Forestry and Land Use Planning

USING INTERACTIVE FOREST PLANNING MODELS AND VISUALISATION TO ASSESS PUBLIC PREFERENCES FOR TRADE-OFFS AMONG POSSIBLE SFM FUTURES

• Partners: Slocan Forest Products, WoodFlow Systems Corp.
• Project description
• Co-applicants: Thomas Maness (PI), Erin Bayne, Robert Kozak, Tim McDaniels, Stephen Sheppard
• Collaborators: Jan Aune (WoodFlow Systems), Scott Herron (Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service), Len Hunt (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources), David Price (Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forestry Service)
• Project Team: (besides people above) Howard Harshaw, Olaf Schwab
• Status: in-progress

LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING METHODS TO MAXIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIETAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS

• Partners: Slocan Forest Products, Tembec Industries Inc., WoodFlow Systems Corp.
• Project description
• Research Team: Jan Aune, Mark Boyland, Reg Davis, Duane Foley, Howie Harshaw, Kate Maness, Thomas Maness, Paul Picard, Catalin Ristea, Andre Schuetz, Olaf Schwab, Brad Seely, Ralph Wells
• The C&I Targets and Thresholds Working Group held the 3-T Workshop on 24 February 2004 at UBC, Vancouver. More details about the workshop here. Team members can access presentations from this workshop at the links below:
  (anyone who would like access to these presentations, please contact Catalin Ristea 604-822-8232 or by e-mail)
  • Thomas Maness: Model Review and Objectives (PDF)
  • Mark Boyland: Decision Unit Creation (PDF)
  • Ralph Wells: Strategy for Biodiversity Criterion (PDF)
  • Brad Seely: Forest Growth Issues (PDF)
  • Howard Harshaw: Outdoor Recreation (PDF)
• Status: Completed

DETERMINING THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT USING CRITERIA AND INDICATORS WITH DIFFERING PRIORITIES

• Partners: Slocan Forest Products, WoodFlow Systems Corp.
• Project description
• Research Team: Thomas Maness, Duane Foley, Andre Schuetz, Katie Maness
• Status: Completed

• Partners: NSERC, CFS, WoodFlow Systems Corp., Slocan Forest Products
• Project description
• Research Team: Thomas Maness, Marian Marinescu, Ross Farrell, Andre Schuetz, Duane Foley
• Status: Completed
• Reports: 3 papers in progress (Marian Marinescu, Taraneh Sowlati, Thomas Maness)

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Maness, T.C. and Norton, S.E. 2002. Multiple Period Combined Optimization Approach to Forest Production Planning. Scand. J. For. Res. 17: 460-471, 2002

Kozak, R.A., W.C. Spetic, H.W. Harshaw, T.C. Maness and S.R.J. Sheppard.  2009. Public priorities for sustainable forest management in six forest dependent communities of British Columbia. Accepted for publication in Canadian Journal of Forest Research. September 2008

Marinescu, M.V. and T.C. Maness.  2008. A multi-criteria timber allocation model integrating sawmilling decisions.  Journal of Forest Products Business Research. 5(7)

Marinescu, M.V., T. Sowlati, and T.C. Maness.  2005.  The development of a timber allocation model using data envelopment analysis.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research.  Vol 35, Nbr. 10, pp. 2304-2315.

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Maness, T.C. and Aune, J.E. 2002. "Evaluating Industrial Ecosystem Management Scenarios using Hierarchical Planning".

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