Concurrent Event in Prague

International IUFRO Conference Landscape Management:

From Data to Decision

Landscape management practices (including forestry, agriculture, water management) and their impact on ecosystems have been mostly studied at small local spatial scales to support multifunctionality and sustainability of landscape. Translation to higher scales cannot be achieved by simple multiplying of the data from the stand or local scale by the larger area of the landscape. At the same time, it is evident that the forest alone influences the landscape and its other elements and vice versa. Thus, proper forest practices have a significant impact on economic, as well as environmental and social aspects at the landscape level. Forest resources management impacts on the larger landscape scale is insufficiently studied and understood. To achieve a sustainable landscape it requires precise data, reliable models and relevant decision systems.