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| − | |Name=Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment
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| − | |Acronym=ToSIA
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| − | |Responsible organisation=EFI - European Forest Institute
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| − | |Type of the owner organization=other
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| − | |Institutional framework=research prototype (R&D project)
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| − | |Contact person for the Wiki=Diana Tuomasjukka
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| − | |Contact e-mail for the Wiki=tosia@efi.int | + | |
| − | |Contact person for the DSS=Diana Tuomasjukka
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| − | |Contact e-mail for the DSS=tosia@efi.int
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| − | |Additional information=More information about ToSIA can be found at http://tosia.efi.int
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| − | {{DSS description, Scope of the tool | + | {{DSS, Name, responsible organisation and contact person |
| − | |Description=ToSIA has been developed by EFI since 2006.
| + | |Has full name=Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment |
| − | This new decision-support software tool helps policy makers, business planners and other stakeholders to make decisions on issues related to the use of forest and other natural resources, the production and consumption of (wood) products. ToSIA analyses Forest Wood Chains as chains of production processes which are linked by products. Each process is characterized using indicators of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The tool quantifies sustainability impacts of user-defined decision alternatives in policies, management, markets or technology in a transparent way to offer an objective platform for communication and argumentation about sustainable development in the forest based sector.
| + | |Has acronym=ToSIA |
| − | |Modelling dimension=Economical indicators, Forest indicators, Ecological indicators, Social indicators, user defined | + | |Has wiki contact person=Diana Tuomasjukka |
| − | |Temporal scale=long term (strategic), medium term (tactical), short term (operational) | + | |Has wiki contact e-mail=tosia@efi.int |
| − | |Spatial context=non spatial | + | |
| − | |Spatial scale=regional/national level, forest level, stand level | + | |
| − | |Objectives dimension=single objective, multiple objectives
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| − | |Goods and services dimension=market non-wood products, market wood products, market services, non-market services
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| − | |Forest management goal=multi-functional, user defined
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| − | |Supported tree species=any
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| − | |Supported silvicultural regime=even-aged, uneven-aged/natural regeneration, uneven-aged/plantation, coppice system, agroforestry, user defined
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| − | |Decision making dimension=single decision maker, more than one decision maker/stakeholder
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| − | |Participatory planning tasks supported=defining the problem, exploring options, evaluating options, monitoring and evaluating the process, monitoring and evaluating the outcome
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| − | |Additional information=Detailed information about ToSIA can be found at http://tosia.efi.int
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| − | The first versions of ToSIA are the products of the EFORWOOD project financed by the 6th Framework Program of the European Commission (ToSIA 1.0). The further development work of ToSIA has been taken up in the Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) project, Northern ToSIA (ToSIA 2.0).
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| − | The tool is data-driven, so the scope and content of assessment is entirely user-dependent and flexible, as long as value chains with material flow are assessed. Indicators can be selected freely, and new ones can be added if neccessary.
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| − | Further, the use and development is organised in TMUG, the ToSIA Management and User Group. Any organisation interested in using and maybe even further improving ToSIA (an innovative, do-your-own-scenarios Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment) for its further use, dissemination and development is welcome.
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| − | The main purposes of TMUG are to:
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| − | - maintain and promote the further development of the ToSIA tool and data;
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| − | - facilitate the information flow between the members;
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| − | - define the means and conditions by which organisations can have access to ToSIA;
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| − | - keep a record, as far as possible, of development work regarding ToSIA Deliverables.
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| − | More info at http://tosia.efi.int/tmug.html.
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| − | {{DSS description, Concrete application | + | {{DSS, Software identification |
| − | |Typical use case=any baseline-scenario case | + | |Has software=ToSIA.Software |
| − | |User profile=Non-industrial private owners, forest owners associations, commons, national forest administration, NGO, service providers, local communities, local administration, other
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| − | |Country=Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
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| − | |References about examples of application=http://tosia.efi.int/forest-wood-chains.html
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| − | |Number of users=>100
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| − | |Number of real-life applications=<=30
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| − | |Utilisation in education: kind of utilisation (demo, use)=used by students
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| − | |Utilisation in research projects: references=EFORWOOD (www.eforwood.com), Northern ToSIA (www.northerntosia.org), RoKFoR (www.rokfor.eu), BioE-BioD
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| − | |Tool dissemination=TMUG - ToSIA Management and User group
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| − | |Additional information=TMUG is the ToSIA Management and User Group. Any organisation interested in using and maybe even further improving ToSIA (an innovative, do-your-own-scenarios Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment) for its further use, dissemination and development is welcome.
