Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Organization of forest exploitation'

Magistro darbe tiriami neplyni miško kirtimai, vertinama jų atlikimo kokybė ir daromos klaidos. Darbo objektas – Šiaulių ir Kuršėnų miškų urėdijos. Darbo tikslas – Nustatyti miškotvarkos projektuotų ir girininkijose vykdytų pagrindinių kirtimo rūšių atitikimą teoriniams reikalavimams (plynų ir neplynų kirtimų santykis) ir įvertinti atliktų neplynų kirtimų kokybę. Darbo metodai - dokumentų analizės, tyrimo duomenų analizės. Darbo rezultatai. Neplyni kirtimai Šiaulių miškų urėdijoje per paskutinius 3 metus sudarė 9-19 % nuo bendros pagrindinių kirtimų apimties, tai mažiau nei šiandien yra reikalaujama. 2003-2007 metais Šiaulių girininkija teoriškai plynai turėjo kirsti 91-98 % bendro pagrindiniais kirtimais kertamo ploto, o neplynai – 2-9 % bendro kertamo ploto. Miškotvarka per paskutinius 5 metus Šiaulių girininkijoje projektavo 2-7 % plynų kirtimų daugiau negu reikėtų pagal Pagrindinių kirtimų taisykles, o neplynų kirtimų apimtys sudarė tik 13-30 % nuo teorinio varianto. Tuo tarpu girininkijos per tą patį laikotarpį atlikti plyni kirtimai teorinį variantą viršijo 1-6 %, o neplyni kirtimai sudarė 32-97 % nuo teorinio varianto. 2008-2009 metams miškotvarka projektuodama Šiaulių girininkijai plynus kirtimus 2-6 % viršijo teorinį variantą, o neplyni kirtimai sudarė 29-72 % nuo teorinio varianto. Šiaulių miškų urėdijoje supaprastinti atvejiniai kirtimai medynuose su pakankamu pomiškio kiekiu sudaro net 66 % bendros neplynų kirtimų apimties. Kuršėnų miškų urėdijoje dviejų ciklų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
This study contains non-clear cuttings analysis, evaluation of their quality and made mistakes. Object of the study – State forest enterprises of Šiauliai and Kuršėnai. The aim of the study – Estimate how do the main cuttings, made by the organization of forest exploration match their theoretical specifications (clear and non-clear cuttings proportion) and evaluate the quality of non-clear cuttings made. Methods of the study – document analysis, research data analysis Results of the study. During the past three years non-clear cuttings in the state forest enterprise of Šiauliai took from 9 to 19% of main cuttings made and this rate is less then it should be. During the period of 2003-2007 forestry of Šiauliai theoretically should have cut from 91 to 98% clearly and from 2 to 9 % non-clearly of main cuttings planned. During the past five years in the organization of forest exploitation plans for clear cutting were 2-7% larger than it should theoretically be and plans for non-clear cuttings were only 13-30% of the theoretical value. Whereas actual clear cuttings in the forestries were 1-6% higher and non-clear cutting took from 32 to 97% of their theoretical value. During the period of year 2008-2009 organization of forest exploitation made plans for forestry of Šiauliai, that where 2-6% higher for clear-cuttings and were form 29 to 72% from theoretical value for non-clear cuttings. In the state forest enterprise of Šiauliai the shelter wood cuttings in the stands with... [to full text]

Les forêts tropicales abritent la plus grande diversité d'espèces au monde, un fait qui reste en partie inexpliqué et dont l'origine est sujette à débat. Même à l'échelle de l'hectare, les forêts tropicales abritent des genres riches en espèces, avec des espèces d’arbres étroitement apparentées qui coexistent en sympatrie. En raison de contraintes phylogénétiques, on s'attend à ce que les espèces étroitement apparentées possèdent des niches et des stratégies fonctionnelles similaires, ce qui questionne les mécanismes de leur coexistence locale. Les espèces étroitement apparentées peuvent former un complexe d'espèces, composé d’espèces morphologiquement similaires ou qui partagent une importante proportion de leur variabilité génétique en raison d'une ascendance commune récente ou d'hybridation, et qui peut résulter d'une radiation écologique adaptative des espèces selon des gradients environnementaux. Malgré le rôle clé des complexes d'espèces dans l'écologie, la diversification et l'évolution des forêts néotropicales, les forces éco-évolutives qui créent et maintiennent la diversité au sein des complexes d'espèces néotropicales restent peu connues. Nous avons exploré la variabilité génétique intraspécifique comme un continuum au sein de populations structurées d'espèces étroitement apparentées, et mesuré son rôle sur la performance individuelle des arbres à travers la croissance dans le temps, tout en tenant compte des effets d'un environnement finement caractérisé au niveau abiotique et biotique. En combinant des inventaires forestiers, des données topographiques, des traits fonctionnels foliaires et des données de capture de gènes dans la station de recherche de Paracou, en Guyane Française, nous avons utilisé la génomique des populations, les analyses d'associations environnementales et génomiques, et la modélisation Bayésienne sur les complexes d'espèces Symphonia et Eschweilera clade Parvifolia. Nous avons montré que les complexes d'espèces d'arbres couvrent l’ensemble des gradients locaux de topographie et de compétition présents dans le site d'étude alors que la plupart des espèces qui les composent présentent une différenciation de niche marquée le long de ces mêmes gradients. Plus précisément, dans les complexes d'espèces étudiés, la diminution de la disponibilité en eau, par exemple depuis les bas-fonds jusqu’aux plateaux, a entraîné une modification des traits fonctionnels foliaires, depuis des stratégies d'acquisition à des stratégies conservatrices, tant entre les espèces qu'au sein de celles-ci. Les espèces de Symphonia sont génétiquement adaptées à la distribution de l'eau et des nutriments, elles coexistent donc localement en exploitant un large gradient d'habitats locaux. Inversement, les espèces d'Eschweilera sont différentiellement adaptées à la chimie du sol et évitent les habitats les plus humides et hydromorphes. Enfin, les génotypes individuels des espèces de Symphonia sont différentiellement adaptés pour se régénérer et croître en réponse à la fine dynamique spatio-temporelle des trouées forestières, avec des stratégies adaptatives de croissance divergentes le long des niches de succession. Par conséquent, la topographie et la dynamique des trouées forestières entraînent des adaptations spatio-temporelles à fine échelle des individus au sein et entre les espèces des complexes d'espèces Symphonia et Eschweilera. Je suggère que les adaptations à la topographie et à la dynamique des trouées forestières favorisent la coexistence des individus au sein et entre les espèces des complexes d'espèces, et peut-être plus généralement entre les espèces d'arbres de forêts matures. Dans l'ensemble, je soutiens le rôle primordial des individus au sein des espèces dans la diversité des forêts tropicales, et suggère que nous devrions élaborer une théorie de l'écologie des communautés en commençant par les individus, car les interactions avec les environnements se produisent après tout au niveau de l’individu
Tropical forests shelter the highest species diversity worldwide, a fact that remains partly unexplained and the origin of which is subject to debate. Even at the hectare-scale, tropical forests shelter species-rich genera with closely-related tree species coexisting in sympatry. Due to phylogenetic constraints, closely related species are expected to have similar niches and functional strategies, which raises questions on the mechanisms of their local coexistence. Closely related species may form a species complex, defined as morphologically similar species that share large amounts of genetic variation due to recent common ancestry and hybridization, and that can result from ecological adaptive radiation of species segregating along environmental gradients. Despite the key role of species complexes in Neotropical forest ecology, diversification, and evolution, little is known of the eco-evolutionary forces creating and maintaining diversity within Neotropical species complexes. We explored the intraspecific genomic variability as a continuum within structured populations of closely related species, and measured its role on individual tree performance through growth over time, while accounting for effects of a finely-characterized environment at the abiotic and biotic level. Combining tree inventories, LiDAR-derived topographic data, leaf functional traits, and gene capture data in the research station of Paracou, French Guiana, we used population genomics, environmental association analyses, genome-wide association studies and Bayesian modelling on the tree species complexes Symphonia and Eschweilera clade Parvifolia. We showed that the species complexes of Neotropical trees cover all local gradients of topography and competition and are therefore widespread in the study site whereas most of the species within them exhibit pervasive niche differentiation along these same gradients. Specifically, in the species complexes Symphonia and Eschweilera clade Parvifolia, the decrease in water availability due to higher topographic position, e.g., from bottomlands to plateaus, has led to a change in leaf functional traits from acquisitive strategies to conservative strategies, both among and within species. Symphonia species are genetically adapted to the distribution of water and nutrients, hence they coexist locally through exploiting a broad gradient of local habitats. Conversely, Eschweilera species are differentially adapted to soil chemistry and avoid the wettest, hydromorphic habitats. Last but not least, individual tree genotypes of Symphonia species are differentially adapted to regenerate and thrive in response to the fine spatio-temporal dynamics of forest gaps with divergent adaptive growth strategies along successional niches. Consequently, topography and the dynamics of forest gaps drive fine-scale spatio-temporal adaptations of individuals within and among distinct but genetically connected species within the species complexes Symphonia and Eschweilera clade Parvifolia. Fine-scale topography drives genetic divergence and niche differentiation with genetic adaptations among species, while forest gap dynamics maintains genetic diversity with divergent adaptive strategies within species. I suggest that adaptations of tree species and individuals to topography and dynamics of forest gaps promote coexistence within and among species within species complexes, and perhaps among mature forest tree species outside species complexes. Overall, I defend the primordial role of individuals within species in tropical forest diversity, suggesting that we should develop a theory of community ecology starting with individuals, because interactions with environments happen after all at the individual level

