PractiSFM

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Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name	Practical Sustainable Forest Management
Has acronym	PractiSFM
Has wiki contact person	Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Has wiki contact e-mail	maarten.nieuwenhuis@ucd.ie

Software identification

Has software	PractiSFM.Software

Description

Has description	The PractiSFM DSS comprises three main modules which control the functionality of the application. This functionality includes production of inventory data entry forms, validation of inventory data, production of stand timber and non-timber forecasts, generation of reports and control of interactive mapping and goal analysis functions.
Has modelling scope	Forest indicators, Ecological indicators, Social indicators, Contribution to forest certification
Has temporal scale	Medium term (tactical)
Has spatial context	Spatial with no neighbourhood interrelations
Has spatial scale	Forest level
Has objectives dimension	Multiple objectives
Has related DSS
Has goods and services dimension	Market non-wood products, Market services, Market wood products, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension	Single decision maker
Has forest management goal	afforestation management, carbon sequestration, economic evaluation, non-wood production, silvicultural regime, species selection, water quality, wildlife habitat, yield prediction, wood supply planning, crew and equipment scheduling, multi-functional
Supports tree species
Supports silvicultural regime	even-aged, uneven-aged/plantation

Concrete application

Has typical use case	multi-resource inventory and decision support for sustainable forest management
Has user profile	Non-industrial private owners
Has country	Ireland
Has references about examples of application
Has number of users	<=3
Has number of real-life applications	<=3
Has utilisation in education	used by students
Has research project reference
Has tool dissemination

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques	PractiSFM.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes	PractiSFM.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation	PractiSFM.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development	PractiSFM.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website
Has online demo
Has manual	No
Has technical documentation	No
Has reference

Non-wood forest products

Has NWFP support	PractiSFM.deer

Non-wood forest products

Has NWFP support	PractiSFM.dead wood

Non-wood forest products

Has NWFP support	PractiSFM.landscape