Optimisation modelling of sustainable forest management at the regional level: an Australian example

Turner, B. J.; Chikumbo, Oliver; Davey, S. M.

doi:10.1016/s0304-3800(01)00508-7

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“…The availability and growth potential of fast growing clones is still a matter of research and debate hence we attempted to represent a wide range of possible growth rates. Relatively few studies have developed spatially explicit models (Bateman and Lovett, 2000;Turner et al, 2002). Our model explicitly incorporates wood and bioenergy values and plantation establishment and maintenance costs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cost estimates for carbon sequestration from fast growing poplar plantations in Canada

McKenney

Yemshanov

Fox

et al. 2004

Forest Policy and Economics

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cost estimates for carbon sequestration from fast growing poplar plantations in Canada

McKenney

Yemshanov

Fox

et al. 2004

Forest Policy and Economics

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“…The availability of the data can determine the usage of indicators [139]. The C&I are foremost used as political tools [9,107], and thereby their usage in direct decision-making is scarce.…”

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Decision Support in Assessing the Sustainable Use of Forests and Other Natural Resources - A Comparative Review

Myllyviita¹,

Hujala²,

Kangas³

et al. 2011

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Various decision support methods are used to support the sustainable use of natural resources, but there is little evidence about these methods' actual performances. In this study, 35 carefully selected papers assessing the sustainable use of natural resources were evaluated. The evaluated papers utilized one of the following methods: optimization, costbenefit analysis (CBA) and monetary valuation methods, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) or hybrid approaches. Each method supported sustainability in a different manner. Optimization and CBA case studies rarely involved stakeholders and social sustainability was less processed. Monetary valuation case studies showed a regular participation of the general public, but in a passive role. Experts and stakeholders with an active role were typical participants in MCDA and hybrid case studies. Internationally and nationally defined indicators of sustainability were scarcely used because indicators were frequently defined by stakeholders or the authors of the studied papers. It was presumed that international and national indicators were unsuitable for local use. Sustainability indicators typically took both the quantitative and qualitative form, including gaps and uncertainties. MCDA could be a suitable method for assessing sustainability because it has no strict requirements on the form of the data, and the participation of stakeholders is comprehensive. For the problem structuring phase, however, MCDA might not provide efficient tools. The ideal method for assessing the sustainable use of natural resources could be a hybrid of two methods with different approaches: qualitative methods could be used in the problem structuring process, whereas quantitative methods could be used when priorities and thresholds are assessed.

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“…Studies in a forestry context have suggested that proper sustainable forest management (SFM) will depend on the balance between its three pillars (environmental, social and economic) and their indicators [2][3][4]. Ecosystem services (ES) are a utilitarian concept which may prove useful to identify this balance [5].…”

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A Linear Programming Model to Biophysically Assess Some Ecosystem Service Synergies and Trade-Offs in Two Irish Landscapes

Corrigan

Nieuwenhuis

2016

Forests

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Ecosystem service provisions are becoming more frequently used to assess land-use related conflicts in recent decades. This study investigates the current spatial and research information available to quantify ecosystem services relative to forest land-use planning in Ireland. A model is developed using the linear-programming method in Remsoft's Woodstock platform. This model is applied to two case study areas in Ireland: Western Peatlands and Newmarket. Each case study area was chosen to assess a unique issue in the Irish and European context on the provision of ecosystem services. Western Peatlands was chosen to assess the effects of forest and alternative land-use options and Newmarket was chosen to investigate the effect of afforestation. The synergies and trade-offs of biophysically optimising the provisions of each ecosystem service are presented and discussed. The study quantitatively determines that trade-offs among provisions of some ecosystem services are required when optimising an ecosystem service while other ecosystem services are synergistic when the provision of a single ecosystem service is optimised.

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Optimisation modelling of sustainable forest management at the regional level: an Australian example

Cited by 23 publications

References 19 publications

Cost estimates for carbon sequestration from fast growing poplar plantations in Canada

Cost estimates for carbon sequestration from fast growing poplar plantations in Canada

Decision Support in Assessing the Sustainable Use of Forests and Other Natural Resources - A Comparative Review

A Linear Programming Model to Biophysically Assess Some Ecosystem Service Synergies and Trade-Offs in Two Irish Landscapes

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