Preface

INAFOR – International Conference of Indonesia Forestry Researchers - is a big event initiated by Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, to facilitate the meeting of researchers and forestry experts from Indonesia and other countries, to share experiences and present the latest research results in the field of forestry and environment. INAFOR was held firstly in 2011 in Bogor and since that year it has been being carried out every two years up to the present time. The 6th INAFOR 2021 carries the theme “Greener future: environment, disaster resilience, and climate change” which is the key to a greener future. There are five main topics in this INAFOR 2021, one of them is the 6th INAFOR 2021 Stream 4 with the topic ”Engaging social-economic of environment and forestry, better social welfare”. The implementation of this topic is organized by the Center for Research and Development on Social, Economy, Policy, and Climate Change which currently changes the name to the Center of Standardization of Disaster and Climate Change Instruments. The objectives of the 6th INAFOR 2021 Stream 4 are: a) bringing together forestry and environmental scientists from all over Indonesia, to be internationally recognized, b) providing a forum for exchanging information, ideas, experiences, in several states of forestry and environment research, development, and innovation fields for both national and international scientists, c) building strong network among researchers, forestry and environment research institutes in Indonesia, d) delivering science, technology and innovation as the basis for standard, instrument, and innovative solutions for public, private, people and other stakeholders at national and international levels, e) sharing and formulating new ideas for the advancement of forest and environmental management in Indonesia and supporting global agenda, and f) sharing and collaborating the current trends and knowledge of innovative forest and environment management, as a basis to develop a standardized instruments, and policy for forest and environment sustainability. The 6th INAFOR 2021 Stream 4 was organized by the Center of Standardization of Disaster and Climate Change Instruments, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on September 8, 2021, virtually through a Zoom platform due to the pandemic of COVID-19. The conference presents five well-known keynote speakers and experts in their fields (Dr. Adam Tyson, Dr. Tetra Yanuariadi, Dr. Amy Duchelle, Dr. Daniel Mendham, and Prof. Dr. Subarudi) and one prominent moderator (Dr. IB Putera Parthama) at the plenary session, and at the presentation session, as many as 43 presenters with diverse expertise present their latest works. The presentations were grouped into three sub-themes: community empowerment, social and institutional construction, and forest economics. The conference was attended by 321 participants from Indonesia and overseas such as Australia and Japan, involving forestry and environment researchers/scientists, academicians, lecturers, foresters, forestry practitioners from private and government, non-government agencies, and other research and development institutions related to forestry and the environment. LIST of COMMITTEES are available in this pdf.

Historical point of view and modern features of the forest management system, forest economy and sustainable forest use

The author analyzes the process of transformation of the role and significance of forests and forestry complex of the country over the past century in the historical point of view. The article reveals the modern features of the forest management system, forest economy and the organization of sustainable forest use, as well as the reasons for their appearance. The author also gives the recommendations and proposals for solving a number of problems related to rational forest management, fire prevention, and combating mismanagement in the framework of the Strategy for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030. Particular attention is paid to creation a correct economic model taking into account the peculiarities of the forest industry such as long-term period of growing forests, their multi-purpose value, as well as the requirements for organizing and planning a system of measures for the use and reproduction of forests. English version of the article is available at URL: https://panor.ru/articles/historical-aspect-and-modern-features-of-forest-management-forest-economics-and-sustainable-forest-use-organization-system/64293.html

The 17th Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources: An Introduction and Synthesis

The 17th Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources was held in Suquamish, Washington, United States on August 27–30, 2017. The goal of this international meeting was to bring together operations researchers, remote sensing scientists, and the government to facilitate the exchange and implementation of systems science in forestry and conservation. The essay that follows is a summary of the outcome of the Symposium, as well as an introduction to the eight research articles that were selected for publication in this Special Issue. Each of the papers was presented at the Symposium and has undergone rigorous peer review. The papers represent a broad disciplinary scope within system analysis ranging from forest economics and management science to remote sensing. The problems addressed within these disciplines also vary, from wildfire mitigation, supply-chain optimization, bioenergy logistics, and participatory forest planning to fuel assessment. The technical tools the authors applied to these problems are equally diverse: game theory, dynamic programming, stochastic optimization, multiobjective decision theory, structure-from-motion, and airborne laser scanning.

A Discussion of Vintage Optimization Models in Forest Economics

Optimal forest harvesting is a problem that dates back many centuries. Modern forest-management needs models taking into account the relatively long rotation, the multiaged structure, the age-dependent timber content of trees, and the multiple services forests provide. Approaches to characterize the optimal management policy range from models that represent the forest by a unique state variable that can usually be solved analytically (i.e., models that consider forests composed by a unique even-aged stand or allow a uneven aged forest but only consider its total biomass), to much more sophisticated linear and integer programming harvest scheduling models. In this survey, we focus on dynamic optimization problems where the forest is represented with an age-class structure. These models present richer dynamics than one-variable models while preserving their analytic tractability to some extent.