Getting Started

This guide will help you get started with the ICP-Forest data taken in Brandenburg Germany. The data is collected by the Landesbetrieb Forst Brandenburg and is part of the ICP-Forest network. The data is collected in the framework of the Level I and Level II monitoring programs. The Level I program is a systematic network of permanent observation plots, while the Level II program is a network of intensive monitoring plots.

Requirements

For accessing the API, you will need an API key. The API key is a JSON Web Token (JWT) and is used to authenticate the user. The API key is passed in the apikey header.

txt

txt -X GET "https://db.forstliche-umweltkontrolle.de/rest/v1/"
    -H "apikey: [APIKEY]"

R

library(httr)

httr::GET('https://db.forstliche-umweltkontrolle.de/rest/v1/', httr::add_headers(
    apikey = '[APIKEY]',
    Authorization = paste("Bearer", '[APIKEY]')
))

Request the API Key

Get your API key by contacting the Waldmonitoring@LFB.Brandenburg.de.

The API key should be kept secret and should not be shared with anyone.

Publications

Use the following citation if you use the data in your research:

@misc{forest_environmental_monitoring_brandenburg_dataset,
  title        = {Forstliche Umweltkontrolle},
  author       = {Landesbetrieb Forst Brandenburg},
  year         = {1996--2025},
  howpublished = {\url{https://forstliche-umweltkontrolle.de/}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2025-10-28},
  abstract     = {This dataset contains environmental monitoring data collected from various digital sensors installed at forest observation plots. The dataset is part of the ICP Forests monitoring program.},
  keywords     = {Environmental Monitoring, Digital Sensors, Forest Observation, ICP Forests, Climate Data}
}