Presently, eleven western states and two Canadian provinces utilize sport hunting as the primary mechanism for managing cougar (Puma concolor) populations. However, the impacts of sustained harvest on population dynamics and demographic structure arc not well understood. Additionally, the lack of cost-effective enumeration techniques and strongly conflicting societal values complicate effective management of this species. Given these concerns, the primary goals of this study were (I) to determine the effects of sustained harvest on cougar populations, and (2) estimate the level and extent of cougar harvest statewide. I monitored cougar populations on Monroe Mountain in south-central Utah, and in the Oquirrh Mountains of north-central Utah from 1999 to 2003. Over this interval the Monroe population was subjected to heavy annual removals and was characterized demographically by a younger age structure. low survival and fecundity, and declining density. In contrast , the Oquirrh Mountain population was partially protected and exhibited an older age distribution, relatively high survival and fecundity, and static density. To examine the statewide distribution of sport hunting, I mapped the locations of all cougars legally harvested from I 996-200 I, and calculated harvest rates by watershed (# cougars killed I yr I I 00 km2) . Population trends derived on the st udy sites under known harvest regimes were used as benchmarks and compared with rates calculated for occupied cougar habitat across the state. This provided an index of where cougar populations were stable or declining as a result of hunting pressure. Results from this research suggest heavy, sustained harvest can have significant impacts on cougar population dynamics and demographics. Patterns of recruitment resemble a source-sink population structure due in part to spatially variable management strategies. Moreover, these results indicate during the later I 990s, most of the statewide population was exploited at levels equal to or surpass ing those measured on Monroe Mountain. Because cougar density and habitat characteristics vary across management units, the temporal scale of population recovery will most likely depend on the interaction of harvest regime, productivity of unexploited populations, and landscape connectivity.

Comme ailleurs en Amérique du Nord, le Québec a pris le virage de l’aménagement forestier écosystémique, basé sur l’émulation des perturbations naturelles afin de diminuer l’impact de la récolte forestière sur les écosystèmes. En imitant les perturbations naturelles en sévérité, fréquence et répartition spatiale, l’aménagement écosystémique vise à garder l’écosystème forestier à l’intérieur de ses limites de variabilité naturelle. Dans la pessière noire à mousses, la principale perturbation naturelle étant le feu, l’aménagement écosystémique pour cet écosystème implique la réalisation de très grandes coupes de type totale. Toutefois, cette forme particulière d’aménagement écosystémique pourrait rencontrer des défis d’acceptabilité sociale en raison de la taille et du type des coupes en résultant puisque les grandes coupes à blanc sont très mal perçues par la population. Afin d’assurer la réussite de l’aménagement écosystémique pour cet écosystème et de répondre aux exigences de l’aménagement forestier durable, il importe d’en documenter l’acceptabilité sociale et au besoin, de le moduler afin de répondre aux valeurs de la population. Ce projet de recherche investigue la perception de l’aménagement écosystémique de la pessière noire qu’ont les utilisateurs du milieu forestier, les parties prenantes impliquées dans un processus de participation à la planification forestière et de gens non affiliés, de type grand public. Dans un premier temps, pour chacun de ces groupes, l’acceptabilité des paysages résultant de possibles traitements sylvicoles écosystémiques est documentée, sur le plan visuel à l’aide d’un sondage. Il en ressort que certains traitements de rétention variable atténuent efficacement les impacts visuels des agglomérations de coupes dans le moyen plan. Dans un deuxième temps, l’acceptabilité de la stratégie est explorée auprès des parties prenantes au processus de participation via des entretiens individuels. La stratégie s’est révélée assez accepta le, surtout en comparaison des options actuelles, quoique des modulations semblent nécessaires pour les territoires fauniques structurés. Finalement, la perception de la stratégie par des répondants de type grand public est investiguée au moyen de groupes de discussion. Les résultats démontrent que les répondants se sont appropriés les bases de l’aménagement écosystémique et ont identifié des balises afin de construire l’acceptabilité sociale de la stratégie en pessière.
Quebec has recently embarked on the transition toward ecosystem management, which is la type of forest management that is based on the emulation of natural disturbances in order to decrease the impacts of timber harvesting on the ecosystem. By mimicking natural disturbances in severity, frequency and intensity, ecosystem management aims at keeping the ecosystem within the limits of its natural variability. In the black spruce forest, where the main natural disturbance is wildfire, ecosystem management is implemented in the form of extensive harvests in which all mature trees are cut. While this form of management has a strong environmental component, it faces social acceptability challenges given that people generally dislike large-scale clearcutting. Therefore, the long-term success of ecosystem management in the boreal black spruce forest will depend on the degree to which it can respond to and adapt to the population’s values where required. The population maintains a wide range of relationships with this ecosystem and can be divided into three main groups: forest users, stakeholders involved in a participative planning process, and unaffiliated and uninformed members of the general public. This research project investigates the diverse perceptions of ecosystem management held by each of these three groups. Conducted as a survey, the first part of the study examined the visual acceptability of ecosystemic sylvicultural treatments, and found that certain variable retention treatments were considered to be able to mitigate the agglomerations’ visual impacts in the middle ground. Then, the acceptability of ecosystem management strategy, as already implemented as a pilot project, is explored for the stakeholders by means of individual interviews. Here, ecosystem management, as a strategy for the black spruce forest, was well received, especially in comparison to the available alternatives and despite a high demand for adjustments in the case of controlled wildlife territories. Finally, the social perception of the ecosystem management strategy for unaffiliated and uninformed general public type people is explored through focus groups. Results show that participants were able to fully understand the theoretical basis of ecosystem management and to identify milestones enabling to build the strategy’s social acceptability for the black spruce forest.

