Abstract
To achieve a sustainable bio-based economy the future forest biomass production must increase, but also assure that species have a favourable conservation status. The project aim is to optimize a forestry model achieving both commercial and environmental objectives. These concern biomass production economics and species conservation. There is currently a conflict between these objectives, as reflected by the widely differing objectives of our participating stakeholders. We use computer simulations and will start by investigating how different forestry strategies affect the two key response variables of the project, economic ?net present value? and the future metapopulation size of study species. This work has a basis in theory and provides us with a general understanding of the system, which is useful for efficient scenario formulation in the subsequent work. We will then investigate whether the objectives of each stakeholder are achieved with the forestry proposed by each of the other stakeholders. If this is not the case, we will identify the underlying reasons. We also aim to solve conflicts among stakeholder objectives ? we will identify forestry achieving the objectives of all stakeholders, or forestry minimizing the deviation from each stakeholder?s objective. This includes developing optimization methodology to be implemented in Sweden?s most commonly used forest business planning tool. Finally, we will assist in disseminating the project conclusions.
Sweden