2. Background

  • Sustainable and Multi-objective Forest Management, Hierarchical Forest Management (HFM), Supply Chain Management, Integrated Forest Management (IFM), and other elements of the decision-making context (probably include some discussion of decision-making levels: compartment, district, enterprise and landscape)
  • Economic, social and environmental values, goals and constraints.
  • Impacts of land tenure, forest management policies and legislation on forest operations management
  • Value maximization and customer/market satisfaction (probably including green certification)