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[[Category:Decision support system]]
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{{DSS, Name, responsible organisation and contact person
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[[Category:Swiss DSS]]
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|Has full name=Sustainable Forest Management Decision Support System
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[[Category:DSS in development]]
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|Has acronym=WIS.2
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[[Category:Operational planning]]
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|Has wiki contact person=Christian Rosset
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[[Category:Tactical planning]]
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|Has wiki contact e-mail=christian.rosset@bfh.ch
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[[Category:Stand level]]
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{{DSS, Software identification
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[[Category:Forest level]]
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{{DSS, Description
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[[Image:WIS.2_logo.gif|thumb|300px|WIS.2 logo]]
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|Has description=WIS.2 focuses on providing guidance in sustainable forestry management. The system gives strong organisational and decision support in implementing, monitoring and controlling silvicultural practices. The system provides specific information for the different phases of the silvicultural process, allowing planners to simulate the mid- to long-term consequences of various action scenarios, and supporting users in solving complex silvicultural problems at multiple scales (i.e., from the whole enterprise level down to the single stand level; from very long-term to short-term). The scope of WIS.2 includes:   
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[[Image:scope.png|thumb|300px|Scope of WIS.2]]
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* formalising the manifold demands of society, forest owners and stakeholders for implementation in forest management;
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== '''Brief Overview'''==
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* defining different variations of silvicultural strategy and implementation concepts, in order to assess the entrepreneurial strategy and recognize the mid- to long-term consequences;   
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* pointing out the priority-
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WIS.2 is a decision support system for monitoring and ensuring the sustainable, goal-oriented and efficient management of forest ecosystems, especially with regard to the:
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|Has modelling scope=Forest indicators
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* integral handling of significant spatial- and temporal scales in forest ecosystems (i.e., multiscalarity, sustainability);
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|Has temporal scale=Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical)
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* valorisation of intrinsic multiple ways of using the forest (i.e., multifunctionality, adaptability);
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|Has spatial context=Spatial with no neighbourhood interrelations
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* implementation of a liberal and pragmatic view of silviculture as applied in Switzerland (i.e., flexibility, close-to-nature).
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|Has spatial scale=Forest level, Regional/national level
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WIS.2, based on MS Access and ArcGIS ArcView, is composed of different applications, each handling a main aspect of the management of forest ecosystems. As a prototype, WIS.2 is currently being tested in three forest enterprises and promoted by a forest engineering firm. The tool is used at all levels of education for forest management in Switzerland.
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|Has objectives dimension=Multiple objectives
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|Has related DSS=SiWaWa
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WIS.2 was initially developed during 2001-2005 within the framework of a PhD thesis at the ETH in Zurich (Rosset, 2005 <ref>Rosset, C. (2005): Systeme de gestion sylvicole integree et d’aide a la decision. Les WIS.2, un instrument informatique pour un sylvicole efficient et ceblee, durable, multifontionelle et proche de la nature. Diss. Nr. 16005, EPF Zurich, Zurich</ref>), and has since then been successively developed in an iterative manner using inputs gained from practical experience. Plans are currently being made to refine the tool in a research and development project and launch a commercial product called SMART-Forest.
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|Has goods and services dimension=Market wood products, Non-market services
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|Has decision making dimension=Single decision maker
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== '''Scope of the System'''==
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|Has forest management goal=biomass estimation, conservation, forest inventory, forest vegetation management, silvicultural regime, species selection, wildlife habitat, yield prediction, wood supply planning, multi-functional
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|Supports tree species=Buche
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WIS.2 focuses on providing guidance in sustainable forestry management. The system gives strong organisational and decision support in implementing and monitoring silvicultural practices. The system provides specific information for the different phases of the silvicultural process, allowing planners to simulate the mid- to long-term consequences of various action scenarios, and supporting users in solving complex silvicultural problems at multiple scales (i.e., from the whole enterprise level down to the single stand level; from short-term to very long-term). The scope of WIS.2 covers:   
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|Supports silvicultural regime=even-aged
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* defining different variations of silvicultural strategy and implementation concepts, in order to assess the engineering strategy and recognize the mid to long-term consequences; 
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* formalising the manifold demands of society, forest owners and stakeholders for implementation in forest management;   
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* pointing out the priority-of-action by connecting long-term strategic planning with mid-term harvesting planning; 
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|Has country=Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
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* systematically documenting and reporting the decisions taken with regard to the managerial plan;
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|Has number of users=<=30
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* facilitating regular control of the development of forest areas with regard to the realisation of the enterprise strategy;
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|Has number of real-life applications=<=30
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* giving guidance on how to react in a flexible way to changes such as market fluctuations and unforeseen events like storms;
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|Has utilisation in education=used by students
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* enabling the user to handle the given complexity - step by step.
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[[Image:wis.2.jpg|thumb|300px|Scope of WIS.2]]
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== '''System Origin''' ==
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{{DSS, Decision support techniques used in the DSS
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As multi-purpose, near-to-nature silviculture seeks to steer forest dynamics towards socio-economic and conservation goals through minimal anthropogenic intervention, the necessity for a powerful forest management decision support system that implements and monitors such silvicultural practices is getting stronger.
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|Has decision support techniques=WIS.2.Decision support techniques
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In order to face this challenge, WIS.1 was initially designed in the 1990s by Good and Pistor (1992<ref>Good, E., Pistor, T., (1992): Waldbauliches Informationssystem WIS, Handbuch. Professur für Waldbau, ETH Zürich, Zürich</ref>) as an information system for silvicultural planning at stand level. Under the name of WIS.2 the system subsequently evolved from an information system to a DSS by integrating knowledge and supporting the entire decision process of the management of forest ecosystems. Over the past few years, further adaptations have been subsequently made, such as e.g. during a 10-day course on silvicultural planning held at the ETHZ in a small forest enterprise (150ha) owned by the Canton of Zurich.
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WIS.2 has real-life application scenarios on the level of forest management, education, as well as in research and development.
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'''Forest management'''
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In forest management the tool has been extensively applied in the:
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* State forest of Teufen in Canton Zurich (i.e., the 10 day course);
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* teaching and research forest of the ETH in Zurich;
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* forest of the city of Winterthur[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterthur];
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* forest of the city of Rheinfelden[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinfelden]; 
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* forest of the village of Bullet in Canton Vaud (diploma thesis);
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|Has manual=No
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Plans are currently being made to apply the tool in a forest in Canton Freiburg, as well as in a forest in Thailand (diploma thesis).
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see [[FORSYS Description|overview]] on DSS according to FORSYS problem dimension
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'''Education'''
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WIS.2 is being applied at all levels of the education in forest management in Switzerland in order to illustrate and demonstrate forest planning.
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The main motivation behind introducing WIS.2 in teaching is to:
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* enhance awareness of the consequences of very slow tree growth by visualising long-term trends resulting from decisions taken (i.e., the necessity to ensure certain continuity);
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* concentrate on concept building to derive urgency of intervention to be undertaken at stand level (i.e., how to steer forest dynamics in order to reach the production target as efficiently as possible) and subsequently visit each individual stand separately;
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* elaborate on and compare different variations in forestry management.  
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Students who have used the prototype have been providing valuable feedback that is in an iterative manner to improve the IT-solution.
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Research and development: a further tool based on the same platform (WVK) is currently being developed[http://www.waldwissen.net/themen/inventur_monitoring/progonosemodelle/wsl_waldenergieholzkarte_EN].  
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'''Research and Development'''
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WIS.2 is not yet a commercial product, however, a proposal is currently being written in order to be able to refine the system within the framework of a research project and launch a commercial product through collaborative partnerships under the name of SMART-Forest.
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=='''Support for specific issues'''==
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WIS.2 takes a multi-level, top-down, situation-oriented approach and provides foresters with room for maneuvering when specifically determining the most appropriate silvicultural techniques to use. The recommended forest strategy is subsequently implemented within the framework of sustainable forest development.
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'''Silviculture in Switzerland'''
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The liberal and pragmatic view of silviculture in Switzerland implies that the suggested strategy should leave as much room as possible for maneuvering when implementing the planned intervention.
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'''Formalisation of the manifold demands of society and forest owners in silvicultural profiles'''
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In order to meet the demands of society and forest owners, the objectives with regard to the desired status of the stands (what to reach), the given conditions of the location (where to intervene) and the related spatial organization (how to coordinate the procedure) need to be clearly specified. In WIS.2, this specification is described in the form of silvicultural profiles that define the desired status of the stands under the given local conditions. Silvicultural profiles are comprised of criteria (e.g., types of trees) and indicators that further specify the criteria (e.g., oak, fir, maple). The grading of the criteria is given at three levels: very important/ very appropriate, important/ appropriate, less important/ less appropriate.
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==References==
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===Cited references===
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Latest revision as of 14:44, 19 April 2013

