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Forest area
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Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research - view all
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The forest area is the total sum of all areas classified as forest according to NFI’s forest definition. The forest definition includes shrub forest. This theme is also used to assess the total area when forest and non-forest need to be distinguished. __Citation:__ > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

14 X 14 KM GRID5 CLASSES7 CLASSESACCESSIBLE FOREST NFI3-NFI4ACCESSIBLE FOREST WITHOUT SHRUB FORESTACCESSIBLE FOREST WITHOUT SHRUB FOREST NFI1-NFI2-NFI3-NFI4ACCESSIBLE FOREST WITHOUT SHRUB FOREST NFI3-NFI4ALTITUDE 200 M CLASSALTITUDE 400 M CLASSESALTITUDINAL VEGETATION ZONEALTITUDINAL VEGETATION ZONE 3 CLASSESAVALANCHES SILVAPROTECTBASAL AREA OF CONIFERS CLASSIFIEDBASAL AREA STANDING LIVE TREESBASIS FOR LOCAL PLANNINGBIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONBIOTOPE VALUE NFI1BIOTOPE VALUE NFI2CANTONCAUSE OF SALVAGE LOGGINGCERTIFICATION LABELCLASSIFIEDCLOSENESS TO NATURE OF CONIFERS IN BROADLEAF AREACONCEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMCROWN CLOSUREDEGREE OF COVER AERIAL PHOTODEGREE OF COVER OF ASSURED REGENERATIONDEGREE OF COVER OF REGENERATION 7 CLASSESDEGREE OF DAMAGE OF THE STANDDEGREE OF MIXTUREDOMINANCE BY EXOTIC SPECIES NEOPHYTESDOMINANT DIAMETER 5 CLASSESDOMINANT DIAMETER CLASS SIZE 10CMDOMINATED BY EXOTIC SPECIES 2 CLASSESECONOMIC REGIONEXPOSITION 4 CLASSESEXPOSITION 8 CLASSESFORESTFOREST AREAFOREST COMMUNITIES KÜCHLER 2008FOREST DISTRICT AS OF 2013FOREST FUNCTION AGRICULTURAL USEFOREST FUNCTION DRINKING WATERFOREST FUNCTION GAME RESERVEFOREST FUNCTION LANDSCAPE PROTECTIONFOREST FUNCTION MILITARYFOREST FUNCTION NATURE PROTECTIONFOREST FUNCTION PROTECTION AGAINST NATURAL HAZARDSFOREST FUNCTION RECREATIONFOREST FUNCTION SHELTERBELTFOREST FUNCTION WOOD PRODUCTIONFOREST MANAGEMENT INTENSITY NFI1 MODELFOREST NFI3-NFI4FOREST TYPE 12 CLASSESFOREST TYPE 3 CLASSESFOREST TYPE AND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENTFOREST WITHOUT SHRUB FOREST - SHRUB FORESTFOREST WITHOUT SHRUB FOREST-SHRUB FOREST-NONFORESTFORESTRY PLANSGRID NFI4 2009-2013GROUNDWATER PROTECTION ZONES APRIL 2013HARVEST OF TIMBERHARVESTING SYSTEMSHORIZONTAL DISTANCE SAMPLE PLOT-ROAD 4 CLASSESINDICATOR OF GROUNDWATER PROTECTION ZONE 2013LANDSLIDE-MUDFLOW SILVAPROTECTLOWER-HIGHER ALTITUDINAL ZONESMAIN TYPE OF HARVESTMEANS OF TRANSPORT BY HANDMEANS OF TRANSPORT CABLE CRANEMEANS OF TRANSPORT CABLEWAYMEANS OF TRANSPORT CLAMBUNK-GRAPPLEMEANS OF TRANSPORT FORESTRY TRACTORMEANS OF TRANSPORT FORWARDERMEANS OF TRANSPORT HELICOPTERMEANS OF TRANSPORT HORSEMEANS OF TRANSPORT MOBILE TOWER YARDERMEANS OF TRANSPORT OTHERSMEANS OF TRANSPORT SHIPMEANS OF TRANSPORT SINGLE WINCHMEANS OF TRANSPORT SKIDDERMEANS OF TRANSPORT SLEDGEMEANS OF