Abstract

The study presents a new approach for aggregating stands for harvest in strategic forest planning. In fragmented landscapes this could benefit nature conservation as well as reduce costs. The approach is built on the idea of minimizing the outside perimeter of contiguous harvest areas. The formulation allows for the use of exact solution methods such as mixed integer programming. The method was tested in a landscape consisting of 2821 stands. The application showed that large and compact harvest areas were created with limited sacrifice of financial value. The mixed integer programs were in most cases solved within a couple of hours. The method needs to be tested on different landscapes with different degrees of fragmentation. It is also necessary to evaluate the long term consequences of the large clear cuts that appear to be a consequence of this problem formulation.

Keywords

harvest scheduling; mixed integer programming; optimization; spatial consideration; trade off

Published in

Silva Fennica
2010, Volume: 44, number: 1, article number: 457
Publisher: Finnish Society of Forest Science, Finnish Forest Research Institute

SLU Authors

• Öhman, Karin

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Eriksson, Ola

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.457

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/30817