scholarly journals The Validation of the Mixedwood Growth Model (MGM) for Use in Forest Management Decision Making

Forests ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Bokalo ◽  
Kenneth Stadt ◽  
Philip Comeau ◽  
Stephen Titus
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Growth Model ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Management Decision Making

Forest Management Decision-Making: Art or Science?

1981 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 233-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Simulation Modeling ◽  
Forest Planning ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Techniques ◽  
Making Art

This paper describes an approach to forest management decision-making. Acknowledging both objective and subjective elements, the approach offers a methodology to encourage more creative design in forest planning. It uses the descriptive capabilities of simulation modeling in tandem with the prescriptive capabilities of graphical evaluation techniques, to facilitate the use and interpretation of technical forestry information in decision-making problems. It emphasizes a need for an overview of long-term resource behavior as a prerequisite to, and a framework for, forest planning.

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
D B Tindall ◽  
H W Harshaw ◽  
S R.J. Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
General Public ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Social Bases ◽  
Management Decision Making

This study draws upon the results of a survey of the general public in three communities in British Columbia to examinethe social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making at both the local andprovincial levels. The main findings are that those members of the general public who are relatively more biocentricallyoriented (as indicated by the NEP Scale) are less satisfied, and those who have acquaintanceship ties to people employedin the forestry sector are more satisfied. Women and those with more education were less satisfied (at the provincial level),and Vancouver residents were more satisfied (compared to Kelowna and Armstrong residents). Overall, satisfaction withpublic participation in forest management decision-making was relatively low. It was, however, slightly higher at the locallevel than at the provincial scale. Policy and research implications of this study are discussed.Key words: social networks, public participation, gender, New Ecological Paradigm, satisfaction with forest management,and sustainable forest management

Using Fire in Forest Management: Decision Making Under Uncertainty

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 8-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cohan ◽  
Stephen M. Haas ◽  
David L. Radloff ◽  
Richard F. Yancik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Decision Making Under Uncertainty ◽  
Management Decision Making
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