Call for papers for SI in Journal of Forest Policy and Economics
Call for papers for the special issue "Models and tools for integrated forest policy analysis" in the Journal of Forest Policy and Economics (FORPOL)
Background and objective
Decision-making processes on forests in Europe are characterized by an enormous diversity in institutional and political framework conditions. Although there is no common forest policy at the level of the European Union, a lot of interrelations and dependencies between local, subnational, national and supranational level exist. In addition to forest-focused policies, developed by forest authorities on the different levels, forest-related policies covering issues such as biodiversity, climate change, trade and others, are playing an increasing role. In general, there is a clear need to improve policy and management approaches in order to deliver the ecosystem services demanded by society. The theme of the intended Special Issue 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)”. It aims at improving understanding and capacities in the use of forestry decision support tools for integrated policy analysis. Namely in investigating existing models, methods and/or decision support systems (DSS) for forestrelated policy analysis at multiple levels and its application in real case studies. A special focus will be on the information provided by different types of decision support tools at different scales and on the benefits and limitations of the resulting outputs. Currently, little information is available about decision support tools used for forest-policy development. Thus, the objective of this special issue is to present examples of how different models, methods and DSS have been used to support forest-related policy development. In addition, benefits and limitations of the approaches presented will be investigated and assessed to draw best practices considerations from the applications. Particular attention
should be paid to forest-related policy fields such as biodiversity, climate change, bioenergy, trade and green economy.
Guidelines for abstracts
Papers should be submitted by September 30, 2016, at the latest. Please check the link of the journal to read the guide for authors: (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-andeconomics)
the short title of the special issue is “ModelsFPanalysis”. The Special Issue will be available in the submission system from the beginning of July when the authors may submit their contributions.
Although the theme is related to the work developed in ORCHESTRA the special issue welcomes the submission of manuscripts that report research on models and tools for integrated forest policy analysis even if not be developed within the framework of this Cost Action.
Time schedule for publication
Submission of full papers: 30th October 2016.
The deadline to submit the revised manuscripts will be one month after the first revision round has been completed. The whole review and revision process will be completed by December 31st, 2016.
Guest editors
Dr. Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo. Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC). Solsona, Spain.
Prof. Dr. Jose G. Borges Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Dr. Eva-Maria Nordström. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.
Dr. Nana O. Bonsu. University College of Dublin · School of Agricultural & Food Sciences Department.
Contact
Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo
Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC)
Carretera Sant Llorenç, Km.2
(Direcció Port del Comte)
E25280 Solsona (Lleida)
Telèfon +34 973 48 17 52. Ext.: 211 - Fax +34 973 48 41 91
www.ctfc.cat
http://www.cemfor.cat/?page_id=816
email: j.garcia@ctfc.es
COST Action FP 1207: Orchestrating forest-related policy analysis in Europe (ORCHESTRA)
More information: http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fps/Actions/FP1207