Les difficultés vécus par l'industrie canadienne des produits forestiers dans la dernière décennie l’ont amené vers une transformation importante. L'innovation dans les produits et les processus est encore nécessaire afin de maximiser la valeur économique des ressources forestières. Cette thèse se concentre sur le les systèmes d'approvisionnement en bois de l’industrie forestière qui est responsable de la récolte et de la livraison des matières premières de la forêt vers les usines. Les entreprises les plus compétitives sont celles qui peuvent fournir les bons produits aux bons clients au bon moment. L'agilité du système d'approvisionnement en bois devient ainsi une des caractéristiques nécessaires à la compétitivité. Les objectifs de la thèse sont d'identifier les possibilités d'améliorer l'agilité du système d'approvisionnement en bois, de quantifier les gains potentiels et de proposer un mécanisme dans le but d’anticiper son impact à long terme. L’agilité est la capacité des systèmes d'approvisionnement en bois à répondre rapidement et efficacement à des fluctuations inattendues de la demande. Premièrement, nous identifions les capacités requises par le système d'approvisionnement en bois qui permettent l'agilité; ensuite, nous examinons la littérature portant sur les systèmes d'approvisionnement en bois pour trouver des signes de ces capacités. Suite à cette étape, une opportunité d'améliorer l'agilité des systèmes d'approvisionnement a été identifiée. Celle-ci implique une plus grande flexibilité dans le choix des traitements sylvicoles au niveau opérationnel afin de mieux aligner l'offre avec la demande. Une expérimentation a été menée en utilisant des données industrielles pour quantifier les avantages potentiels associés à l'approche. Dans les scénarios avec flexibilité permise, des profits significativement plus élevés et des taux plus élevés de satisfaction de la demande ont été observés. Ensuite, un système de simulation-optimisation de la planification hiérarchique a été développé pour étudier l'influence de la flexibilité au niveau opérationnel sur l'approvisionnement en bois à long terme. Le système a été mis en œuvre en utilisant les données hypothétiques d'une forêt du domaine public québécois pour un horizon de 100 ans. Le système développé a permis de mesurer les impacts à courts et à long terme des décisions d'approvisionnement. Il devrait permettre de mieux intégrer les pratiques d’aménagements forestiers avec les besoins de la chaîne d’approvisionnement.
The significant downfall experienced by the Canadian forest products industry in the past decade has catalyzed the industry into a process of transformation. A concerted effort to maximize economic value from forest resources through innovation in both products and processes is currently underway. This thesis focuses on process innovation of wood procurement systems (WPS). WPS includes upstream processes and actors in the forest products supply chain, responsible for procuring and delivering raw materials from forests to manufacturing mills. The competitiveness of the industry depends on the agility of WPS to deliver the right product to the right customer at the right time. The specific aims of the thesis are to identify opportunities to improve wood procurement system agility, quantify the potential improvement in performance and propose a mechanism to anticipate its long-term impact. Agility is the ability to respond promptly and effectively to unexpected short-term fluctuation in demand. We first identify the capabilities a WPS needs to possess in order to enable agility; we then review the literature in the WPS domain to search for evidence of these capabilities. An opportunity to improve agility of WPS was then identified. It entailed providing managers with flexibility in the choice of silvicultural treatments at the operational level to permit better alignment of supply with the prevailing demand. An experiment was conducted using industry data to quantify the potential benefits associated with the approach. In scenarios where flexibility was permitted, significantly higher profits and demand fulfillment rates were observed. Next, a simulation-optimization system for hierarchical forest management planning was developed to examine the influence of operational level silvicultural flexibility on long-term wood supply. The system was implemented to a forest management unit in Québec in a rolling planning horizon basis for a 100 year horizon. The system demonstrated a capability to measure short and long-term impacts of supply decisions. It will prove to be a useful tool to better integrate forest management practices and supply chain needs.

Les feux sont un phénomène naturel dans la forêt boréale du Canada. Ils sont étroitement liés à la croissance et au développement de cet écosystème. Cependant, l’augmentation des activités anthropiques associées au changement climatique graduel peuvent provoquer un accroissement des épisodes de feux. Un tel accroissement pourrait avoir des effets indési-rables sur l'industrie forestière en raison d’une rupture de l'approvisionnement en bois sur une période de planification à long terme. Cette thèse explore une approche alternative pour concevoir des stratégies qui réduiront l'impact potentiel des feux de forêt sur les revenus à long terme générés par la vente de produits forestiers ciblés, et ce, au moyen d’une politique d’aménagement forestier spécifique. L'étude est basée sur les données de trois unités d’aménagement forestier localisées dans la région boréale de la province de Québec au Ca-nada. Les modèles de politique de planification de la récolte forestière ont été résolus en utilisant la programmation linéaire intégrée avec un taux de brûlage constant. Les options de récolte prescrites par les modèles de planification ont été évaluées à l’aide d’un modèle de simulation de paysage intégré avec un taux de brûlage stochastique. Parmi les quatre modèles pris en compte, le modèle verticalement intégré (modèle 4) a géné-ré les revenus les plus élevés tout en ayant les variations les moins importantes de revenu au sein et entre les périodes pour l'horizon de planification. Ce modèle a permis de maximiser la valeur actuelle nette des recettes provenant de la vente de produits de première transfor-mation pour les deux premières périodes soumis à une récolte forestière constante et à des volumes de bois récupérés durant une période de planification complète. Les revenus plus élevés et les variations plus faibles suggèrent que le modèle peut réduire le risque des im-pacts des feux de forêt sur les revenus comparativement aux trois autres modèles, y compris le modèle de rendement soutenu qui maximise le volume de la récolte soumis à des flux constants du volume de récolte durant une période de planification (modèle 1). L'analyse des dépenses de gestion des incendies a démontré que l’augmentation de telles dépenses peut réduire le coût de lutte contre les feux et augmenter les revenus de la récolte tout en diminuant la variabilité. Cependant, il y a un niveau optimal de dépense qui dépend de la structure forestière et des régimes de feux. Par conséquent, une répartition optimale des dépenses de prévention peut réduire le risque d'impact du feu sur l’économie forestière à long terme. La pérennité des écosystèmes est importante en gestion forestière. Par conséquent, l'intégri-té écologique est de plus en plus préoccupante en ce qui concerne les forêts publiques cana-diennes qui sont aménagées à des fins commerciales. La mise en œuvre d’une politique de récolte exigeant la conservation des vieilles forêts tout en tenant compte de l'impact poten-tiel du feu peut avoir des effets négatifs sur les revenus. Les impacts peuvent être réduits en choisissant une politique de gestion forestière alternative. La réduction des revenus à court terme peut être compensée par des retours à long terme générés par la valeur ajoutée asso-ciée à l'âge du bois en utilisant des politiques alternatives. Finalement, les résultats démontrent que le modèle de planification de la récolte intégrée verticalement et l’optimisation des efforts de gestion du feu peuvent accroître les revenus à moyen et à long terme de l'industrie forestière. Le modèle réduit le risque de perte de reve-nus lié à la rupture de l'approvisionnement lorsque l'impact du feu est inclus dans le proces-sus de planification. De plus, les solutions prescrites dans ce modèle aident à réduire le taux de récolte et à augmenter le volume des stocks qui peut être un coussin en prévision des feux qui surviennent de façon très variable au cours des périodes de l’horizon de planification.
Forest fire is a natural process in the boreal forest region of Canada and it is strongly con-nected to forest growth and development. Yet, increasing anthropogenic activities coupled with gradual climate change can increase fire occurrence and area burned. Such an increase may cause adverse impacts on the forest-based economy by the potential disruption of tim-ber supply over a long-term planning horizon. This thesis explores an alternative approach to designing strategies to reduce the potential impact of fire on long-term revenues generated by the sale of prescribed harvest products using a specified forest management policy. The study is based on data from three commercially-managed forests located in the boreal forest region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The harvest planning policy models were solved using a constant average annual burn rate-embedded in a linear programming model. The harvest solutions prescribed by the planning model were evaluated by implementing them in a stochastic landscape simulation model. Among the four policy models examined, vertically integrated model (model 4) generated the highest revenue with the least within- and among-period variation in revenue over the planning horizon. This model maximized the net present value from the sale of primary-processed wood products for the first two periods subjecting to the constant flows of har-vest timber and recovered lumber volumes for an entire planning horizon. The higher reve-nue and lower variation suggest that the model can have lower risk of fire impacts on reve-nue compared with the other three models including the status quo sustained-yield policy model (model 1) that maximizes harvest timber volume subject to constant flows of the harvest volume over the planning horizon. Analysis of fire management expenditures demonstrated that increased presuppression ex-penditure can reduce suppression costs and increase the revenue from the harvest while lowering the variability. However, there is an optimal level of expenditure, which depends on the structure of the forest and fire regimes. Hence, an optimal allocation of presuppres-sion expenditure can reduce the risk of the fire on the long-term economics of the forest. Ecosystem sustainability is important for forest management. Therefore, ecological integrity is of increasing concern with respect to commercially-managed public forests in Canada. Implementation of a harvest policy with strict requirement of old-growth forest area con-straint while accounting for the possible impact of fire can have adverse impacts on reve-nue. The impacts can be reduced by selecting alternative forest management policies. The short-term reduction in revenue from harvests can be compensated for by long-term eco-nomic returns provided by age-related value accumulation of the harvest timber using alter-native policies. Finally, based on the results, the vertically integrated harvest planning model coupled with optimal fire management efforts can increase long-term average revenue to wood industry. The model lowers the risk of loss of revenue due to supply disruptions when the impact of fire is accounted for in the planning process. In addition, the solutions prescribed by this model help reduce the harvest rate and increase stock volume which can act as a buffer for the highly variable potential fires in the successive periods over a planning horizon.

