WIS.2

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== Brief Overview ==

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:

  • integral handling of significant spatial- and temporal scales in forest ecosystems (i.e., multiscalarity, sustainability);
  • valorisation of intrinsic multiple ways of using the forest (i.e., multifunctionality, adaptability);
  • implementation of a liberal and pragmatic view of silviculture as applied in Switzerland (i.e., flexibility, close-to-nature).

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. This prototype is currently being tested in three forest enterprises and is also being promoted by a forest engineering firm. WIS.2 is used at all levels of education for forest management in Switzerland. WIS.2 was initially developed within the framework of a PhD thesis during 2001-2005. During the past years, the tool has been successively developed in an iterative manner using inputs gathered from practical experience in university courses and in conjunction with industrial partners. Plans are currently being made to refine the tool in a research and development project and launch a commercial product as a final deliverable called SMART-Forest.

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