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Future vision: Forestry decision makers utilise modern decision support tools and make better decisions. The developed methods and processes support knowledge management by supporting the production, collection and analysis of essential information in decision making.

This space is the online collaboration site of the research network "Methods and processes of decision making in forestry" http://www.metla.fi/org/dm/ (See the related Symposium contribution Wiki challenge for research networks (en) for IUFRO Division VI workshop at Saariselkä, August 2007.)

              Picture: Anna Seppo

Members

• Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)
• University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences
• University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences
• Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
• Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OAMK), School of Renewable Natural Resources
• Metsämonex Ltd
• Simosol Oy

Projects and initiatives

• Leonardo da Vinci project 2010-2012 "TRACOPI- Enhancing local program based innovation and development - a landscape and natural resources perspective"
• NordPlus project 2009-2011 "Social networks and peer-to-peer learning among family forest owners"
• Academy of Finland project 2009-2012 "Bridging the gap between qualitative problem structuring and quantitative decision analysis in forestry"
• Metla research project "Forest owners' decision situations and pluralistic decision support"
• COST Action FORSYS (FP0804) 2009-2012 "Forest management decision support systems"

Conference abstracts

• Kyle Eyvindson et al. 2011: Interactively determining preferences for a discrete decision problem through goal programming
• Teppo Hujala et al. 2011: Promises and drawbacks of peer-to-peer learning in Finnish family forestry
• Katri Korhonen et al. 2011: Family forest owners’ voluntary biodiversity protection - decision support network, satisfaction and perceived difficulties
• Mikko Kurttila et al. 2011: Sustainability in hierarchical forest planning -- Multi-criteria evaluation of country-level alternatives in state-owned forests
• Mirja Rantala et al. 2011: Assessing socio-cultural impacts of ecosystem services – a Finnish case study related to biodiversity maintenance projects
• Jukka Tikkanen et al. 2011: Challenges in planning forest landscapes dominated by private land ownership and mass tourism - a case study from North East Finland
• Outi Virkkula and Teppo Hujala 2011: Talk-in-interaction analysis enhancing collaborative learning in a forest advisory encounter
• See a longer list of conference contributions

Publications and manuscripts

• Selected references
• Papers being prepared (permissions required)