Harmonising, improving and using social and recreational data in National Forest Inventories across Europe
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Harmonising, improving and using social and recreational data in National Forest Inventories across Europe Mark A. Atkinson 1 & David M. Edwards 1 & Frank Søndergaard Jensen 2 & Alexander P. N. van der Jagt 1,3 & Ben R. Ditchburn 4 & Tuija Sievänen 5 & Patrizia Gasparini 6 Received: 26 November 2019 / Accepted: 13 April 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract & Key message National Forest Inventories (NFIs) hold promise for monitoring and valuing of non-productive forest functions, including social and recreational services. European countries use a range of methods to collect social and recreational information within their NFI methodologies. Data collected frequently included general and recreationspecific infrastructure, but innovative approaches are also used to monitor recreational use and social abuse. & Context Social and recreational indicators are increasingly valued in efforts to measure the non-productive value of forests in Europe. National Forest Inventories (NFIs) can be used to estimate recreational and social usage of forest land at a national level and relate this use to other biophysical, spatial and topographical features. Nonetheless, there is little information concerning the extent. & Aims The study aims to identify the coverage of social and recreational data present in European NFIs including the types of data recorded as part of the NFI methodologies across European countries. It also aims to examine contrasting methods used to record social and recreational data and present recommendations for ways forward for countries to integrate these into NFI practice. & Methods A pan-European questionnaire was designed and distributed to 35 counties as part of the EU-funded project Distributed, Integrated and Harmonised Forest Information for Bioeconomy Outlooks (DIABOLO). The questionnaire probed Handling editors: Tuula Packalen and Klemens Schadauer (Guest Editors) Contributions of the co-authors Conceptualisation: DME, FSJ, AVDJ, BRD, TS, and PG; methodology: MAA, DME, FSJ, AVDJ, BRD, TS, and PG; software: MAA; validation: MAA, DME; formal analysis: MAA, DME; investigation: MAA, DME, FSJ, AVDJ, BRD, TS, and PG; resources: DME, FSJ; data curation: MAA; writing: MAA; writing, review and editing: MAA, DME, FSJ, AVDJ, TS, and PG; visualisation: MAA, DME; supervision: DME, FSJ; project administration: DME, FSJ; funding acquisition: DME, FSJ, TS, and PG. This article is part of the topical collection on Forest information for bioeconomy outlooks at European level Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-00952-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Mark A. Atkinson [email protected] 1
Social and Economic Research Group, Forest Research, Farnham, UK
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Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Inventory,
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