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Multioptforest: An Interactive Multi-objective Optimization Tool For Forest Planning And Scenario Analysis.

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Multioptforest: An Interactive Multi-objective Optimization Tool For Forest Planning And Scenario Analysis.

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MultiOptForest: An interactive multi-objective optimization tool for forest planning and scenario analysis.

Kyle Eyvindson^1,2, Daniel Burgas^3,4, 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

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MultiOptForest software helps balance forest ecosystem services and biodiversity using multi-objective optimization. It generates Pareto optimal solutions for sustainable forest management planning.

Keywords:

Multi-objective optimization forest planning interactive decision making scenario assessment

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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.