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The objective of the study was to optimize wood extraction from a clear−cut area to several upper landings located at roads suited for wood haulage in a situation where the room for storing the wood was limited. The optimization process was to divide the clear−cut area into zones, from which the wood assortments should be transported to the different landings, so that the total transportation labour...
Improvement cuttings conducted simultaneously on a few closely located areas, often face problems about how to prepare places that would serve as temporary landings for the harvested wood. This results from insufficient wood storing space in the forest and limited accessibility of the road network to wood hauling trucks, and leads to solutions, suggesting where small landings at tree−stand edge must...
The determination of the age at which a stand reaches harvest maturity is one of the most important decision−making problems in the forest management. The method of determining the rotation age depends primarily on the objectives and management practices (e.g. timber production, carbon sequestration), which determine the optimal age of trees for felling. The paper includes the methodological basis...
Since many years much attention has been paid to the rationality of wood transportation criteria due to the realization of social objectives. Identification and elimination of unnecessary haulage can reduce the total cost of transport and contribute to reducing fuel consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and accident risk. This paper concerns decision support for the allocation of available wood as...
The selection of the rotation time of a stand (from planting to final felling), i.e. the age at which stand reaches harvest maturity, is a key decision in forest management due to, inter alia, the amount and value of carbon stored in the forest. In this context, the basis for the economic optimisation of the rotation age of forests is to define the goal of forest production and desirable state of...
The stand volume is one of the forest inventory characteristic determined during the field work aimed at planning operations in the tree stands. Determining the optimal rotation age is an important decision issue in the forest management. In turn, the key factor that determines the choice of the method for determining the rotation age of the tree stands is the production target. Depending on the rotation...
The paper presents the assumptions of the portfolio theory and the possibilities of its application in the forestry to diversify the species composition of the stand. The decision problem concerns the rationalization of the species share, ensuring the optimal ratio of annual production value from 1 ha in the stand (financial effect) to the expected level of risk. The adopted measure of the assessment...
The paper presents a linear programming method of harvest volume determination including calculations of net present value (NPV) of standing timber. NPV was computed taking into account the costs of harvesting and skidding and a discount rate of 2.5%. Harvest volume was determined for three 10−year management periods according to the following four scenarios: (1) Vol_max – timber volume maximization...
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