Publication

Forests play crucial ecological, economic, and social roles, presenting significant challenges for managers in balancing diverse objectives. Meeting the needs of forest owners, the forest industry, and society requires a landscape-level perspective that integrates goals such as biodiversity conservation, timber production, and recreation, while ensuring local actions align with regional and global forest management strategies and address ecological resilience.

Landscape management planning involves complex decision-making processes that go beyond empirical methods, requiring advanced decision-support tools. Over the past 20 years, substantial progress has been made in landscape-level management planning, utilizing management science approaches and computerized decision-support tools.

This collection invites contributions that provide a comprehensive overview of the latest innovations in landscape management planning. We welcome submissions that explore methodological advancements, novel applications, and broader implications for the provision of various ecosystem services. Both original research articles and in-depth reviews are welcome, with a particular interest in studies that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of landscape management planning.

This Collection is developed in collaboration with the 21st Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (SSAFR 2025) as well as with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO Units 4.04.04—Landscape Management Planning for Multiple Ecosystem Services and IUFRO Unit 3.04.01—Operations Systems Analysis and Modeling).

Submission deadline: 03 September 2025