Decision Analysis and Optimal Strategies for Forest Operations and Management
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Operations and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 556
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest operations; timber harvesting systems; bioenergy; logistics; ergonomics & safety; time & motion studies; productivity study; optimization; artificial intelligence; recovery of waste wood material
Interests: wood and biomass supply chain optimization; sensor technology; transport optimization; forest planning; timber harvesting systems
Interests: forest mechanization; productivity; NDT evaluation and wood quality; measuring wood properties; wood technology; wood engineering; urban forestry; agro-forestry biomass; sustainable agro-forestry management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the last two decades, sustainable forest management (SFM) has already been expanded to a multifunctional perspective, following social progress to favor soil and water protection, biodiversity, and climate aspects. In this context, forestry has been several steps ahead, accumulating a wealth of experience regarding the application of the SFM principles. Recently, increasing demand for forest products has been improving the profitability of valid forest management, which will have long-lasting positive effects on forest resources. In the case of wood, traditional uses like building materials, furniture, or packaging will be complemented by new products emerging from technological developments driven by bio-based economies. In forestry operations, the sustainability concepts with their principles and environmental indicators are based on using forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, and vitality.
This Special Issue aims to welcome contributions related to Decision Analysis and Optimal Strategies for Forest Operations and Management. Review and research papers are suitable contributions. In particular, contributions covering the following sub-topics are welcome: innovative machines or work methods; technology developments applied to forest operations management, monitoring, or control; life cycle and other sustainability analyses of these activities; safety improvements regarding work techniques, tools, and machines; analysis and evaluation of environmental impacts caused by machinery in forest operations; and finally, assessment of wood quality in the forest wood supply chain through the development of Non-Destructive Technologies (NDTs) capable of predicting the intrinsic properties of wood from individual standing trees to the final product.
Dr. Salvatore F. Papandrea
Dr. Stanimir Stoilov
Dr. Andrea R. Proto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest operations
- sustainability
- wood
- fuel consumption
- life cycle analysis
- bioenergy policy
- advanced monitoring systems
- mechanization
- green logistics
- sustainable transportation
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