An eco-sustainable forest management model for the Mediterranean forests - a multiple criteria approach

Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso (), Maria de Belém Costa Freitas () and António Manuel de Sousa Xavier ()
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Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso: CEFAGE
António Manuel de Sousa Xavier: University of Algarve, Sciences and Technology Faculty, CEFAGE-UÉ

CEFAGE-UE Working Papers from University of Evora, CEFAGE-UE (Portugal)

Abstract: The forest management of the areas in the Mediterranean basin is a problem that needs a careful solution, accounting and valorising all the economical activities that exist there and considering the fire risk decrease and the biodiversity preservation. In order to overcome this problem, this paper proposes a model that allows designing several scenarios of economical result maximization, producing biodiversity and fires risk indicators, but also achieving the best compromise result between these issues using compromise programming. The model was applied in the Forest Intervention Zone Arade-Alte/ S. B. Messines. The results were promising and provide important information, creating a complete management plan, and simulating the best compromise solution among fire risk, economical result and biodiversity, providing an added background for the analysts.

JEL-codes: Q01 Q10 Q15 Q19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2012
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