Forest Resources Monitoring and Management in Germany and Austria and Some Inspiration to China

General methodology for forest resources and ecological condition monitoring,sustainable use theory and near-nature forest management method under the same sampling system in Germany are deeply reviewed.This paper also summarizes application of information technologies in forest resources monitoring and measures for development of high technologies in forestry monitoring fields in Austria.Compared with forest resources monitoring in China,available approaches are further advised to strengthen the country's capacity in terms of enrichment of monitoring framework and indicator system,establishment of forest resources and ecological condition monitoring system,application of high technologies,and promotion of national basic data sharing.