scholarly journals Patching together the future of forest modelling: Implementing a spatial model in the 2009 Romeo Malette Forest Management Plan

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 718-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Rouillard ◽  
Tom Moore
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
Planning Team ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Modelling Process

We describe a pilot project on the Romeo Malette Forest in northeastern Ontario that used a spatially explicit strategic model as an element of the hierarchical modelling process used in forest management planning. We integrated 2 different and slightly overlapping modelling tools, the traditional aspatial Strategic Forest Management Model (SFMM) and the newer spatial Patchworks model, to form a comprehensive decision support system for planning. Results from the conventional modelling approach using only SFMM served as comparison. The pilot project’s goals included satisfying Ontario’s rigorous planning and public consultation requirements, addressing technical issues associated with using 2 separate models, and engaging planning team members in the decision-making process. Implementation of a new technology (spatial modelling) into a highly regulated organizational process presented the planning team with a series of challenges. For example, the higher resolution of the data used for the Patchworks model and changes in conventional concepts and procedures required that the planning team adjust and adapt its approach. One clear advantage of the combined approach was that the long-term effects of spatial and operational adjustments, such as landscape-level policies or harvest block deferrals, were evaluated comprehensively and immediately, leading to greater confidence that the forecast outcomes are sustainable. The hierarchical-spatial modelling process used in this pilot provides a significant improvement to forest management planning and results in improved confidence in the overall sustainability of the long-term management direction. The lessons learned have provided a base for future planning teams to take advantage of the many benefits of a decision support system that includes spatial modelling. Key words: forest management planning, spatial modelling, decision support, Patchworks

scholarly journals Web-Based Forest Resources Management Decision Support System

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Marto ◽  
Keith Reynolds ◽  
José Borges ◽  
Vladimir Bushenkov ◽  
Susete Marques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
The Web

In this paper, we present a web-based decision support system (DSS)—wSADfLOR—to facilitate the access of stakeholders to tools that may contribute to enhancing forest management planning. The emphasis is on a web-based architecture and a web graphic user interface (wGUI) that may effectively support the analysis of trade-offs between ecosystem services in order to address participatory and sustainable forest management objectives. For that purpose, the wGUI provides remote access to a management information system, enabling users to analyze environmental and biometric data and topological information as well. Moreover, the wGUI provides remote access to forest simulators so that users may define and simulate prescriptions such as chronological sequences of management options and the corresponding forest ecosystem services outcomes. Remote access to management planning methods is further provided so that users may input their objectives and constraints. The wGUI delivers information about tradeoffs between ecosystem services in the form of decision maps so that users in different locations may negotiate bundles of ecosystem services as well as the plan needed to provide them. The multiple criteria programming routines provide proposals for management plans that may be assessed further, using geographical and alphanumeric information provided by the wGUI. Results for an application to a forested landscape extending to 14,388 ha are presented and discussed. This landscape provides several ecosystem services and the development of its management plan involves multiple stakeholders. Results show that the web-based architecture and the wGUI provide effective access for stakeholders to information about the forest management planning area and to decision support tools that may contribute to addressing complex multi-objective and multiple-decision-maker management planning contexts. They also highlight that the involvement and participation of stakeholders in the design of the web-based architecture contributes to assuring the quality and the usability of the system.

scholarly journals Implementing Climate Change and Associated Future Timber Price Trends in a Decision Support System Designed for Irish Forest Management and Applied to Ireland’s Western Peatland Forests

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Lundholm ◽  
Edwin Corrigan ◽  
Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Forest Composition ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
The Impact

Research Highlights: Predicting impacts on forest management of Climate Change (CC) and dynamic timber prices by incorporating these external factors in a Forest Management Decision Support System (FMDSS). Background and Objectives: Forest managers must comply with Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) practices, including considering the long-term impacts that CC and the bioeconomy may have on their forests and their management. The aims of this study are: (1) incorporate the effects of CC and Dynamic Prices (DP) in a FMDSS that was developed for Ireland’s peatland forests, (2) analyse the impact of global climate and market scenarios on forest management and forest composition at the landscape level. Materials and Methods: Remsoft Woodstock is a strategic planning decision support system that is widely used for forest management around the world. A linear programming model was developed for Ireland’s Western Peatland forests while using Woodstock. Data from Climadapt, which is an expert-based decision support system that was developed in Ireland, were used to include CC effects on forest productivity and species suitability. Dynamic market prices were also included to reflect the changing demands for wood fibre as part of the European Union (EU) and global effort to mitigate CC. Results: DP will likely have more impact on harvest patterns, volumes, and net present value than CC. Higher assortment prices, especially for pulpwood, stimulate the harvesting of forests on marginal sites and off-set some of the negative CC growth impacts on forest profitability. Conclusions: Incorporating CC and bioeconomy prices in a forest decision support system is feasible and recommendable. Foresters should incorporate the expected global changes in their long-term management planning to mitigate the negative effects that un-informed management decisions can have on the sustainability of their forests.

A GIS-BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS IN TURKEY

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 929-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatih Sivrikaya ◽  
Emin Zeki Baskent ◽  
Ugur Sevik ◽  
Caner Akgul ◽  
Ali Ihsan Kadiogullari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Management Plans

scholarly journals Assisting Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Policy Planning with the Sim4Tree Decision Support System

Forests ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 859-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floris Dalemans ◽  
Paul Jacxsens ◽  
Jos Van Orshoven ◽  
Vincent Kint ◽  
Pieter Moonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Policy Planning

A decision support system that links short-term silvicultural operating plans with long-term forest-level strategic plans

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1078-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Davis ◽  
David L. Martell
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Geographical Information System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Planning Horizon ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Timber Species ◽  
Short Term

This paper describes a decision support system that forest managers can use to help evaluate short-term, site-specific silvicultural operating plans in terms of their potential impact on long-term, forest-level strategic objectives. The system is based upon strategic and tactical forest-level silvicultural planning models that are linked with each other and with a geographical information system. Managers can first use the strategic mathematical programming model to develop broad silvicultural strategies based on aggregate timber strata. These strategies help them to subjectively delineate specific candidate sites that might be treated during the first 10 years of a much longer planning horizon using a geographical information system and to describe potential silvicultural prescriptions for each candidate site. The tactical model identifies an annual silvicultural schedule for these candidate sites in the first 10 years, and a harvesting and regeneration schedule by 10-year periods for aggregate timber strata for the remainder of the planning horizon, that will maximize the sustainable yield of one or more timber species in the whole forest, given the candidate sites and treatments specified by the managers. The system is demonstrated on a 90 000 - ha area in northeastern Ontario.

scholarly journals Decision Support System for Daily and Long Term Operations of the System of Milan, Italy

2016 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 58-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan Pan ◽  
Mario Erik Castro-Gama ◽  
Andreja Jonoski ◽  
Ioana Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System
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