En Amérique du Nord, la préférence pour la récolte des arbres vigoureux et de gros diamètre a amené les forêts feuillues à un état d’appauvrissement. Ces forêts sont composées de grandes quantités de tiges de faible qualité et d’essences moins prisées par l’industrie. Conséquemment, le secteur forestier doit composer avec une grande quantité de matière première de faible qualité, ce qui entraîne une augmentation des coûts d’opération et cause la production des forts volumes de résidus qui doivent être valorisés. Cette situation force l’industrie à rechercher des solutions pour l’utilisation de grandes quantités de bois de faible qualité abondamment disponibles en forêt afin d’augmenter la rentabilité de ses opérations. Une option serait de miser sur les produits de haute valeur ajoutée qui pourraient être extraits à partir des résidus des scieries. Ces produits incluent les extraits de bouleau jaune (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.), lesquels ont du potentiel pour l’utilisation dans les industries nutraceutique, cosméceutique et pharmaceutique. Les produits de haute valeur ajoutée, intégrés dans l’industrie des produits traditionnels, peuvent augmenter la rentabilité de la chaîne de valeur, surtout si les résidus sont utilisés comme matière première. Afin de comprendre le potentiel et les limites de cette approche, cette étude a évalué les facteurs qui influencent la valeur monétaire de sciage, proposant ensuite une utilisation alternative pour le bois de faible qualité et l’écorce provenant des forêts feuillues de la province de Québec au Canada. Cette étude a été structurée en trois parties : l’évaluation de la relation entre la valeur monétaire des sciages et les caractéristiques du peuplement, de la station et du climat; l’évaluation de la relation entre la quantité d’extraits de bois et d’écorce du bouleau jaune et des caractéristiques des arbres et; l’évaluation de l’inclusion d’un produit à haute valeur ajoutée dans la chaîne de création valeur. Dans la première partie, la valeur monétaire des sciages du bouleau jaune et de l’érable à sucre (Acer saccharum Marsh.) a été utilisée comme indicateur de la qualité du peuplement. Les résultats ont démontré que des patrons géographiques de variation de la valeur monétaire des sciages existaient à travers la province. Cette variation pourrait être attribuée en partie aux caractéristiques du peuplement, de la station et du climat local. Même s’il persiste de l’incertitude quant à l’effet de l’historique d’aménagement forestier, on croit que la production d’arbres de haute qualité devrait être priorisée aux endroits où la valeur monétaire des bois sur pied est la plus grande. Dans la deuxième partie, les analyses réalisées pour quantifier les extraits du bois et de l’écorce ont fourni une compréhension plus approfondie du potentiel du bouleau jaune pour les produits non traditionnels à haute valeur ajoutée. Dans la troisième partie, la rentabilité d’une coupe de jardinage a été évaluée, en plus du profit potentiel de production de la bétuline et l’inclusion de cet extrait dans la chaîne de valeur du bois. Dans certains cas, la coupe de jardinage a été très peu rentable, surtout lorsqu’appliquée dans les peuplements qui étaient composés des grandes quantités de tiges de faible qualité. Dans de tels cas, les produits à haute valeur ajoutée, comme la bétuline, pourraient augmenter les profits et, par le fait même, ajouter de la valeur à la ressource forestière. La diversification des produits est une approche qui pourrait être envisagée par l’industrie forestière pour augmenter sa résilience et promouvoir une sylviculture respectant les règles de l’art.
En Amérique du Nord, la préférence pour la récolte des arbres vigoureux et de gros diamètre a amené les forêts feuillues à un état d’appauvrissement. Ces forêts sont composées de grandes quantités de tiges de faible qualité et d’essences moins prisées par l’industrie. Conséquemment, le secteur forestier doit composer avec une grande quantité de matière première de faible qualité, ce qui entraîne une augmentation des coûts d’opération et cause la production des forts volumes de résidus qui doivent être valorisés. Cette situation force l’industrie à rechercher des solutions pour l’utilisation de grandes quantités de bois de faible qualité abondamment disponibles en forêt afin d’augmenter la rentabilité de ses opérations. Une option serait de miser sur les produits de haute valeur ajoutée qui pourraient être extraits à partir des résidus des scieries. Ces produits incluent les extraits de bouleau jaune (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.), lesquels ont du potentiel pour l’utilisation dans les industries nutraceutique, cosméceutique et pharmaceutique. Les produits de haute valeur ajoutée, intégrés dans l’industrie des produits traditionnels, peuvent augmenter la rentabilité de la chaîne de valeur, surtout si les résidus sont utilisés comme matière première. Afin de comprendre le potentiel et les limites de cette approche, cette étude a évalué les facteurs qui influencent la valeur monétaire de sciage, proposant ensuite une utilisation alternative pour le bois de faible qualité et l’écorce provenant des forêts feuillues de la province de Québec au Canada. Cette étude a été structurée en trois parties : l’évaluation de la relation entre la valeur monétaire des sciages et les caractéristiques du peuplement, de la station et du climat; l’évaluation de la relation entre la quantité d’extraits de bois et d’écorce du bouleau jaune et des caractéristiques des arbres et; l’évaluation de l’inclusion d’un produit à haute valeur ajoutée dans la chaîne de création valeur. Dans la première partie, la valeur monétaire des sciages du bouleau jaune et de l’érable à sucre (Acer saccharum Marsh.) a été utilisée comme indicateur de la qualité du peuplement. Les résultats ont démontré que des patrons géographiques de variation de la valeur monétaire des sciages existaient à travers la province. Cette variation pourrait être attribuée en partie aux caractéristiques du peuplement, de la station et du climat local. Même s’il persiste de l’incertitude quant à l’effet de l’historique d’aménagement forestier, on croit que la production d’arbres de haute qualité devrait être priorisée aux endroits où la valeur monétaire des bois sur pied est la plus grande. Dans la deuxième partie, les analyses réalisées pour quantifier les extraits du bois et de l’écorce ont fourni une compréhension plus approfondie du potentiel du bouleau jaune pour les produits non traditionnels à haute valeur ajoutée. Dans la troisième partie, la rentabilité d’une coupe de jardinage a été évaluée, en plus du profit potentiel de production de la bétuline et l’inclusion de cet extrait dans la chaîne de valeur du bois. Dans certains cas, la coupe de jardinage a été très peu rentable, surtout lorsqu’appliquée dans les peuplements qui étaient composés des grandes quantités de tiges de faible qualité. Dans de tels cas, les produits à haute valeur ajoutée, comme la bétuline, pourraient augmenter les profits et, par le fait même, ajouter de la valeur à la ressource forestière. La diversification des produits est une approche qui pourrait être envisagée par l’industrie forestière pour augmenter sa résilience et promouvoir une sylviculture respectant les règles de l’art.
The historical preference for harvesting vigorous and large-diameter trees from stands in North America resulted in a forest mainly composed of poor-quality stems of less valuable species that present lower growth potential. As a result, the forestry sector has to work with large quantities of low-quality raw material, increasing operation costs and producing large amounts of residues. This situation forces the industry to find solutions to use the abundant quantity of low-quality wood available in forest stands to increase profits. One option is the high value-added products that could be extracted from sawmill residues. These products include yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.) extracts that have the potential to be used in the nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industries. The enhanced products, when integrated with the traditional products industry, could increase profit of the wood value chain, especially if residues are used as raw material. In order to better understand the potential and limitations of this option, this study assessed the factors that influence lumber value, and proposed an alternative use for the abundant low-value wood and bark available in the province of Quebec, Canada. Structured in three parts, this work first studied the relationship between stand, site and climatic variables and stand quality, using lumber value recovery (LVR) of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and yellow birch as surrogate variable. In the second part, the relationship between extracts content in wood and bark of yellow birch trees with selected tree characteristics was assessed. This allowed a better understanding of the potential of yellow birch extracts as a high-value added product. In the third and final part, the potential impact of integrating a high-value added product to the processing of traditional wood products was evaluated. For this, the profitability of a selection cut was analysed, the potential financial gain of producing betulin extract was assessed, and finally, the inclusion of betulin extracts in a hardwood chain was evaluated. Results from the ensemble of this thesis show that variations in LVR could be attributed to in part to stand, site and climatic conditions. Although it remains uncertain as to what extent the variability of LVR might result from past management practices or from inherent site characteristics, we believe that efforts to produce high-quality lumber should be prioritized in sites where LVR is predicted to be the highest. In addition, simulations showed that tested selection cuts in some cases generated very little profit, especially when forest stands were composed of great quantities of low-quality stems. In this situation, the production of high value-added products, such as betulin extracts, could be an interesting alternative to increase profits, contributing to add value to the existing forest resource. The product diversification is a pathway that could be explored by the forest industry to improve its resilience and promote a more efficient use of the resources.
The historical preference for harvesting vigorous and large-diameter trees from stands in North America resulted in a forest mainly composed of poor-quality stems of less valuable species that present lower growth potential. As a result, the forestry sector has to work with large quantities of low-quality raw material, increasing operation costs and producing large amounts of residues. This situation forces the industry to find solutions to use the abundant quantity of low-quality wood available in forest stands to increase profits. One option is the high value-added products that could be extracted from sawmill residues. These products include yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.) extracts that have the potential to be used in the nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industries. The enhanced products, when integrated with the traditional products industry, could increase profit of the wood value chain, especially if residues are used as raw material. In order to better understand the potential and limitations of this option, this study assessed the factors that influence lumber value, and proposed an alternative use for the abundant low-value wood and bark available in the province of Quebec, Canada. Structured in three parts, this work first studied the relationship between stand, site and climatic variables and stand quality, using lumber value recovery (LVR) of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and yellow birch as surrogate variable. In the second part, the relationship between extracts content in wood and bark of yellow birch trees with selected tree characteristics was assessed. This allowed a better understanding of the potential of yellow birch extracts as a high-value added product. In the third and final part, the potential impact of integrating a high-value added product to the processing of traditional wood products was evaluated. For this, the profitability of a selection cut was analysed, the potential financial gain of producing betulin extract was assessed, and finally, the inclusion of betulin extracts in a hardwood chain was evaluated. Results from the ensemble of this thesis show that variations in LVR could be attributed to in part to stand, site and climatic conditions. Although it remains uncertain as to what extent the variability of LVR might result from past management practices or from inherent site characteristics, we believe that efforts to produce high-quality lumber should be prioritized in sites where LVR is predicted to be the highest. In addition, simulations showed that tested selection cuts in some cases generated very little profit, especially when forest stands were composed of great quantities of low-quality stems. In this situation, the production of high value-added products, such as betulin extracts, could be an interesting alternative to increase profits, contributing to add value to the existing forest resource. The product diversification is a pathway that could be explored by the forest industry to improve its resilience and promote a more efficient use of the resources.

