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- Limits of the boreal region to be mapped
- Definition of the boreal zone (climatic, phytogeographic, and/or floristic)
- Northern limit, and southern limits of the boreal zone
- Nomenclature to be adopted for the project
- Key climatic and environmental factors to be considered
- Bioclimatic zones, subzones and regions derived from: temperature and precipitation influence on vegetation, landscape, geology, soil richness, hydrology, and elevation influence on vegetation
- Vegetation distribution and description
- Floristic provinces derived from dominant species (main formations), regional floras and species distribution maps
- Description of vegetation complexes, dynamics, succession and natural disturbance regime, which explain the landscape
- Vegetation mapping
- Hierarchical structure of the legend
- Basic map units to express (zonal vegetation associations, or higher hierarchical levels of a vegetation classification)
- Map entities to be derived from satellite imagery or above ground biomass maps (standard methods for the circumboreal belt)
- Classification of ecosystems and formations to be adopted for the project (boreal forests, tundras and alpine vegetation, mires, alluvial vegetation)
- Scale and map projection
- CBVM project organization
- Interested contributors with country or regional leaders
- Project leader (name of organization and/or person)
- Methods
- Agenda
- Budget needed and possible contributors