Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners

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Has full name	Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners
Has country	Austria
Has location	Carinthia, southern Austria
Has responsible organisation	Forestry extension services
Has type of owner organization	local administration, research institution
Has related DSS	DSD
Has start date	2000
Has end date	2005
Has DSS development stage	Use
Has decision stage	design, choice
Has temporal scale	Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical)
Has spatial context	Non spatial
Has spatial scale	Stand level
Has decision making dimension	Single decision maker
Has objectives dimension	Multiple objectives
Has goods and services dimension	Market wood products, Non-market services
Has working group theme	Models & techniques, Knowledge management
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Has description	The analysis and selection of silvicultural treatment alternatives for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) karst.) stands in southern Austria is supported. The DSS supports the forest resource management consultation process with forest landowners in order to evaluate silvicultural approaches to stand management in the project area and conversion programs.
Has reference	Vacik H., Lexer M.J. and Englisch M. 2004. Einsatz des Decision Support Systems DSD v1.1 zur Unterstützung der forstlichen Beratung im Landesforstdienst. Forstarchiv 75 (5): 1-11. Lexer, M.J., Vacik, H., Palmetzhofer, D. and Oitzinger, G. 2005. A decision support tool to improve forestry extension services for small private landowners in southern Austria. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 49, 1: 81-102.
Has wiki contact person	Harald Vacik
Has wiki contact e-mail	harald.vacik(a)boku.ac.atURIs of the form "harald.vacik(a)boku.ac.at" are not allowed.
Has DSS development	Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners.Description of DSS development
Has decision support techniques	Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners.Decision support techniques
Has knowledge management processes	Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners.Knowledge management process
Has support for social participation	Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners.Support of social participation

• has related Lesson:Enlarged decision space, Projection of stand development increases knowledge base, Provide missing help-documentation service