Division Title of the action: Assessment of unutilised fore

EU contribution: EUR 18 000

Schedule for the work: The work will be conducted from January to June 2007

Short description of the action:

The main aim is a more accurate valuation of the unutilised growth in forests in Germany for the years 1991 to 2004 using data from the Second National Forest Inventory; thus improving the calculation of the Economic Accounts for Forestry that has been calculated according to ESA 95 for 1991 to 2002.

The activity is divided into two parts: 1) Estimation of the annual forest growth in physical values and 2) Monetary valuation of the unutilised forest growth.

The results will complete the reporting on forestry production within EAF for Germany and build a bridge to the IEEAF. It is further expected that the project will result in methodological recommendations with respect to forest valuation problems.