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Name, responsible organisation and contact person
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CArbon Sequestration MOdel for FORestations
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CASMOFOR
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Zoltán Somogyi
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somogyiz@iif.hu
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Software identification
Description
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The LUCF scenarios were analysed using a carbon accounting model called CASMOFOR. It is a powerful tool as it creates a synthesis of all the best data on the Hungarian forests at country level. It can currently be downloaded from the http://www.scientia.hu/casmofor website.
CASMOFOR stands for CArbon Sequestration MOdel for FORestations. It originally was designed as a carbon accounting model framework that uses Hungarian specific forestry data. In previous versions, it only contained some forest growth and yield tables, as well as some silvicultural data. Over the years, it has become a clearinghouse of domestic data from major research fields. Currently it contains relevant information concerning forest growth and yield, silviculture, forest economics, as well as forest carbon and carbon economics for most Hungarian forest types.
CASMOFOR is a model that was previously developed for research purposes and to support decision making concerning afforestations with the aim of sequestering carbon. The main purpose has remained the same in the latest version: to support decision makers with up-to-date information related to the amount of
carbon that can be sequestered by afforested areas, as well as to how costly this type of carbon sequestration may be
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Forest indicators, Ecological indicators
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| Has temporal scale
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Long term (strategic)
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| Has spatial context
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Spatial with neighbourhood interrelations
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Regional/national level
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Multiple objectives
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| Has goods and services dimension
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| Has decision making dimension
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| Has forest management goal
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afforestation management, carbon sequestration, climate change impact, economic evaluation
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| Supports tree species
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| Supports silvicultural regime
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Concrete application
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public land managers (i.e. state-owned / federal / cantonal / communal forests)
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Hungary
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N/A
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Decision support techniques used in the DSS
Support of Knowledge Management
Support of social participation
DSS development
Documentation
The website www.scientia.hu/casmofor contains all information, including bibliography, model description and others
