This book provides detailed descriptions of the forest biomass projection systems used in 22 countries in Europe and North America, as well as four European-wide systems. Separate chapters focus on the concepts of estimation of availability of woody biomass, compare and classify the different projection systems, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for the further development of these systems.

Part I.- 1. Introduction; Susana Barreiro et al.- 2. Wood Availability; Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Marian Lajos Mayr.- 3. Projection Systems in Europe and North America: Concepts and Approaches; Susana Barreiro, Margarida Tomé.- 4. Forest Resource Projection Tools at European Level; Mart-Jan Schelhaas et al.- 5. Future Challenges for Woody Biomass Projections; Klemens Schadauer et al.- Part II. Woody Biomass Projection Systems Based on Forest Inventory.- 1. Austria; Thomas Ledermann et al.- 2. Bulgaria; Nickola Stoyanov et al.- 3. Canada; Juha M. Metsaranta et al.- 4. Czech Republic; Miloš Küera.- 5. Denmark; Vivian Kvist-Johannsen et al.- 6. Estonia; Allan Sims.- 7. Finland; Tuula Packalen et al.- 8. France; Antoine Colin et al.- 9. Germany; Gerald Kändler, Uli Riemer.- 10. Hungary; Pál Kovácsevics.- 11. Iceland; Arnór Snorrason, Bjarki Kjartansson.- 12. Ireland; Henry Phillips et al.- 13. Italy; Alessandro Paletto et al.- 14. Lithuania; Andrius Kuliešis et al.- 15. The Netherlands; Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Sandra Clerkx.- 16. Norway; Clara Antón-Fernández, Stein Tomter.- 17. Portugal; Susana Barreiro, Margarida Tomé.- 18. Romania; Marius Dumitru, Gheorghe Marin.- 19. Spain; Sonia Condés et al.- 20. Sweden; Anders Lundström, Per-Erik Wikberg.- 21. Switzerland; Christoph Fischer et al.- 22. United States of America (USA); Ronald E. McRoberts.- Index.