Forest ecosystem management research is one of the hot spots and difficulties in forest sustainability development. Because this, this paper constructs a framework “integrated value assessment-transition point analysis-management strategy decision” from perspective integrated assessment its decision to maintain integrity, continuity, stability function. The model universally applicable, we obta...

By combining a spatially explicig individual-based population simulation model with a geographic information systerrg we have simulated the potential effects o f a US. Forest Service management p lan on the population dynamics o f Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) at the Savannah River Site, a U.S. Department o f Energy facility in South Carolir~ Although the Forest Service's management ...

A multiple of stakeholder goals, regarding natural resource utilisation, are integrated into an overall provincial strategic forest and fisheries utilisation decision support system providing a platform for defining tactical forest planning objectives within a 10-year planning horizon. The case study area is a 5362 ha mangrove forest enterprise, divided into a buffer zone and a full protection ...

Payments for ecosystem services offer the potential to financially benefit landowners in exchange for active forest management. Given their nontimber focus, such payments might be particularly attractive to those owners who do not participate in typical forestry programs. To investigate, we surveyed “nonparticipating” Wisconsin landowners to assess their interest in possible payments for ecosys...

The reality of protected area management is that enforcing forest and park boundaries is costly and so most likely incomplete, due in part to the pressures exerted on the boundaries by local people who often have traditionally relied on the park resources. Buffer zones are increasingly being proposed and implemented to protect both forest resources and livelihoods. Developing a spatially-explic...

Using a spatially explicit forest management model called OPTIONS simulation analyses are conducted to investigate the impact of intensive management practices, rotation age, and harvest level on long-term wood production, harvest opportunities, and resource sustainability. The initial forest inventory is compiled from datasets of the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory Analysis Unit, various ...

wildfire in forests and rangelands, apart from its initiating causes, is considered as an ecological disaster. zoning natural areas according to their susceptibility to fire helps to put off operations and reduces catastrophic losses caused through a wise management plan. in this study, the zoning map of wildfire risk in forest and rangeland areas has been produced using gis, analytical hierarc...

Purpose – This paper aims to develop an appropriate earthquake disaster management system for Iranian schools with a main focus on non-structural problems of schools during disasters. Design/methodology/approach – A framework is proposed for disaster management planning regarding earthquakes in three phases: before, during, and after an earthquake. A detailed description of the proposed managem...

The multiplicity of forest products and their uses, and the conflicts it may cause among the stakeholders and various interests makes forestry planning in India to be considerably complex. The particular features of forestry, namely: its long gestation period and investment horizon (often not matching with the social time preference); the difficulty to distinguish between forest capital and inc...