Wiki quality control

Has flag N/A

Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name Sustainable Forest Management Decision Support System
Has acronym WIS.2
Has wiki contact person Christian Rosset
Has wiki contact e-mail christian.rosset@bfh.ch

Software identification

Has software WIS.2.Software

Description

Has description WIS.2 focuses on providing guidance in sustainable forestry management. The system gives strong organisational and decision support in implementing, monitoring and controlling silvicultural practices. The system provides specific information for the different phases of the silvicultural process, allowing planners to simulate the mid- to long-term consequences of various action scenarios, and supporting users in solving complex silvicultural problems at multiple scales (i.e., from the whole enterprise level down to the single stand level; from very long-term to short-term). The scope of WIS.2 includes:
Scope of WIS.2
  • formalising the manifold demands of society, forest owners and stakeholders for implementation in forest management;
  • defining different variations of silvicultural strategy and implementation concepts, in order to assess the entrepreneurial strategy and recognize the mid- to long-term consequences;
  • pointing out the priority-
Has modelling scope Forest indicators
Has temporal scale Long term (strategic), Medium term (tactical)
Has spatial context Spatial with no neighbourhood interrelations
Has spatial scale Forest level, Regional/national level
Has objectives dimension Multiple objectives
Has related DSS SiWaWa
Has goods and services dimension Market wood products, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension Single decision maker
Has forest management goal biomass estimation, conservation, forest inventory, forest vegetation management, silvicultural regime, species selection, wildlife habitat, yield prediction, wood supply planning, multi-functional
Supports tree species Buche
Supports silvicultural regime even-aged

Concrete application

Has typical use case
Has user profile
Has country Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
Has references about examples of application
Has number of users <=30
Has number of real-life applications <=30
Has utilisation in education used by students
Has research project reference ...
Has tool dissemination ...

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques WIS.2.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes WIS.2.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation WIS.2.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development WIS.2.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website
Has online demo
Has manual No
Has technical documentation No
Has reference

see overview on DSS according to FORSYS problem dimension

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