The Management of Industrial Forest Plantations. Theoretical Foundations and Applications provides a synthesis of current knowledge about industrial forestry management planning processes. It covers components of the forest supply chain ranging from modelling techniques to management planning approaches and information and communication technology support. It may provide effective support to education, research and outreach activities that focus on forest industrial plantations management. It may contribute further to support forest managers when developing industrial plantations management plans. The book includes the discussion of applications in 26 Management Planning in Actions boxes. These applications highlight the linkage between theory and practice and the contribution of models, methods and management planning approaches to the efficiency and the effectiveness of industrial plantations management planning.

Covers all components of the industrial forest supply chain ranging from modelling techniques to management planning approaches and information and communication technology support Includes numerical examples as tutorials for the application of management planning approaches It discusses real-word applications in 26 Management Planning in Actions to highlight the linkage between theory and practice and the contribution of models, methods and management planning approaches to the efficiency and the effectiveness of industrial plantations management planning

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Preface.- Part 1. Industrial forest plantations management planning.- 1. The importance of industrial forest plantations; Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez et al.- 2. An overview of forest management planning and information management; Marc McDill.- 3. Forest growth and yield models for intensively managed plantations; Aaron R. Weiskittel.- 4. Management of industrial plantations; José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves et al.- 5. Economics and management; L. Diaz-Balteiro.- 6. Strategic management scheduling; J. G. Borges et al.- 7. Tactical and operational management scheduling; A.F. Marques.- 8. Transportation and routing; J.F. Audy.- Part 2. Advanced management planning topics.- 9. Integrating management planning levels with decision support systems; J.G. Borges et al.- 10. Addressing risk and global change scenarios; Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo et al.- 11. Integrating nursery and planting activities; Silvana Ribeiro Nobre, Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez.- 12. Dynamic design of treatment units; Timo Pukkala et al.- 13. Developing a sustainability index for industrial plantations; J.C. Gimenez et al.- Part 3. The industrial forestry supply chain.- 14. Carbon sequestration and industrial plantations; Bruce Manley.- 15. Certification of industrial plantations; Anna Tikina, John Innes.- 16. Forestry raw materials supply chain management; Kevin Boston.- 17. Pulp and paper supply chain management; Sophie D'Amours et al.- 18. Environmental impact assessment of forest operations and pulp manufacture; Sara González-García et al.- Index.