Le processus de planification forestière hiérarchique présentement en place sur les terres publiques risque d’échouer à deux niveaux. Au niveau supérieur, le processus en place ne fournit pas une preuve suffisante de la durabilité du niveau de récolte actuel. À un niveau inférieur, le processus en place n’appuie pas la réalisation du plein potentiel de création de valeur de la ressource forestière, contraignant parfois inutilement la planification à court terme de la récolte. Ces échecs sont attribuables à certaines hypothèses implicites au modèle d’optimisation de la possibilité forestière, ce qui pourrait expliquer pourquoi ce problème n’est pas bien documenté dans la littérature. Nous utilisons la théorie de l’agence pour modéliser le processus de planification forestière hiérarchique sur les terres publiques. Nous développons un cadre de simulation itératif en deux étapes pour estimer l’effet à long terme de l’interaction entre l’État et le consommateur de fibre, nous permettant ainsi d’établir certaines conditions pouvant mener à des ruptures de stock. Nous proposons ensuite une formulation améliorée du modèle d’optimisation de la possibilité forestière. La formulation classique du modèle d’optimisation de la possibilité forestière (c.-à-d., maximisation du rendement soutenu en fibre) ne considère pas que le consommateur de fibre industriel souhaite maximiser son profit, mais suppose plutôt la consommation totale de l’offre de fibre à chaque période, peu importe le potentiel de création de valeur de celle-ci. Nous étendons la formulation classique du modèle d’optimisation de la possibilité forestière afin de permettre l’anticipation du comportement du consommateur de fibre, augmentant ainsi la probabilité que l’offre de fibre soit entièrement consommée, rétablissant ainsi la validité de l’hypothèse de consommation totale de l’offre de fibre implicite au modèle d’optimisation. Nous modélisons la relation principal-agent entre le gouvernement et l’industrie à l’aide d’une formulation biniveau du modèle optimisation, où le niveau supérieur représente le processus de détermination de la possibilité forestière (responsabilité du gouvernement), et le niveau inférieur représente le processus de consommation de la fibre (responsabilité de l’industrie). Nous montrons que la formulation biniveau peux atténuer le risque de ruptures de stock, améliorant ainsi la crédibilité du processus de planification forestière hiérarchique. Ensemble, le modèle biniveau d’optimisation de la possibilité forestière et la méthodologie que nous avons développée pour résoudre celui-ci à l’optimalité, représentent une alternative aux méthodes actuellement utilisées. Notre modèle biniveau et le cadre de simulation itérative représentent un pas vers l’avant en matière de technologie de planification forestière axée sur la création de valeur. L’intégration explicite d’objectifs et de contraintes industrielles au processus de planification forestière, dès la détermination de la possibilité forestière, devrait favoriser une collaboration accrue entre les instances gouvernementales et industrielles, permettant ainsi d’exploiter le plein potentiel de création de valeur de la ressource forestière.
The hierarchical forest management (HFM) planning process on public land may currently be failing on two levels. At the top level, HFM may not be providing credible assurance of long-term sustainability of timber supply and forest ecosystem integrity. At a lower level, HFM may be failing to fully realise the value-creation potential from timber-harvesting activities by over-constraining the harvest planning problem. These failures can be traced back to unrealistic assumptions implicitly embedded into long-term wood supply optimisation models, which may explain why this problem has received little attention in the literature. We model the hierarchical forest management planning process as a two-phase rolling-horizon iterative principal-agent problem, illustrate failure scenarios of the status quo planning process, and propose an improved wood supply model formulation. The classic wood supply optimisation model formulation (i.e. conventional even-flow wood supply maximisation model) does not explicitly consider the profit-maximising behaviour of the industrial fibre consumer, but instead implicitly assumes the complete consumption of the wood supply in every planning period, regardless of fibre type or value creation potential. We extend the status quo wood supply model to explicitly anticipate industrial fibre consumption behaviour, thereby improving the likelihood of the wood supply being entirely consumed in the first planning period, thus restoring the validity of the total-consumption assumption that is embedded in the long-term model formulation. We model the principal-agent relationship as a bilevel optimisation problem, where the top level (leader) represents the government wood supply planning process, and the lower level (follower) represents the timber consumption process (i.e. value creation network, or VCN). We show that the bilevel model formulation mitigates the risk of long-term wood supply failure and improves the credibility of the wood supply planning process. The bilevel wood supply model and solution methodology presented here constitute a technically feasible alternative to the methods currently used. Our bilevel model and iterative simulation framework represent a step forward in terms of value-driven forest management planning. Explicit integration of industrial objectives and constraints early on in the wood supply planning process could facilitate government-industry collaboration to realise the full value-creation potential of the public forest resource.

