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The manual provides information on the procedures followed by field brigades for the establishment of conglomerates and permanent plots of the National Forest Inventory (IFN). It also provides information about the planning and execution of each of the phases contemplated by the operation, describes the methods, techniques and instruments used in the data collection, and details the process of filling out the formats created by IDEAM to record the data and field information. Likewise, it establishes the fundamental concepts for collecting, storing and sending botanical samples, soils and wood debris collected during sampling. The correct reading and consultation of this manual will guarantee the uniformity of criteria for the decisions that must be taken in the accomplishment of the field work. It is essential that all persons associated with the implementation of the IFN proceed in the same way, implementing the same criteria and guidelines, otherwise the required standardization in statistical processing, composition, structure and diversity analysis of forest will be impossible.
