Biomass Potential Monitoring System as a Tool for Exchange and Comparing Findings from Different Sectoral Studies

For planning and reporting purposes, many countries have established official statistics on the available biomass potential. These databases are a useful source for designing new studies, but often existing studies are also used. The findings from various sectoral studies may be heterogeneous in terms of diversity reference units, age of the data, its reliability and precision, which prevents their further use. Because such databases, i.e. biomass potential monitoring systems, allow the biomass data entry, verification, quality and reliability assessment for a specific geographical area, they can serve as a tool for exchange and comparing findings from different sectoral studies. This paper presents an approach for the conversion of the findings from the sectoral study into the biomass potential monitoring system, using the database and atlas monitoring system of biomass potential in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a test case.