Main publications of the NFI

This page contains the links to our most important NFI publications.

NFI Overview

• Movies: Uncovering the forest's secrets (2010), The National Forest Inventory (1985)
• Flyer: Swiss National Forest Inventory (2021)
• Posters: 15 posters with results from the third NFI (2011)
• Article series: Swiss Forestry Journal (05/2021): Selected results of the National Forest Inventory (5/2021)

Results

• NFI reports (German/French): 2020, 2010, 1999, 1988
• Most frequent forest trees of Switzerland (1998)

Methods

• NFI field manuals
• Manual of the interview survey with the local forest service: 2013, 2023 (DE)
• Manual of the aerial-photo interpretation 2003-2007: 2005
• Methods and models: 2019, 1999
• Tariffs for bole volume over bark and for merchantable assortments (2000)

Political interpretation

• Forest reports FOEN, WSL: 2015 2005
  Special assessments: 2015
• NFI reports: 1999, 1989

Publication list

• List of all NFI publications from 2011-2024

Additional reports

• Article The data storage and analysis system of the Swiss National Forest Inventory (2016)
• EFICS study: Country Report for Switzerland (1997)