Decision support systems for forest management: A comparative analysis and assessment

M Segura, D Ray, C Maroto - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Decision Support Systems (DSS) are essential tools for forest management
practitioners to help take account of the many environmental, economic, administrative, legal …

Optimisation in forest management

A Kaya, P Bettinger, K Boston, R Akbulut, Z Ucar… - Current Forestry …, 2016 - Springer
The field of forestry has employed various computer-assisted optimisation approaches since
the early 1960s to address the efficient allocation of resources towards various forest …

Let the citizens map—public participation GIS as a planning support system in the Helsinki master plan process

M Kahila-Tani, A Broberg, M Kyttä… - Planning Practice & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Current public participation methods are laborious, reach few participants and are ineffective
at gathering usable information for planning. This situation leads often to mistrust and …

[HTML][HTML] Forest use suitability: Towards decision-making-oriented sustainable management of forest ecosystem services

G Krsnik, KM Reynolds, P Murphy, S Paplanus… - Geography and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Management of forest lands considering multi-functional approaches is the basis to sustain
or enhance the provision of specific benefits, while minimizing negative impacts to the …

Spatiotemporal analysis of ecological vulnerability and management in the Tarim River Basin, China

L Xue, J Wang, L Zhang, G Wei, B Zhu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tarim River Basin (TRB) is an extremely arid area in China, suffering from dry
climate and intense human activities, which have brought about significant changes in …

Extension, advice and knowledge systems for private forestry: Understanding diversity and change across Europe

A Lawrence, P Deuffic, T Hujala, L Nichiforel… - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The decisions and actions of private forest owners are important for the delivery of forest
goods and services. Both forest ownership, and policies related to forest owners, are …

A multiple criteria approach for negotiating ecosystem services supply targets and forest owners' programs

JG Borges, S Marques, J Garcia-Gonzalo… - Forest …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Land tenure heterogeneity may be an obstacle to forested landscape-level management
planning and the provision of ecosystem services. This research focused on the potential of …

A multi-criteria decision support system for strategic planning at the Swiss forest enterprise level: coping with climate change and shifting demands in ecosystem …

T Thrippleton, C Blattert, LG Bont, R Mey… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sustainable forest management plays a key role for forest biodiversity and the provisioning
of ecosystem services (BES), including the important service of carbon sequestration for …

Decision-making in forestry: A review of the hybridisation of multiple criteria and group decision-making methods

E Ortiz-Urbina, J González-Pachón, L Diaz-Balteiro - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
The degree of complexity in forest management has increased in the last few decades, not
only due to the inclusion of specific new issues (eg, climate change, social protection, etc.) …

Evaluating collaborative planning methods supporting programme-based planning in natural resource management

H Vacik, M Kurttila, T Hujala, C Khadka, A Haara… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Programme-based Planning of Natural Resources (PBPNR) is an evolving
planning frame for solving complex land use, environmental and forest management …