Susanne Winter – författare

Annelie wurde in einfache Verhältnisse geboren und erlebte ihre Kindheit in der Nachkriegszeit. Ihren Vater kannte sie als Kind nicht, ihr Stiefvater schlug sie und ihre Geschwister oft. Die Mutter trennte sich von ihm und Amelie begann eine Lehre im Hotel. Doch als ihr Stiefvater schließlich wieder zurückkam, dauerte es nicht lange, bis Annelie zuerst das Haus und dann die Stadt verließ und mit ihrem Freund in Münster ein neues Leben beginnt. Dort kann sie sich endlich einen Traum erfüllen und Reitunterricht nehmen; in Reiterkreisen lernt sie auch ihren zukünftigen Mann kennen. Nach der Geburt ihrer Kinder ging sie für einige Jahre in die Kommunalpolitik und begann später nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann ein völlig neues Leben als Heilpraktikerin.

Forest biodiversity is crucial to the ecological, economic, and social well-being of earth’s civilisations. Unfortunately, however, forest biodiversity is threatened to a serious degree in nearly all countries. Therefore, many countries have agreed to be parties to international agreements focused on maintaining, restoring, and monitoring biodiversity; further, these countries have agreed to report to international bodies on forest biodiversity status and trends. NFIs are the primary source of large-scale information available for this purpose, but the large variety of definitions, protocols, sampling designs, and plot configurations used by NFIs makes comparable international reporting extremely difficult. This book presents the results of Working Group 3 of COST Action E43 in the development of harmonization techniques for common reporting of estimates of forest biodiversity indicators using NFI data. Harmonization tests were carried out on a large common data base containing raw NFI data from 13 European countries and the USA. With its collection of practical examples for the estimation of forest biodiversity indicators, it's a practical tool for anyone involved in forest inventories and in forest resource monitoring and management as well as for those involved in biodiversity assessment and reporting.

Forest biodiversity is crucial to the ecological, economic, and social well-being of earth’s civilisations. Unfortunately, however, forest biodiversity is threatened to a serious degree in nearly all countries. Therefore, many countries have agreed to be parties to international agreements focused on maintaining, restoring, and monitoring biodiversity; further, these countries have agreed to report to international bodies on forest biodiversity status and trends. NFIs are the primary source of large-scale information available for this purpose, but the large variety of definitions, protocols, sampling designs, and plot configurations used by NFIs makes comparable international reporting extremely difficult. This book presents the results of Working Group 3 of COST Action E43 in the development of harmonization techniques for common reporting of estimates of forest biodiversity indicators using NFI data. Harmonization tests were carried out on a large common data base containing raw NFI data from 13 European countries and the USA. With its collection of practical examples for the estimation of forest biodiversity indicators, it''s a practical tool for anyone involved in forest inventories and in forest resource monitoring and management as well as for those involved in biodiversity assessment and reporting.