EFISCEN

Has description	EFISCEN is a forest resource projection model. It is used to gain insight into the future development of European forests for issues such as: sustainable management regimes; wood production possibilities; nature oriented management; climate change impacts natural disturbances; and carbon balance issues. Through its underlying detailed forest inventory database, the projections provide these insights at varying scales, thus serving forest managers and policy makers at the national and international levels. Since 1996, EFISCEN has been jointly developed and applied at Alterra and EFI.
Has modelling scope	Forest indicators, Ecological indicators, Climate change
Has temporal scale	Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical)
Has spatial context	Spatial with no neighbourhood interrelations
Has spatial scale	Regional/national level
Has objectives dimension	Multiple objectives, Single objective
Has related DSS
Has goods and services dimension	Market wood products, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension	More than one decision maker/stakeholder
Has forest management goal	biodiversity evaluation, biomass estimation, carbon sequestration, climate change impact, forest inventory, yield prediction, wood supply planning
Supports tree species	user defined
Supports silvicultural regime	even-aged

Has typical use case	building projections on forest developement under different scenarios of environment/management
Has user profile	service providers
Has country	Anguilla, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Has references about examples of application
Has number of users	<=10
Has number of real-life applications	<=100
Has utilisation in education	presentation/demo
Has research project reference
Has tool dissemination

Has decision support techniques	EFISCEN.Decision support techniques

Has knowledge management processes	EFISCEN.Knowledge management process

Has support for social participation	EFISCEN.Support of social participation

Has DSS development	EFISCEN.Description of DSS development

Has website	http://www.efi.int/portal/virtual_library/databases/efiscen/
Has online demo
Has manual	Yes
Has technical documentation	No
Has reference	Sallnäs, O., 1990. A matrix model of the Swedish forest. Studia Forestalia Suecica 183, 23. Nabuurs, G.J., Päivinen, R., Pussinen, A., Schelhaas, M.J., 2003. Development of European forests until 2050 - a projection of forests and forest management in thirty countries. Brill, Leiden, Boston, Köln. Schelhaas, M.-J., Eggers, J., Lindner, M., Nabuurs, G.-J., Päivinen, R., Schuck, A., Verkerk, P.J., Werf, D.C.v.d., Zudin, S., 2007. Model documentation for the European Forest Information Scenario model (EFISCEN 3.1.3). Alterra report 1559 and EFI technical report 26. In. Alterra and European Forest Institute, Wageningen and Joensuu, p. 118. Verkerk, P.J., Anttila, P., Eggers, J., Lindner, M., Asikainen, A., 2011. The realisable potential supply of woody biomass from forests in the European Union. Forest Ecology and Management 261, 2007-2015.

Has full name	European Forest Information Scenario Model
Has acronym	EFISCEN
Has wiki contact person	Sergey Zudin
Has wiki contact e-mail	efiscen@efi.int

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