TRANSPORT TRACKED SKIDDERMEANS OF TRANSPORT TRAILER WITH BOOMMEANS OF TRANSPORT WINCH MOUNTEDMETHOD OF TIMBER HARVESTMETHOD OF TIMBER HARVEST ASSORTMENT-FULL TREEMETHOD OF TIMBER HARVEST DEGREE OF MECHANIZATIONNFI1NFI2NFI3NFI4NFI4BNON-SPFNONFORESTNUMBER OF TREE SPECIES IN THE UPPER LAYERNUMBER OF TYPES NATURAL HAZARDS SILVAPROTECTORIGIN OF THE FORESTORIGIN OF THE STANDOWNERSHIPPERCENTAGE OF SALVAGE LOGGINGPOTENTIAL COST FOR TIMBER HARVESTINGPOTENTIAL DEMAND FOR LOCAL RECREATIONPREDOMINANT TREE CLASSPREDOMINANT TREE SPECIESPREHAULAGE DISTANCEPRIMARY FOREST FUNCTION NFI4PRIMARY FOREST FUNCTION NFI4 NATURE PROTECTIONPRIMARY FOREST FUNCTION NLSPRIMARY FUNCTION NFI3PROCESSES IN CHANNELS SILVAPROTECTPRODUCTION REGIONPROTECTION FOREST PERIMETER SILVAPROTECTPROTECTION FOREST REGIONREGENERATION COVERRELIEFRESTRICTIONS FOR TIMBER HARVESTROCKFALL SILVAPROTECTSILVICULTURAL TREATMENT BETWEEN NFI2 AND NFI3SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT BETWEEN NFI3 AND NFI4SITE QUALITYSIZE OF MANAGED UNITSIZE OF STANDSLOPE 20 CLASSESSLOPE 40 CLASSESSLOPE DISTANCE SAMPLE PLOT-ROAD 4 CLASSESSPECIAL FOREST FUNCTIONSPECIAL FOREST FUNCTION - PROTECTION FORESTSPFSTAGE OF STAND DEVELOPMENTSTAND AGE CLASSES OF 20 YEARSSTAND AGE CLASSES OF 40 YEARSSTAND DENSITY INDEX SDISTAND RELEVANT TO REGENERATIONSTAND STABILITYSTAND STRUCTURESTAND WITH OLD TIMBERSTATE OF CERTIFICATIONSTATUS OF REGIONAL PLANNINGSTATUS OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSTEM COUNT-HA DBH GTE 12CMSTEM COUNT-HA DBH GTE 24CMSTEM COUNT-HA DBH GTE 36CMSTRUCTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE STANDTERRESTRIAL GRID NFI1TERRESTRIAL GRID NFI2TERRESTRIAL GRID NFI3TIME OF LAST TREATMENTTIME OF LAST TREATMENT CLASSES OF 10 YEARSTOTAL AREATOTAL SKIDDING DISTANCE PER SAMPLE PLOTTYPE OF INTERVENTION IN 2002TYPE OF NEXT TREATMENT INTERVIEW SURVEYTYPE OF OWNERSHIPTYPE OF REGENERATIONTYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2004TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2005TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2006TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2007TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2008TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2009TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2010TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2011TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2012TYPE OF SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IN 2013TYPE OF TREATMENT IN 1996TYPE OF TREATMENT IN 1997TYPE OF TREATMENT IN 1998TYPE OF TREATMENT IN 1999TYPE OF TREATMENT IN 2000TYPE OF TREATMENT IN 2001TYPE OF TREATMENT IN 2003URGENCY OF NEXT TREATMENT INTERVIEW SURVEYWATERSHEDWITHOUT LARIX KYEAR OF AFFORESTATION 5 CLASSESYEAR OF AFFORESTATION CLASSESYEAR OF AFFORESTATION DECADESYEAR OF LOCAL FOREST PLANNING 4 CLASSESYEAR OF REGIONAL FOREST PLANNING 6 CLASSES
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