L'inventaire forestier wallon : un outil de développement régional

This paper outlines the first permanent inventory carried out since the beginning of 1994 for monitoring and updating the forest resources in the Walloon region of Belgium (covering about 530.000 hectares of forests). The so-called inventory is based upon a systematic sampling design which takes into account 1 plot to 50 ha (grid of 0,5 x 1 km). The main objectives are : to continuously monitor the changing situation of forest resources and focus attention on the wooded production, availability and probable trends in the future, to assist the formulation of the medium and the long-term develop... Mehr ...