Integrated Forest Management System

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IFMS
Integrated Forest Management System
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Components of an IFMS
Forestry Information
Forestry Information System - Multi-layered
database Photo-interpreted data, permanent
sample plots, operational cruise data, scaling
data, processed information (such as yield and
volume tables) - Descriptions of the
forest Forest types, stand dynamics, habitat,
operability - Used by all planning levels
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Components of an IFMS
Forestry Information
GIS
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Components of an IFMS
GIS - Repository of all physical data - Generates
secondary data (spatial relationships, strata,
overlays) - Graphical presentation of solutions
to decision-makers
GIS
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Components of an IFMS
Long-Term Strategic Planning
Long-Term Strategic Planning
Long-Term Strategic Planning - Ensures
sustainability of all major resources -
Optimization used to facilitate trade-offs
between competing objectives - Generally
aspatial, but with spatial referencing
capability - Linkage to inventory and business
information systems
Forestry Information
GIS
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Components of an IFMS
Long-Term Strategic Planning
Tactical/Strategic Planning
Tactical/Strategic Planning
Tactical/Strategic Planning - Often first level
of spatial planning - The strategic plan is
located spatially while satisfying operational,
wildlife and silvicultural concerns - Concerned
with creation and scheduling of blocks -
Planning for optimum operable block size,
contiguous habitat, habitat corridors,
green-up delays) - May require advanced
landscape modeling
Forestry Information
GIS
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Components of an IFMS
Long-Term Strategic Planning
Tactical/Strategic Planning
Tactical/Operational Planning -
Optimization-based - Block/System/Season/Year -
Block/Mill/Season/Year - Roads to be built -
Equipment to be purchased - Results must be
compared to higher-level plans
Forestry Information
Tactical/Operational Planning
Tactical/Operational Planning
GIS
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Components of an IFMS
Long-Term Strategic Planning
Tactical/Strategic Planning
Forestry Information
Tactical/Operational Planning
GIS
Annual Operational Planning - Detailed scheduling
of activities - Detailed budgeting - Analysis of
implementability - Closely linked to operational
control systems
Annual Operational Planning
Annual Operational Planning
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Components of an IFMS
Long-Term Strategic Planning
Tactical/Strategic Planning
Forestry Information
Tactical/Operational Planning
GIS
Annual Operational Planning
Operational Monitoring Control - Detailed
reporting on operational results - Detailed cost
tracking - Comparison of costs performance to
budget and plan
Operational Monitoring Control
Operational Monitoring Control
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IFMS Summary

• Provides decision support for Forest Managers at
  all levels of the hierarchy
• Integration of Long, Medium and Short-term Forest
  Management
• Strategic Planning
• Tactical Planning
• Operational Planning
• Operational Control/Monitoring
• Resource Monitoring

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IFMS Summary

• All levels of planning and monitoring are linked
  (vertical temporal linkage)
• Major division, departments and functions are
  linked (horizontal linkage)
• Decisions should be based on what is best OVERALL
  for the organization

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Conventional IFMS and GIS Linkages
Integrated Forest Management System Pre-PORTeL
IFMS Linkages
Conventional IFMS and GIS Linkages
ForMAX
OperMAX
OP-PLAN
GIS
FIS
CTS
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PORTeLs place in anIntegrated Forest Management
System
PORTeLs place in an Integrated Forest Management
System
IFMS with PORTeL Technology
ForMAX
OperMAX
OP-PLAN
PORTeL
PORTeL
PORTeL
GIS
FIS
CTS
PORTeL
PORTeL
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PORTeL The Concept
PORTeL The Concept

• Concept Provide forestry and land managers with
  spatial visualization and spatial analysis
  capability within the tools and applications they
  use to do their work.
• Acts as an interface for working with
  applications (inventory, planning or monitoring
  programs) and viewing results.
• Managers can use the map interface to
  drag-and-drop selections into the applications,
  do queries, classify inputs and results.
• Managers can also draw roads, mills and polygons
  on their own layers without disturbing the basic
  cartography, while still allowing them to share
  plans (roads, etc) with other users.
• Spatial analysis capability allows route
  analysis, calculation of road distances and so
  on, facilitating data entry and calculation.

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FIS

• Entry, Processing and Presentation of Forest
  Inventory Information
• Statistical Analysis of Entered Data
• Reports on volumes, values and other information
  required for decision-making
• Reports on projected growth and yields based upon
  formulae
• Most reports are in the form of tables and graphs
• Linkage to GIS allows mapping of forest areas and
  inventory results

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Inventory summaries of volumes, values and other
factors can be viewed for individual forest
stands or at various levels of aggregation
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Historical inventory data can be used to track
the development of important factors in an
individual forest stand over time
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If growth and yield information is available,
projections of forest volumes and values can be
made
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Use of PORTeL or linkage to GIS allows stands to
be located on maps, or reports generated using
spatial referencing
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With PORTeL, managers can access all of the
inventory data, undertake spatial analyses and
obtain reports (as tables or graphs) using a map
interface.
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PORTeL screen can be resized, maximized or
minimized at any time.
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FIS allows managers to classify their data while
PORTeL allows them to view it in a way that is
visually pleasing.