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Forestry Inventory 2015

This dataset is based on the 6th National Forest Inventory published by ICNF - Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas. The data collection for this National Forest Inventory was obtained through aerial photography and ground surveys in 2015, to supply updated statistical and basic cartographic information for the evaluation and monitoring of the abundance, state and condition of the portuguese forest resources and to enable a sustainable forest management.

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Identification

Alternate Identifier

0fe87daf-ed3c-4544-9d41-e187c408ee71

Publication Date
2021-11-12
Title

Forestry Inventory 2015

Abstract

This dataset is based on the 6th National Forest Inventory published by ICNF - Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas. The data collection for this National Forest Inventory was obtained through aerial photography and ground surveys in 2015, to supply updated statistical and basic cartographic information for the evaluation and monitoring of the abundance, state and condition of the portuguese forest resources and to enable a sustainable forest management.

Dataset Language

PORTUGUESE

 
Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - José Sousa Uva

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Raquel Onofre

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - João Moreira

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Sónia Pacheco Faias

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Susana Barreiro

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Emídio Santos

Dataset Creator
  INIAV - Jorge Capelo

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Luis Corte-Real

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - João Martins

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - João Rui Ribeiro

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Jorge Cancela

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Manuel Rainha

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Nuno Amaral

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Cristina Santos

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - João Perpétua

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - João Pinho

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - José Manuel Araújo

Dataset Creator
  Equipa técnica IFN6 - 6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional - Luís Reis

Dataset Creator
  Agência Portuguesa de Ambiente - Paulo Canaveira

Dataset Creator
  Agência Portuguesa de Ambiente - José Paulino

Dataset Creator
  Agência Portuguesa de Ambiente - Ana Pina

Metadata Provider
  ISA - Yuri Binev

Metadata Provider
  ISA - Paula Coelho

Dataset Contact
  ICNF - Teresa Pimenta (Information System Senior Officer)

Dataset Contact
  ICNF - Mário Reis (Conservation and Monitoring Senior Officer)

Dataset Contact
  ICNF - José Sousa Uva

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml)
  • occurrence

  • event

Keywords (N/A)
  • Forests

  • Plants

  • Portugal

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Mainland Portugal

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-9.558

East Bounding Coordinate

-5.713

North Bounding Coordinate

42.423

South Bounding Coordinate

36.527

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2015-01-01

End Date

2015-12-31

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

This dataset includes 387859 records referring to plant specimens of 7 families, 9 genera (Acacia, Castanea, Ceratonia, Eucalyptus, Olea, Oryza, Pinus, Quercus, Vitis) and 8 species.

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Acacia

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Castanea

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Ceratonia

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Eucalyptus

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Olea

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Oryza

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Pinus

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Quercus

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Genus

Taxonomic Rank Value

Vitis

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

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Distribution

Online

URL
https://sig.icnf.pt/portal/home/item.html?id=dc60bcef20b844b88c8a0638d0fe943b
 

Additional Metadata

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-11-29T09:03:34Z

Citation

Uva J S, Onofre R, Moreira J, Faias S P, Barreiro S, Santos E, Capelo J, Corte-Real L, Martins J, Ribeiro J R, Cancela J, Rainha M, Amaral N, Santos C, Perpétua J, Pinho J, Araújo J M, Reis L, Canaveira P, Paulino J, Pina A, Binev Y, Coelho P (2021). Forestry Inventory 2015. ICNF - Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/33hvm4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-11-29.

Bibliography

ICNF, 2019. IFN6 – Termos e definições. [pdf], 22 pp, versão 1.0 Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas.

Logo URL
http://www2.icnf.pt/portal/logo.png
 

Project

• Project

Title

6.º Inventário Florestal Nacional (IFN6)

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Teresa

Surname

Pimenta

Role

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

Mário

Surname

Reis

Role

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name

José Sousa

Surname

Uva

Role

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT

Abstract

The 6th National Forest Inventory was published by ICNF - Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas and uses aerial and ground survey data collected in 2015 for the evaluation and monitoring of the portuguese forest resources.

Funding

The    6th National Forest Inventory was co-funded by the Portuguese Carbon Fund (FPC - Fundo Português de Carbono), by ICNF, I.P. and the European Union, through the Environment Operational Programme (application 1.1/00021– Documentos Estruturantes da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade).

The preparation of this resource for publication through GBIF was supported by Project PORBIOTA―Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127), under the Operational Thematic Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) and FCT.

Study Area Description

Descriptor

The geographic area considered for the original study was Portugal Mainland.

 
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

Preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication used as source the geographic layer in shape file format obtained in:

https://sig.icnf.pt/portal/home/item.html?id=dc60bcef20b844b88c8a0638d0fe943b

http://si.icnf.pt/shp/ifn5_2005

Method Step

Description

convert of the the shape file to csv

Method Step

Description

create events and and occurrences omitting ones without described species.

DarwinCore "event" with "occurence" and "recourceRelationship" extensions were used

Sampling

Study Extent

This study is the 2015 National Forest Inventory for mainland Portugal.

Sampling Description

Data was collected through aerial ortho images, using grids that cover the whole continental Portugal, photo-points and points for field evaluation of vegetation parameters.

All data was inserted in a specific database build for the project.

qualityControl

Description

All initial data was inserted in a specific relational database built specifically for the project, which implemented several quality control methods. In the preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication, data consistency was verified using cluster algorithms using OpenRefine.