IUFRO Unit 4.04.04—Sustainable Forest Management Scheduling is
sponsoring a Special Issue on Decision
Support Systems (DSS) for the Analysis of Pathways that Optimize
Ecosystem Services Provision in the journal Land (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/land)
.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts for publication in this Land special issue (SI).
The task of balancing the many demands on forests places policy
makers and forest owners in need of reliable, valid, and
comprehensive decision support systems (DSS) for the analysis of
forest management strategies. In particular, there is a necessity
for DSSs that support the development of long-term strategies for
landscapes and regions where the complex interdependence of
different ecosystem services and other values is accounted for.
The objectives of this Special Issue are to gather knowledge of
the current state of the art of forest decision support
technologies and methods to identify new directions of DSS
development. Papers submitted for publication in this Special
Issue will undergo a rigorous peer review process with the aim of
prompt and wide dissemination of research results and
applications.
More information at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/ecosystem_services_provision
Best regards,
Jose
-- José G. Borges Associate Professor of Forest Management and Economics Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon https://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/en/cef/about Coordinator of EMMC Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR) http://www.medfor.eu/ Coordinator of IUFRO Group Sustainable forest management scheduling http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40400/40404/ https://publons.com/researcher/894961/jose-g-borges/ http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=v5ZUmqkAAAAJ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J_Borges