Abstract

The Prognosis and Availability Toolbox for Forest Management Support
Track: Forestry
Authors: Felipe Verdú, Kjell Anders Vikan

This paper describes the Prognosis and Availability tools created by Geodata for Statskog. These tools are created based on a new overall strategy for forest management in Statskog. These tools are meant to be used from a toolbox in ArcGIS Desktop or through a friendly web interface (i.e. Sharepoint, using ArcGIS Server) on a daily basis. The main goal for this toolbox is to describe and forecast both the biologic and economic state of the forest, as well as the amount of CO2 that will accumulate in the following 100 years. By using the Availability tool, areas that are suitable for forest management will be highlighted and prioritized. The use of these tools will be demonstrated in a practical case using a real forest compartments data set