The research aims to optimize forest management at the landscape level to simultaneously enhance biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and ensure sustainable timber production.
It addresses key environmental and socio-economic challenges: biodiversity loss, climate-induced forest damage, and the tension between conservation and wood production. By identifying trade-offs between different objectives, the project supports cost-efficient resource allocation and policy planning. Methods include multi-objective and mixed-integer linear optimization using forest simulators, GIS analyses, and data from the multi source National Forest Inventory. The study is conducted in demo regions and integrates ecological connectivity, forest resilience, and economic trade-offs to guide future conservation and forest management strategies.
