15th of June2023. Catie (Costa Rica).

Purpose:

This international seminar will focus on the presentation of models, methods and decision support systems available at DecisionES institutions that may be used by public administrators, forest owners and industry for forest management planning in a context of global change. This seminar is part of annual seminars that are be organized under the DecisionES international R&D project (https://decisiones.ctfc.cat/) and has been organized by Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC, Spain), CATIE (Costa Rica), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA, Portugal). It is further sponsored by IUFRO Units 4.04.04 ‘Sustainable Forest Management Scheduling’ and 4.04.06 ‘Nature Conservation Planning’.

Scientific Program 15thJune:

  • 8:30 – 9:15 –Presentation of the DecisionES project to the general public (Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC)).
  • 9:15 – 10:45 Session I.
    • Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo. Review of models, methods and DSS in CTFC (Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Spain)
    • Silvana Nobre. Review of models, methods and DSS in UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain).
    • Blas Mola. Review of models, methods and DSS in UEF (University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland).
  • 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break.
  • 11:15 – 13:00 Session II
    • José G. Borges. Review of models, methods and DSS in ISA (Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal).
    • Rasoul Youspfour, Review of models, methods and DSS in UFR (University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany).
    • Luiz Carlos Rodríguez. Review of models, methods and DSS in SPU (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil).
  • 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch.
  • 15:00 – 17:00 Session III
    • Paulina Fernández. Review of models, methods and DSS in PUC (Catholic University of Chile, Chile).
    • Andrés Weintraub. Review of models, methods and DSS in UCh (University of Chile, Chile).
    • Leida Mercado. Review of models, methods and DSS in CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica).
    • Keith Reynolds. Review of models, methods and DSS in USDA (United States Forest Service, USA).
    • Sandor Toth. Review of models, methods and DSS in UW (University of Washington, USA).
    • Marc McDill. Review of models, methods and DSS in PSU (Pennsylvania State University, USA).

Organizing team:

  • Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo. (Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya CTFC, Solsona, Spain)
  • José Guilherme Borges (Forest Research Centre, Instituto Superior de Agronomia ISA, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal).
  • Leida Mercado (CATIE, Costa Rica).

Attendance and participation:

Fees & Registration

Fees: The seminar is free of charge.

Registration: Attendants must register before June 10th. Be aware that the total audience is limited and the acceptance will be done by order of payment.

Any doubts of questions pleae contact: Jordi Garcia (j.garcia@ctfc.cat)

Practical information

Venue

The seminar will take place in the main Building of CATIE.