The Nordic countries have long traditions in forest inventory and remote sensing (RS). In
sample-based national forest inventories (NFIs), utilization of aerial photographs started …

Trees outside forests (TOFs) are an important natural resource that contributes substantially
to national biomass and carbon stocks and to the livelihood of people in many regions. Over …

Abstract National Forest Inventories (NFIs) are becoming increasingly important worldwide
in order to provide information about the multiple functions of forests, eg their provision of …

Aim To develop a novel global spatial framework for the integration and analysis of
ecological and environmental data. Location The global land surface excluding A ntarctica …

Green space in cities contributes to the quality of life for city dwellers, eg, by increasing the
opportunity for recreation. However, perception of urban green space is influenced by …

Biodiversity conservation is a key objective for sustainable forest management, but the multi-
dimensional and multi-scale character of biodiversity renders full assessment difficult at …

In the context of significant landscape changes, understanding how residents perceive
landscape quality is crucial for landscape policy-making and planning. However, while …

Ongoing urban exploitation is increasing pressure to transform urban green spaces, while
there is increasing awareness that greenery provides a range of important benefits to city …

This paper analyses and compares a set of case studies on ecosystem services (ES)
mapping and assessment with the purpose of formulating lessons learned and …

The first section of the paper discusses the background to the use of habitats as indicators
for biodiversity including a discussion of the range of definitions that have been used …