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MultiOptForest: An interactive multi-objective optimization tool for forest planning and scenario analysis
Kyle Eyvindson1,2, Daniel Burgas3,4, Clara Antón-Fernández5
1Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet, Ås, NO-1432, Norway.
Open Research Europe
|February 11, 2025
Summary
MultiOptForest software helps balance forest ecosystem services and biodiversity using multi-objective optimization. It generates Pareto optimal solutions for sustainable forest management planning.
Area of Science:
- Forestry and Environmental Science
- Computational Ecology
- Operations Research
Background:
- Forest planning requires balancing multiple, often conflicting, objectives such as ecosystem services and biodiversity.
- Developing optimal management strategies for diverse forest landscapes is complex and computationally intensive.
- Existing tools may lack the flexibility to integrate various data sources or user preferences for multi-objective optimization.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce MultiOptForest, an open-source software for multi-objective optimization in forest planning.
- To enable the identification of optimal management portfolios that balance competing forest ecosystem services and biodiversity goals.
- To provide a user-friendly platform for exploring trade-offs in forest management decisions.
Main Methods:
- Development of an open-source software tool, MultiOptForest.
- Flexible data import from various forest simulator outputs.
- User-defined preference input via a graphical interface, including objective ranges.
- Application of multi-objective optimization algorithms to generate Pareto optimal solutions.
Main Results:
- MultiOptForest successfully simplifies the process of building and solving multi-objective optimization problems for forest planning.
- The software produces a set of Pareto optimal solutions, illustrating trade-offs between different forest management objectives.
- Demonstrated versatility in application from small forest holdings to regional-scale planning.
Conclusions:
- MultiOptForest provides a valuable tool for researchers and practitioners in sustainable forest management.
- The software facilitates informed decision-making by visualizing trade-offs between ecosystem services and biodiversity.
- It supports the design of robust forest management plans that address complex policy objectives.
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