Field Manuals
There is an extensive range of manuals to assist you when working with the NVS databank or conducting field surveys.
Reconnaissance (RECCE) descriptions
Recce field manual (2022) 
(3.87 MB)
Expanded Recce manual (version 5 2022) (1.79 MB)
Permanent 20×20 m plots for indigenous forests
Permanent plot field manual (2022) (7.84 MB)
Amended permanent 20x20 m plot method for Tier 1 and LUCAS Inventory & Monitoring forests
Field protocols for DOC Tier 1 Inventory and Monitoring and LUCAS plots (2024) (5.3 MB)
Monitoring changes in grasslands
Permanent plot methods for monitoring changes in grasslands (1997) (2.63 MB)
Foliar Browse
Older versions of survey manuals
Amended permanent 20x20 m plot method for Tier 1 and LUCAS Inventory & Monitoring forests (2017) (6.99 MB)
Amended permanent 20x20 m plot method for Tier 1 and LUCAS Inventory & Monitoring forests (2016) (6.87 MB)
Reconnaissance (RECCE) descriptions (1992) (2.55 MB)
Permanent plots in indigenous forests (1993) (2.49 MB)
Foliar browse index (1999) (1.81 MB)
