Luxembourg has nearly 50,000 ha of private forest. For most of these forests there is no valid inventory data available. The most recent forest inventory was conducted in 1985, based on aerial images. The current potential of the private forest and the potential for wood mobilization from private forests are therefore unknown. For that reason the Lëtzebuerger Privatbësch – the organization of private forest ownership in Luxembourg – wants to renew the potential for wood production, but is also seeking for a suitable planning tool for wood extraction from private forests. UNIQUE was chosen to carry out a wood potential analysis for an area of about 28,000 ha of private forests in northern Luxembourg through an inventory approach based on aerial image interpretation.

• Digitalization of stands in private forests and stand description from aerial photo interpretation.
• Ground truthing and use of sampling points of the national forest inventory for calibration.
• Derivation of technical wood potential from the forest inventory.
• Derivation of mobilizable wood potential from private forests.
• Support of a first mobilization campaign.