Workshop programme

December 5th

Morning

presided by the Head of the Forests Department of the High Commissariat for Water and Forest and the Fight against Desertification

Workshop opening session 


Workshop MODULE 1 – tutorials in forest management planning

Morning

Marc McDill (Pennsylvania State University)

Luiz Carlos Rodriguez (University of S. Paulo)

1. An adaptive forest management planning framework: learning by doing  - 1:30 hours 

2. Introduction to linear programming in forest management: using simple tools for model building  - 1:30 hours

Afternoon

Carlos Romero (Technical University of Madrid)

José Borges (Technical University of Lisbon)

Emin Zeki Baskent (BlackSea University)

3. How to use goal programming in forest management: some reflections - 1 hour

4. How to address stakeholders’ preferences in multiple criteria forest management: an introduction to Pareto frontier methods - 1 hour 

5. The use of meta-heuristics in forest management planning: an introduction to spatial forest planning - 1:15 hours


December 6th

Workshop MODULE 1 – tutorials in forest management planning

Morning

José Borges (Technical University of Lisbon)

Fouad Mounir (ENFI)

Emin Zeki Baskent (BlackSea University)

6. The use of Decision Support Systems in forest management planning I: introduction to the Mediterranean experience and expertise (30 minutes)

7. The use of Decision Support Systems in forest management planning II: lessons learned from the development and application experience in Morocco - 1:30 hours

8. The use of Decision Support Systems in forest management planning III: some case studies (45 minutes)


Workshop MODULE 2 - seminars by the mobility grantees Workshop

Afternoon

Abdelaziz Ayari (INRGREF)

Ali El Khorchani (INRGREF)

1. Development of an adaptive approach to optimize the prediction of pine cone and seed production - 30 minutes

2. Optimization approach for Pinus pinea forest management planning in Tunisia - 30 minutes


Workshop MODULE 2 - seminars by the mobility grantees Workshop

Afternoon

Emin Zeki Baskent (BlackSea University)

Mohamed Skhayri (ENFI)

1. The objectives of AGORA task 4.3 - 30 minutes

2. The work ahead - detailed plan for 2012  - 30 minutes

3. The MEDfOR master programme as a framework for consolidating AGORA’s objectives by Jose Borges, Emin Baskent and Fouad Mounir – 30 minutes

Discussion


December 7th
Workshop Field trip