Cette thèse traite de la situation actuelle de la forêt marocaine. Dans le cadre de ce travail, deux études ont été réalisées à l’échelle nationale, au Maroc. La première a concerné le pâturage des troupeaux en forêt, et la seconde a porté sur la quantification du volume de bois de feu directement prélevé en forêt, et consommé en zone rurale et en zone urbaine. Les résultats trouvés ont été très préoccupants. Dans les deux situations, les prélèvements réels de fourrage et de bois de feu, dépassent de 3 à 4 fois la possibilité biologique de la forêt. Les populations rurales exercent une énorme pression sur la forêt marocaine, ce qui conduit à sa dégradation et menace sa pérennité.Ce travail de thèse a également estimé la valeur économique des différents biens et services de la forêt marocaine, en vue d’en déterminer la valeur économique totale (VET). Cela a démontré que la valeur économique de la forêt marocaine reste très sous estimée, ce qui encourage son défrichement et son remplacement par d’autres usages.Ce travail a aussi mis en évidence le faible taux de réussite des opérations de reboisement qui sont menées au Maroc, depuis plus d’un demi-siècle. Une nouvelle stratégie de gestion durable de la forêt est proposée dans le cadre du Plan Forestier National. Pour atteindre cette gestion durable, le PNF devra résoudre les principaux problèmes urgents qui menacent la pérennité de la forêt, et donner un rôle primordial aux acteurs de la société civile et aux populations rurales pour la supervision de cette nouvelle stratégie forestière, avec la participation du service forestier, pour faire de la forêt marocaine un modèle de gestion forestière durable, à l’échelle de la région Méditerranéenne
This thesis deals with the actual situation of the Moroccan forests. Within the framework of this work, two studies were carried out at national level, in Morocco. The first concerned grazing in forest and the second the quantification of fuel wood directly collected from forest and consumed in both rural and urban areas. The results found were very disquieting. In both cases, the total volume of fodder and fuel wood, effectively collected from forest, are 3 to 4 times the biological possibility of the forest.The rural populations exert a huge pressure on the Moroccan forest, which causes its degradation and puts in jeopardy its perenniality.This thesis work also estimated the monetary value of the various goods and services of the Moroccan forest, towards the valuation of the total economic value (TEV). This showed that the economic value of the Moroccan forest is very underestimated, which encourages its degradation and clearing.This research work also demonstrated the weak success rate of the reforestation activities, which were carried out in Morocco, during the last half century. A new strategy towards a sustainable forest management in Morocco is proposed, within the framework of the National Forest Plan.To reach this sustainable forest management, the NFP should resolve the major urgent problems which threaten the Moroccan forest, and should give a role of prime importance to the civil society actors, and to the rural populations for the supervision of this new strategy, with the participation of the forest service, in order to make of the Moroccan forest a model of sustainably managed forest, at the level of the Mediterranean region

Kyoto University (京都大学)
0048
新制・課程博士
博士(農学)
甲第16922号
農博第1938号
新制||農||1000(附属図書館)
学位論文||H24||N4683(農学部図書室)
29597
京都大学大学院農学研究科地域環境科学専攻
(主査)教授 北山 兼弘, 教授 東 順一, 教授 二井 一禎
学位規則第4条第1項該当

Organizations that can successfully develop both radical and incremental innovations positively impact sustained competitive advantage, dramatically improving their chances of survival and success in both dynamic and stable environments (Han et al. 2001; Tushman and O'Reilly 1996). Experimentation and radical innovation are mandatory knowledge assets for competitive play in emerging markets, but efficiency and incremental innovation are essential for mature markets (He and Wong 2004; Tushman and O'Reilly 1996). The attainment of dual focus between radical and incremental innovation is challenging and calls for organizational architectures of sometimes conflicting processes, structure, and culture (cf, Tushman and O'Reilly 1996; Wind and Mahajan 1997). While prior research has investigated the structural and cultural determinants (Duncan 1976; Gibson and Birkenshaw 2004), there is a significant lack of research addressing the third major element of business processes. Without winning business processes in place that influence both exploration and exploitation, a successful portfolio mix of radical and incremental product innovations that maximize customer value and benefits will not be fully realized, and firm performance will suffer. Through core business processes, marketing's role and influence is significant in increasing customer value creation in the resulting product innovations. By mapping the "inside-out" and "outside-in" processes of a market-driven organization (Day 1994) into the Srivastava et al. (1999) core business process framework, this dissertation develops and tests a model of business process influence on dual focus in innovation strategies in the context of the high technology manufacturing environment. Each of these processes is critical in generating maximum customer value and is an explicit input into strategic choices and decisions (Srivastava et al. 1999). Specifically, it is argued and proposed that the Product Development Management (PDM) process, comprised of the processes of market experimentation, technology monitoring, and technology competence, predominantly influences exploration while the Supply Chain Management (SCM) process, comprised of the processes of channel bonding and quality process management, predominantly influences exploitation. The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) process, encompassing the processes of lead user collaboration, competitor benchmarking, and current customer knowledge process, acts as a moderator to add dual focus to these extremes by interacting with PDM processes to enhance exploitation and with SCM processes to enhance exploration. Furthermore, it is proposed that firms successfully achieving a dual focus have greater firm performance than firms entrenched in either extreme. Hypotheses were tested with data collected from a nationwide sample of high technology manufacturers. The results largely supported the main effect hypotheses of the PDM processes and SCM processes on exploration and exploitation. Additionally, the hypothesis of a positive interaction between exploration and exploitation on firm performance was also supported, however no visible support was garnered for the moderating impacts of CRM processes on PDM and SCM processes as hypothesized. Post hoc analyses were performed, bringing additional insight into dual focus based on the successful implementation of opposing businesses processes. Specifically, dual focus firms were shown to have multiple processes in place that impact both types of innovation strategies and that these firms implement these processes to a greater extent than those firms operating in the more extreme positions. Academic and managerial implications are discussed, as well as study limitations and exciting future research directions.
Ph.D.
Department of Marketing
Business Administration
Business Administration PhD

