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In Estonia, two types of forest inventories are used: (1) Standwise Forest Inventory (SFI), and (2) sample plot-based National Forest Inventory (NFI). In Estonia, forests are covered by forest management plans that must be revised every 10 years based on forest inventory data. About 80% of Estonian forests are inventoried by SFI. NFI data are used mostly for country-level forestry statistics, whereas SFI data are used for long-term forest resource projections. The models used for stand simulation and growth projections, as well as for forest management methodology, are published in Estonian law as guidelines. There is no forest simulator available for public use, although private companies have constructed proprietary software that is included in their information systems.
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Sims, A. (2017). Estonia. In: Barreiro, S., Schelhaas, MJ., McRoberts, R., Kändler, G. (eds) Forest Inventory-based Projection Systems for Wood and Biomass Availability. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56201-8_11
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