Climate change adaptation strategies in forest management: Use of the DSS tool in the development of a wide area forest plan

Nowadays the drawing up of a correct forest planning is always more demanding: as a matter of fact it’s necessary to pursue not only a multifunctional forest management that is sustainable at the current stage, but also to foresee the climate change impacts on forest stands in the next future. Besides, there’s another important aspect that we can’t leave out: the involvement of the local actors in the decision process. The public participation becomes essential to develop correctly wide area forest plans, whose policies affect the traditional forest planning at lower level. Veneto Region has tested the processing of a wide area forest plan, that covers the entire territory of a mountain community, using the NetSyMoD methodology (Network Analysis–Creative System Modelling–Decision Support) in order to facilitate the decision process in the adoption of forest management alternative strategies.