Public research institutions (PRIs) are tasked with generating new knowledge, as well as adding value to existing knowledge in order to come up with innovations that can contribute to national competitiveness. To this end, government provides discretionary or parliamentary grants to allow the public research institutions to execute their mandates by carrying out exploratory activities and exploitative activities in research and development.The study aimed to establish the role of the parliamentary grant in supporting the research and development endeavours of a public research institute, with a particular focus on the management of exploration and exploitation tensions in investing the parliamentary grant. The sustainability of the PRI was sus assessed using operating profits as a proxy. The relationships between levels of investment in exploratory and exploitative actives were assessed, as was the role of the innovation system in influencing the sustainability of the PRI. We use the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) the largest scientific research entity in South Africa, and its operational units as a case study.Consistent with information that is available in the literature, the data from this study shows that the discretionary grant plays a critical role as a funding stream for public research institutes, contributing to the effective execution of research and development activities of the entity. The discretionary grant is key in seeding new national competencies, and is a key initial investment in enabling the PRI to establish itself, generate outputs and outcomes that herald its competencies and thus position itself to earn other forms of income.The discretionary grant is invested for exploratory and exploitive activities. Exploratory activities generate new knowledge, which is necessary for competitiveness. Exploitative activities utilise existing knowledge to provide innovations that find utility in industries and the public sector. The manner in which the investment is split between exploration and exploitation was shown to be critical to the long term sustainability of the enterprise. Skewing investment in either exploration or exploitation alone is detrimental to sustainability.The optimal split of the discretionary grant between exploration and exploitation was found to be dependent on several factors, to include, the technology bases of the industries in which the entity operates and the connectivity and paths of knowledge flow in the innovation systems nationally and globally.Inability to earn other forms of income is in itself a threat to the long term sustainability, particularly in fiscally constrained environments that are typical of emerging economies. The ability to earn external income provides options for investment of the PG in building its capability base. Notable here is the fact that the absorptive capacity of the industry sector in the first place, the innovation system in which the entity operates and the connectedness of the entity within the system appear to have important influences on ability to earn other forms of income. In such cases, strategic decisions have to be made on whether the sector remains strategic enough for the country in deciding on continued investment.While the information derived from this study is very specific to the CSIR, a combination of the data and information in the literature provides insights that are applicable to other public research institutes, particularly in developing economies.
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
unrestricted

We propose algorithms for organization of images in wide-area sparse-view datasets. In such datasets, if the images overlap in scene content, they are related by wide-baseline geometric transformations. The challenge is to identify these relations even if the images sparingly overlap in their content. The images in a dataset are then grouped into sets of related images with the relations captured in each set as a basal (minimal and foundational) graph structures. Images form the vertices in the graph structure and the edges define the geometric relations between the images. We use these basal graphs for geometric walkthroughs and detection of noisy location (GPS) and orientation (magnetometer) information that may be stored with each image. We have five algorithmic contributions. First, we propose an algorithm BLOGS (Balanced Local and Global Search) that uses a novel hybrid Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) strategy called 'hop-diffusion' for epipolar geometry estimation between a pair of wide-baseline images that is 10 times faster and more accurate than the state-of-the-art. Hops are global searches and diffusions are local searches. BLOGS is able to handle very wide-baseline views characteristic of wide-area sparse-view datasets. It also produces a geometric match score between an image pair. Second, we propose a photometric match score, the Cumulative Correspondence Score (CCS). The proposed photometric scores are fast approximations of the computationally expensive geometric scores. Third, we use the photometric scores and the geometric scores to find groups of related images and to organize them in the form of basal graph structures using a novel hybrid algorithm we call theCOnnected component DIscovery by Minimally Specifying an Expensive Graph (CODIMSEG). The objective of the algorithm is to minimize the number of geometric estimations and yield results similar to what would be achieved if all-pair geometric matching were done. We compared the performances of the CCS and CODIMSEG algorithms with GIST (means summary of an image) and k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) based approaches. We found that CCS and CODIMSEG perform significantly better than GIST and k-NN respectively in identifying visually connected images. Our algorithm achieved more than 95% true positive rate at 0% false positive rate. Fourth, we propose a basal tree graph expansion algorithm to make the basal graphs denser for applications like geometric walk-throughs using the minimum Hamiltonian path algorithm and detection of noisy position (GPS) and orientation (magnetometer) tags. We propose two versions of geometric walkthroughs, one using minimum spanning tree based approximation of the minimum Hamiltonian path on the basal tree graphs and other using the Lin-Kernighan heuristic approximation on the expanded basal graph. Conversion of a non-linear tree structure to a linear path structure leads to discontinuities in path. The Lin-Kernighan algorithm on the expanded basal graphs is shown to be a better approach. Fifth, we propose a vision based geometric voting algorithm to detect noisy GPS and magnetometer tags using the basal graphs. This problem has never been addressed before to the best of our knowledge. We performed our experiments on the Nokia dataset (which has 243 images in the 'Lausanne' dataset and 105 images in the 'Demoset'), ArtQuad dataset (6514 images) and Oxford dataset (5063 images). All the three datasets are very different. Nokia dataset is a very wide-baseline sparse-view dataset. ArtQuad dataset is a wide-baseline dataset with denser views compared to the Nokia dataset. Both these datasets have GPS tagged images. Nokia dataset has magnetometer tags too. ArtQuad dataset has 348 images with the commercial GPS information as well as high precision differential GPS data which serves as ground truth for our noisy tag detection algorithm. Oxford dataset is a wide-baseline dataset with plenty of distracters that test the algorithm's capability to group images correctly. The larger datasets test the scalability of our algorithms. Visually inspected feature matches and image matches were used as ground truth in our experiments. All the experiments were done on a single PC.

