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3. CONCLUSIONS 
The survey showed a high demand for additional forest 
information concerning most duties of a state forest 
administration. A comparison of user requirements with 
available remote sensing technology shows, that the most 
parameters can be determined by remote sensing methods 
(Falkowski et al., 2009) or in combination with existing 
geospatial forest information (Forster, 2008). Therefore it can 
be foreseen that the integral development of remote sensing 
based geospatial forest information systems may remove most 
of the existing information gaps. 
The results of this study are generally in line with the findings 
of other studies from local to global level. Even though there 
exist differences in the spatial resolution and ecological 
conditions there appear to be strong similarities in the 
requirements profile for remote sensing applications in forestry 
and forest administrations. Therefore new remote sensing 
products for forestry can be developed according to the 
demands of the global market. 
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
This study was supported by the Bayerische Staatsministerium 
für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten under project 
number ST 237. 
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