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| − | Details on concrete use applicatiosn can be found here: http://tosia.efi.int/forest-wood-chains.html
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| − | {{DSS description, Installation and support | + | {{DSS, Description |
| − | |Status=used (stable and upgraded/updated recently) | + | |Has description=ToSIA has been developed by EFI since 2006. |
| − | |Accessibility=restricted access | + | |Has modelling scope=Economical indicators, Forest indicators, Ecological indicators, Social indicators, user defined |
| − | |Commercial product=No | + | |Has temporal scale=long term (strategic), medium term (tactical), short term (operational) |
| − | |Deployment cost=N/A | + | |Has spatial context=non spatial |
| − | |Installation requirements=PC, Java | + | |Has spatial scale=regional/national level, forest level, stand level |
| − | |Computational limitations=internet connection required for database use | + | |Has objectives dimension=single objective, multiple objectives |
| − | |User support organization=European Forest Institute (EFI) | + | |Has goods and services dimension=market non-wood products, market wood products, market services, non-market services |
| − | |Support team size=2 | + | |Has decision making dimension=single decision maker, more than one decision maker/stakeholder |
| − | |Maintenance organization=European Forest Institute (EFI) | + | |Has forest management goal=multi-functional, user defined |
| − | |Additional information=Full use of ToSIA requires TMUG membership (http://tosia.efi.int/tmug.html) | + | |Supports tree species=any |
| − | |Price= | + | |Supports silvicultural regime=even-aged, uneven-aged/natural regeneration, uneven-aged/plantation, coppice system, agroforestry, user defined |
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| − | {{DSS description, Data, data model and data management | + | {{DSS, Concrete application |
| − | |Input data requirements=user defined | + | |Has typical use case=any baseline-scenario case |
| − | |Format of the input data=XML, database, spreadsheet, other | + | |Has country=Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States |
| − | |Data validation=missing/wrong data, error handling, logging facilities
| + | |Has number of users=>100 |
| − | |Format of the output data=text file, table, graph, pre-defined report
| + | |Has number of real-life applications=<=30 |
| − | |Internal data management=database, memory only
| + | |Has utilisation in education=used by students |
| − | |Database=Access | + | |Has tool dissemination=TMUG - ToSIA Management and User group |
| − | |GIS integration=N/A, other | + | |
| − | |Data mining=N/A
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| − | |Spatial analysis=outside the model, concept exist and has been tested | + | |
| − | |Additional information=ToSIA is composed of different components (see below) | + | |
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| − | {{DSS description, Models and methods, MBMS, decision support techniques | + | {{DSS, Decision support techniques used in the DSS |
| − | |Forest models=N/A | + | |Has decision support techniques=ToSIA.Decision support techniques |
| − | |Ecological models=N/A
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| − | |Social models=N/A
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| − | |MCDM methods=Other discrete MDCM
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| − | |Optimisation package=N/A
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| − | |Optimisation algorithm=N/A
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| − | |Risk evaluation=N/A, user defined
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| − | |Uncertainty evaluation=Monte Carlo simulation, sensivity analysis
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| − | |Planning scenario=ToSIA is an (ex-ante) sustainability Impact assessment tool. It is based on baseline - scenario comparisons
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| − | {{DSS description, Support of knowledge management process | + | {{DSS, Support of Knowledge Management |
| − | |Supported KM processes=Knowledge Identification, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Assessment, Knowledge Storage
| + | |Has knowledge management processes=ToSIA.Knowledge management process |
| − | |Integrated KM techniques to identify and structure knowledge=Knowledge mapping (e.g. concept map / mind map / ontology), Database | + | |
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| − | {{DSS description, Support of social participation | + | {{DSS, Support of social participation |
| − | |Participatory planning tasks supported=defining the problem, exploring options, evaluating options, monitoring and evaluating the process, monitoring and evaluating the outcome | + | |Has support for social participation=ToSIA.Support of social participation |
| − | |Stakeholder identification support=case definition, boundaries, chain topology, scenarios
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| − | |Planning criteria formation support=indicator and scenario selection
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| − | |Planning process monitoring and evaluation=providing data, comparing results
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| − | |Planning outcome monitoring and evaluation=comparing and analysing results. Add-on analysis tools: MCA, CBA, PA
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| − | {{DSS description, User interface and outputs | + | {{DSS, DSS development |
| − | |User access control=Yes | + | |Has DSS development=ToSIA.Description of DSS development |
| − | |Parameterised GUI=No
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| − | |User-friendliness of GUI=consistency, error handling and recovery, flexibility, guidance and help
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| − | |Map interface=N/A
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| − | |GUI technology=Java Swing, other
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| − | |Additional information=There are two main components with graphical user interfaces:
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| − | a) Database Client with a userinterface for entering data into the database
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| − | b) ToSIA GUI for running, comparing, assessing baseline and scenario results. Includes metadata, table and graphical result presentation, errorhandling, aggregation options, user-defined and standard reports, add-on analysis tools.
