field work  4 – 5 months Sampling designNFI11 Southernmost FinlandTemporary clusters (K)Plots 1-9 are measuredPermanent clusters (P)Plots  3-12 are measuredPlots are located with GPSat each point stand level assessment & treemeasurementsStand level assessment of appr. 100 variablesdescribing: Administrative status: protection, ownershipetc. Soil, site, drainage… Growing stock (species, density, age…) Accomplished and recommendedcuttings & silvicultural operations Damages Biodiversity (NFI9-)Tree measurements on relascope plots, maximum radius 12,52 meters -> on average 10 trees per plotNFI Field measurementsMulti-source NFIField dataHigh resolution satellite imageryDigital maps and other data sourcesStatistics Thematic mapsProcessing19 15.9.2015Teppo Tutkijawww.luke.fi

Natural Resources Institute Finland - a foundation for the bioeconomy

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

Jukuri