Sweden National Forest inventory (RIS-RT)

Updated 2016-05-02

The sample plot-based national forest inventory (RIS-RT) has been a continuous activity at SLU (and the forest research organizations existing before SLU) since 1923. All Sweden is included except the subalpine birch forest along the mountain chain. The national forest inventory is part of Sweden’s official statistics and is maintained by the Department of Forest Resource Management (SLU-FRM). The sampling strategy combines random and fixed plots and covers the country every 5 years. Each year around 10 000 sample plots are field surveyed nationwide. Approximately 200 variables are recorded for each plot.

http://www.slu.se/riksskogstaxeringen

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1923 -
Data collection: 1923 -
Data processing: 1923 -
Data reporting: 1923 -

Contact information

Contact person: Per Nilsson -
Address: [not specified]
Email: es.uls@negnirexatsgoksskir

Parameters and Media

Not specified

Geography

Regions studied: Sweden

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: forest health, forest composition, ownership, fore injuries, forest state

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)