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| − | {{DSS description, System design and development | + | {{DSS, Documentation |
| − | |Development start year=2006
| + | |Has website=http://tosia.efi.int/ |
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| + | |Has online demo=http://tosia.efi.int/installation.html |
| − | {{DSS description, Technological architecture, integration with other systems
| + | |Has technical documentation=Yes |
| − | |System type=stand-alone GUI, client-server (desktop)
| + | |Has reference=Updated and full list of papers published in peer-review journals: http://tosia.efi.int/material/publications.html |
| − | |Operating system=Linux/Unix, Windows, OS X
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| − | |Programming language=Java, Delphi
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| − | |Scalability=Yes
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| − | |Interoperability=For the database there is user access control with different access levels.
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| − | |Integration with other systems=Manual integration through manual data entry to the database.
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| − | |Related tools=Excel templates can be generated for expediated data entry.
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| − | {{DSS description, Ongoing development
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| − | |Adaptation effort (man years)=N/A
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| − | |Additional information=for a specific use:
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| − | all of ToSIA is data-driven, adaptation for different purposes is thru data entry. This keeps the specification need to a minimum. If additional elements (e.g. new indicators) are needed, those can be entered by the user.
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| − | further development of ToSIA is planned for GUI, data entry and data handling, analysis tools
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| − | {{DSS description, Documentation
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| − | |Website=http://tosia.efi.int/ | + | |
| − | |Online demo=http://tosia.efi.int/installation.html | + | |
| − | |Manual=Yes | + | |
| − | |Technical documentation=Yes
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| − | |References=Updated and full list of papers published in peer-review journals: http://tosia.efi.int/material/publications.html | + | |
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| − | Selected ones:
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| − | Rosén, K., Lindner, M., Nabuurs, G.-J., Paschalis-Jakubowicz, P., 2012. Challenges in implementing sustainability impact assessment of forest wood chains. European Journal of Forest Research 131(1), 1-5. doi:10.1007/s10342-011-0571-8
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| − | Päivinen, R, Lindner, M, Rosén, K, Lexer, MJ (2012) A concept for assessing sustainability impacts of forestry-wood chains. European Journal of Forest Research, 131(1), 7-19. doi:10.1007/s10342-010-0446-4
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| − | Lindner, M., Werhahn-Mees, W., Suominen, T., Vötter, D., Pekkanen, M., Zudin, S., Roubalova, M., Kneblik, P., Brüchert, F., Valinger, E., Guinard, L., Pizzirani, S., Päivinen, R. (2012). Conducting sustainability impact assessments of forestry-wood chains – examples of ToSIA applications. European Journal of Forest Research, 131(1), 21-34. doi:10.1007/s10342-011-0483-7.
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| − | Pülzl, H., Prokofieva, I., Berg, S., Rametsteiner, E., Aggestam, F., Wolfslehner, B., 2012. Indicator development in sustainability impact assessment: balancing theory and practice. European Journal of Forest Research 131(1), 35-46. doi:10.1007/s10342-011-0547-8
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| − | Lindner, M, Suominen, T, Palosuo, T, Garcia-Gonzales, J, Verweij, P, Zudin, S, Päivinen, R (2010) ToSIA – A Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood-Chains. Ecological Modelling 221: 2197–2205. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.08.006
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| − | |Additional information=A collection of public available materials can be found here: http://tosia.efi.int/material.html
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