A Gis primer on how to illustrate spatial data and information generated through national forest inventories

Alarcon Salinas, Cecilia

A Gis primer on how to illustrate spatial data and information generated through national forest inventories

Year of publication 2007

Pages 64

Author Alarcon Salinas, Cecilia

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title National Forest Monitoring and Assessment Working Paper

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The application of GIS as an integral tool to manage data and information in National Forest Inventories (NFI) represents a dynamic and powerful instrument to policy makers, facilitating decision making for local developments according to the regional or national forest priorities. This study shows an example of application of GIS to illustrate how data and information generated in NFIs can be managed and displayed to decision makers to better understand the outcomes of NFIs. Current study is ba sed on data and information from the NFI of Lebanon.

Language English

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