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{{DSS description, Name, responsible organisation and contact person
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{{DSS, Wiki quality control
|Name=Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment
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|Has flag=N/A
|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
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|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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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, Scope of the tool
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{{DSS, Name, responsible organisation and contact person
|Description=ToSIA has been developed by EFI since 2006.
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|Has full name=Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment
This new decision-support software tool help spolicy 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.
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|Has acronym=ToSIA
|Modelling dimension=user defined
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|Has wiki contact person=Diana Tuomasjukka
|Temporal scale=long term (strategic), medium term (tactical), short term (operational)
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|Has wiki contact e-mail=tosia@efi.int
|Spatial context=non spatial
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|Spatial scale=regional/national level, forest level, stand level
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|Objectives dimension=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=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=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=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. Indicaotrs canbe selected freely, and new ones can be added if neccessary.
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{{DSS description, Concrete application
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{{DSS, Software identification
|Typical use case=any baseline-scenario case
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|Has software=ToSIA.Software
|User profile=Non-industrial private owners, forest owners associations, commons, national forest administration, NGO, service providers, local communities, 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=<=10
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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)
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|Tool dissemination=TMUG - ToISA 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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{{DSS description, Installation and support
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{{DSS, Description
|Status=under development
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|Has description=ToSIA has been developed by EFI since 2006.
|Accessibility=N/A
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|Has modelling scope=Economical indicators, Forest indicators, Ecological indicators, Social indicators, user defined
|Commercial product=No
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|Has temporal scale=Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical), Short term (operational)
|Deployment cost=N/A
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|Has spatial context=Non spatial
|User support organization=European Forest Institute (EFI)
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|Has spatial scale=Regional/national level, Forest level, stand level
|Maintenance organization=European Forest Institute (EFI)
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|Has objectives dimension=Single objective, Multiple objectives
|Price=
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|Has goods and services dimension=Market non-wood products, Market wood products, Market services, Non-market services
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|Has decision making dimension=Single decision maker, More than one decision maker/stakeholder
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|Has forest management goal=multi-functional, user defined
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|Supports tree species=any
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|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
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{{DSS, Concrete application
|Input data requirements=user defined
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|Has typical use case=any baseline-scenario case
|Format of the input data=XML, spreadsheet, other
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|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
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|Has number of users=>100
|Format of the output data=XML, table, graph, pre-defined report
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|Has number of real-life applications=<=30
|GIS integration=N/A, other
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|Has utilisation in education=used by students
|Data mining=N/A
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|Has tool dissemination=TMUG - ToSIA Management and User group
|Spatial analysis=by hand. Concept exist and has been tested
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{{DSS description, Models and methods, MBMS, decision support techniques
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{{DSS, Decision support techniques used in the DSS
|Forest models=N/A
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|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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|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 assessemnt tools. It is based on baseline - scenario comparisons
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{{DSS description, Support of knowledge management process
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{{DSS, Support of Knowledge Management
|Supported KM processes=Knowledge Identification, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Assessment, Knowledge Storage
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|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
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{{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
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|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
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{{DSS, DSS development
|User access control=Yes
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|Has DSS development=ToSIA.Description of DSS development
|Parameterised GUI=No
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|User-friendliness of GUI=consistency, flexibility, guidance and help
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|Map interface=N/A
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|Additional information=There are two 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 resutl presentation, errorhandling, aggregation options, user-defined and standard reports, add-on analysis tools.
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{{DSS description, System design and development}}
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{{DSS, Documentation
{{DSS description, Technological architecture, integration with other systems
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|Has website=http://tosia.efi.int/
|Scalability=No
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|Has online demo=http://tosia.efi.int/installation.html
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|Has technical documentation=Yes
{{DSS description, Ongoing development
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|Has reference=Updated and full list of papers published in peer-review journals: http://tosia.efi.int/material/publications.html
|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. This keeps teh 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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in general:
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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/
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|Online demo=http://tosia.efi.int/installation.html
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|Manual=Yes
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|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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Latest revision as of 17:05, 3 April 2013

Wiki quality control

Has flag N/A

Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment
Has acronym ToSIA
Has wiki contact person Diana Tuomasjukka
Has wiki contact e-mail tosia@efi.int

Software identification

Has software ToSIA.Software

Description

Has description ToSIA has been developed by EFI since 2006.
Has modelling scope Economical indicators, Forest indicators, Ecological indicators, Social indicators, user defined
Has temporal scale Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical), Short term (operational)
Has spatial context Non spatial
Has spatial scale Regional/national level, Forest level, stand level
Has objectives dimension Single objective, Multiple objectives
Has related DSS
Has goods and services dimension Market non-wood products, Market wood products, Market services, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension Single decision maker, More than one decision maker/stakeholder
Has forest management goal multi-functional, user defined
Supports tree species any
Supports silvicultural regime even-aged, uneven-aged/natural regeneration, uneven-aged/plantation, coppice system, agroforestry, user defined

Concrete application

Has typical use case any baseline-scenario case
Has user profile
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
Has references about examples of application
Has number of users >100
Has number of real-life applications <=30
Has utilisation in education used by students
Has research project reference
Has tool dissemination TMUG - ToSIA Management and User group

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques ToSIA.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes ToSIA.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation ToSIA.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development ToSIA.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website http://tosia.efi.int/
Has online demo http://tosia.efi.int/installation.html
Has manual
Has technical documentation Yes
Has reference Updated and full list of papers published in peer-review journals: http://tosia.efi.int/material/publications.html