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The history of forest inventories goes back to the end of the Middle Ages, when the heavy use of forest resources created a shortage of wood. This shortage forced people to bring some form of planning to the forests nearby towns and mines. The first information collected for the purposes of this early planning was an assessment of the forest area. The term ‘inventory’ means the preparation of a detailed list of articles according to their properties and has a commercial origin.
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Tomppo, E. (2000). Remote Sensing Requirements to Support Forest Inventories. In: Verstraete, M.M., Menenti, M., Peltoniemi, J. (eds) Observing Land from Space: Science, Customers and Technology. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48124-3_17
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