Forest Planning and Operations Management

photo: Iwan Wästerlund & Tomas Lämås

The field of activities comprise of research, development and education in forest planning and technology. The section is responsible for the Heureka unit that develops software for forest management planning and analysis. It is also responsible for the research school FIRST that in collaboaration with the forestry sector performs research in forest technology. In addition, the section is responsible for a package of graduate courses in the forestry education programme focussing on the supply chain. The section is part of several international projects. Read more.

Facts

Main assignment

To think smart on complicated issues

Competence areas

Forest Planning

Forest Operations Management

Projects

Heureka

Cost - forest management decision support systems

FIRST

Forest Power

Contact person

Tomas Nordfjell

Staff

Publications

Lindroos O Burström L. 2010. Accident rates and types among self-employed private forest owners. Accidents Analysis and Prevention 42/6:1729-1735

Nordström E-M. et al. 2010. Integrating multiple criteria decision analysis in participatory forest planning: experience from a case study in northern Sweden. Forest Policy and Economics 12/8:562-574.

Nordfjell T et al. 2010. Changes in technical performance, mechanical availability and prices of machines used in forest operations in Sweden from 1985 to 2010. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 25/4:383-389.

MSc thesis

Karlsson D. Performance for comminution of logging residues with different types of machines. Arbetsrapport 290

Sjödin A. 2010. The role of informations flow in the quality of harvesting operations. Arbetsrapport 292

Karlsson M. 2009. Data and methodology for yield forecast: a study at Medelpads forest district. Arbetsrapport 294.

News

2011-01-26 - What do forest owners want with their associations?
This spring SLU will start a new project to study the future of the forest owners associations. For associations in general it is adamant to rejuvenate themselves.

2010-11-18 - NFI data now available in Gapminder
Data from the National Forest Inventory is now available in Hans Rosling’s award winning Gapminder program. Users can now examine forest variables for the whole world based on data from the UNs FAO (Food...

2010-09-24 - New statistics from the Swedish National Forest Inventory
The amount of dead wood in Sweden's forests has increased by more than 25% since the 1990's and continues to rise. Even the total standing volume continues to increase and has now passed 3100 million cubic...

2010-08-24 - Publication on status and changes in the southern swedish forests
A report studying the status and change in forests with high natural value in southern Sweden has been published by Frank Götmark in the botanical journal Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift. The Swedish National...

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