Models and tools for integrated forest management and forest policy analysis
Decision-making processes in the European Forest Sector are characterized by an enormous diversity in institutional and political framework conditions. In general, there is a clear need to improve policy integration and management approaches in order to deliver the competing ecosystem services demanded by society. The Special Issue “Models and tools for integrated forest management and forest policy analysis” originates from an initiative of Working Group 2 “Forestry modelling for integrated policy analysis” of COST Action FP1207 “Orchestrating forest-related policy analysis in Europe (ORCHESTRA)” to address this challenge. The emphasis is on improving the understanding and capacities in the use of forestry decision support tools for integrated policy analysis. For that purpose, it provides an overview of existing models, methods and/or decision support systems (DSS) that account or may be used for forest-related policy analysis at multiple levels. It discusses benefits and limitations/challenges of the use of these tools with a reference to its application in real case studies. Conclusions on the state-of-the-art in decision support for policy analysis and the needed advances in research are drawn. The following papers are part of this special issue:
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Models and tools for integrated forest management and forest policy analysis: An Editorial by Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, José G. Borges Download PDF
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Linking forest policy issues and decision support tools in Europe by Edgaras Linkevičius, José G. Borges, Marie Doyle, Helga Pülzl, ... Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo Download PDF
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A simulation-based approach to assess forest policy options under biotic and abiotic climate change impacts: A case study on Scotland's National Forest Estate by Duncan Ray, Michal Petr, Martin Mullett, Stephen Bathgate, ... Kate Beauchamp Download PDF
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Analyzing the effect of carbon prices on wood production and harvest scheduling in a managed forest in Turkey by Hayati Zengin, Murat Engin Ünal Download PDF
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Assessment of timber supply under alternative contextual scenarios by Gintautas Mozgeris, Marius Kavaliauskas, Vilis Brukas, Andrius Stanislovaitis Download PDF
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Forest-based biofuel production in the Nordic countries: Modelling of optimal allocation by Walid Fayez Mustapha, Erik Trømborg, Torjus Folsland Bolkesjø Download PDF
Balancing different forest values: Evaluation of forest management scenarios in a multi-criteria decision analysis framework by Jeannette Eggers, Sara Holmgren, Eva-Maria Nordström, Tomas Lämås, ... Karin Öhman Download PDF
Explicating behavioral assumptions in forest scenario modelling – the behavioral matrix approach by Renats Trubins, Ragnar Jonsson, Ida Wallin, Ola Sallnäs Download PDF
Forest owner behavioral models, policy changes, and forest management. An agent-based framework for studying the provision of forest ecosystem goods and services at the landscape level by Metodi Sotirov, Ola Sallnäs, Ljusk Ola Eriksson Download PDF
Modeling policy networks: The case of Natura 2000 in Croatian forestry by Marko Lovrić, Nataša Lovrić, Ulrich Schraml Download PDF
Application of multi criteria analysis methods for a participatory assessment of non-wood forest products in two European case studies by P. Huber, T. Hujala, M. Kurttila, B. Wolfslehner, H. Vacik Download PDF
A multicriteria stochastic optimization framework for sustainable forest decision making under uncertainty by Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Cristobal Pais, Andrés Weintraub Download PDF
A generalizable monitoring model to implement policies to promote forest restoration – A case study in São Paulo - Brazil by Silvana Ribeiro Nobre, José Guilherme Borges, Luis Diaz-Balteiro, Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez, ... Maria José Zakia Download PDF
Using a decision support system to study impacts of land use policies on wood procurement possibilities of the sawmill industry – A case study at regional and municipal levels by Leena Kärkkäinen, Helena Haakana, Hannu Hirvelä, Tuula Packalen Download PDF
Carbon stocks and timber harvest. Alternative policy approaches for the Great Bear rainforest and their consequences by Verena C. Griess, Cosmin D. Man, Marie-Eve Leclerc, James Tansey, Gary Q. Bull Download PDF
E-praxis: A web-based forest law decision support system for land characterization in Greece by Antonios Athanasiadis, Zacharoula Andreopoulou Download PDF
