Year of publication 1981

This document is a manual, its purpose is not to be a comprehensive textbook on forest inventory but to list and describe briefly the main tools which are used in this important field of forest activity and to give advice on their use. It does not seek to provide detailed practical instructions for use by technicians and workers, as for each inventory has its own requirements and it needs its own special instructions information. This manual may be of use not only within the framework of FAO inventory operations but also in many developing countries where there is a lack of relevant expertise. Inventories carried out by FAO or developing countries are most often in tropical regions. Although this manual deals with forest inventory in general, most consideration is given to inventories of broadleaved tropical forests.