Study on European forestry information and communication system - Reports on forestry inventory and survey systems - Volume 1 - Country report for Belgium

Belgium is divided into 3 regions: Walloon, Flemish and Brussels regions. Each one has its own political autonomy in various fields, in particular the natural resources management. Wooded area in the Walloon region covers 530.600 ha. A first temporary inventory has been realised in the beginning of the 1980s. A new permanent forest inventory is carried out since the beginning of the 1994. The Flemish region will start the first permanent inventory of its 128.600 ha of wooded area in 1997. With only 2.000 ha the Brussels region does not organise a forest inventory up to now. The method used in the Walloon region is summarised below as the Flemish inventory method is quite similar.