Il est devenu courant de développer une organisation ambidextre dans une entreprise pour garantir un avantage compétitif dans son environnement. Cette perspective trouve ses racines dans le modèle de James March (1991) ayant la vocation de soutenir l'apprentissage organisationnel par des mécanismes adaptatifs entre agents. Ce modèle ancré dans la tradition du problem-solving propose une approche comportementaliste palliant les biais et heuristiques de la rationalité limitée. Par opposition avec les modèles de la littérature étudiant l’équilibrage entre les activités d’exploration et d’exploitation (ambidextrie), nous démontrons que l’exploration peut être plus générative si elle utilise les contraintes d’exploitation comme connaissances préalables à la génération de concepts. Ceux-là reposent sur un conditionnement positif par les paramètres des processus décisionnels contribuant à l’exploitation. De nouvelles situations décisionnelles sont ainsi conçues plutôt que de se contenter d’une traditionnelle sélection des explorations. Ce modèle –ambidextrie décisionnelle – permet de réaliser des projets capables d’explorer des conditions dépassant les limites et performances de l’exploitation. Une recherche intervention chez Zodiac Aerospace permet de rendre compte de ce nouveau modèle. Il étend ainsi la notion d’ambidextrie organisationnelle dans l’inconnu, plus adaptée au management et gouvernance de l’innovation, tout en précisant la gestion des métabolismes organisationnels nécessaires aux changements des organisations dans un conglomérat de PMEs
It is now common knowledge to develop an ambidextrous organization in a firm to guarantee a competitive advantage in its environment. Such perspective is rooted in James March’s model (1991) whose purpose is to sustain organizational learning through adaptive mechanisms between agents. This model anchored in the tradition of problem-solving offers a behavioural approach coping with biases and heuristics of bounded rationality. In contrast, with literature models studying the balance between exploration and exploitation activities (ambidexterity), we demonstrate how exploration can be more generative if it uses exploitation constraints as prior knowledge to generate concepts. These rely on positively conditioning them by decision-making parameters contributing to exploitation. New decision situations are designed instead of traditionally selecting explorations. This model - decisional ambidexterity-allows building up projects capable of exploring conditions overcoming limitations and performances of exploitation. A collaborative research conducted at Zodiac Aerospace allowed revealing such new model. It extends organizational ambidexterity into the unknown, more adapted to innovation management & governance, whilst precising how to drive organization metabolisms inducing change among participating organizations in a conglomerate of SMEs

Bien que les stratégies de gestion du risque et de l'incertitude soient de plus en plus reconnues comme une dimension critique de l’aménagement des ressources naturelles, leur mise en œuvre reste encore à développer. Cependant la gravité du risque, les dommages potentiels qui y sont associés ainsi que sa probabilité d’occurrence demeurent souvent méconnus. Cette étude analyse différentes stratégies de gestion des risques utilisées dans la planification de l’aménagement forestier. Nous avons évalué des stratégies qui pouvaient protéger le niveau de récolte face aux risques de feu. Un modèle d'optimisation et de simulation a été conçu pour évaluer l'impact du risque de feu sur les calculs de possibilité forestière dans un contexte d’aménagement écosystémique de la zone boréale de la province de Québec au Canada. Nous avons comparé deux stratégies de mitigation des impacts. La stratégie dans laquelle les coûts d’une prime d'assurance sont pris en compte s’est révélée relativement meilleure que celle consistant à une mise en réserve de bois (chapitre I). Nous avons également évalué une stratégie menant à l’exclusion des peuplements les plus vulnérables au feu en raison de leur faible taux de croissance (chapitre II). Cette stratégie s’est également révélée meilleure que celle visant la mise en réserve de bois. Finalement, nous avons évalué le potentiel que présente la coupe partielle comme stratégie visant à réduire le temps d’exposition au risque. Combinée la mise en réserve de bois (fond de réserve), la coupe partielle s’avère un outil des plus utile (chapitre III). L’étude révèle qu’une stratégie ciblée telle que l’exclusion des peuplements vulnérables ou l’augmentation de la proportion des coupes partielles performe mieux qu’une stratégie non ciblée telle que le fond de réserve. Bien que nous ayons abordé différentes stratégies d’aménagement forestier dans cette thèse, des points importants restent encore à éclaircir, en particulier la tolérance au risque et le contexte dans lequel il se développe.
Bien que les stratégies de gestion du risque et de l'incertitude soient de plus en plus reconnues comme une dimension critique de l’aménagement des ressources naturelles, leur mise en œuvre reste encore à développer. Cependant la gravité du risque, les dommages potentiels qui y sont associés ainsi que sa probabilité d’occurrence demeurent souvent méconnus. Cette étude analyse différentes stratégies de gestion des risques utilisées dans la planification de l’aménagement forestier. Nous avons évalué des stratégies qui pouvaient protéger le niveau de récolte face aux risques de feu. Un modèle d'optimisation et de simulation a été conçu pour évaluer l'impact du risque de feu sur les calculs de possibilité forestière dans un contexte d’aménagement écosystémique de la zone boréale de la province de Québec au Canada. Nous avons comparé deux stratégies de mitigation des impacts. La stratégie dans laquelle les coûts d’une prime d'assurance sont pris en compte s’est révélée relativement meilleure que celle consistant à une mise en réserve de bois (chapitre I). Nous avons également évalué une stratégie menant à l’exclusion des peuplements les plus vulnérables au feu en raison de leur faible taux de croissance (chapitre II). Cette stratégie s’est également révélée meilleure que celle visant la mise en réserve de bois. Finalement, nous avons évalué le potentiel que présente la coupe partielle comme stratégie visant à réduire le temps d’exposition au risque. Combinée la mise en réserve de bois (fond de réserve), la coupe partielle s’avère un outil des plus utile (chapitre III). L’étude révèle qu’une stratégie ciblée telle que l’exclusion des peuplements vulnérables ou l’augmentation de la proportion des coupes partielles performe mieux qu’une stratégie non ciblée telle que le fond de réserve. Bien que nous ayons abordé différentes stratégies d’aménagement forestier dans cette thèse, des points importants restent encore à éclaircir, en particulier la tolérance au risque et le contexte dans lequel il se développe.
Although, management strategies dealing with risk and uncertainty have become a critical issue over the past several years, solutions are still to be developed. However, how can one judge the severity of risk when the potential damage and its probability are unknown? This study develops a framework for analyzing risk management strategies in forest management planning. We delineated how these management strategies could address the risk to protect timber harvest against disruptions. We tested optimization and simulation model to estimate the impact of risk associated with fire in timber supply calculations in an ecosystem context in boreal zone of the province of Quebec, Canada. Since paying, an insurance premium appeared to produce better results than partitioning buffer stock, (chapter I). The rating of wood volume available to harvest as a function of its vulnerability to fire can be used to reduce the impacts of fire on timber supply (chapter II). This idea was extended to test the adaptability of partial cutting coupled with buffer stock and accounting for the uncertainty induced by fire and projected climate scenarios (chapter III). As there are different levels of risk and different levels of tolerance to risk, the study results have shown that the process of risk evaluation itself needs to be accepted in its degree of uncertainties and its severity. As far as the insurance is concerned, it looks like a good strategy, but find an insurance company that is interested enough to believe there are enough potential customers to pay the premiums to make a profit could be required. The results also reveal that a targeted strategy such as excluding vulnerable stands from timber supply or adaptation of silvicultural treatment such as partial cutting may greatly interesting when facing risk scenario. Although, we covered different forest management strategies in this thesis, important issues still need to be considered in order to improve the knowledge associated with risk of fire; especially the context in which it develops.
Although, management strategies dealing with risk and uncertainty have become a critical issue over the past several years, solutions are still to be developed. However, how can one judge the severity of risk when the potential damage and its probability are unknown? This study develops a framework for analyzing risk management strategies in forest management planning. We delineated how these management strategies could address the risk to protect timber harvest against disruptions. We tested optimization and simulation model to estimate the impact of risk associated with fire in timber supply calculations in an ecosystem context in boreal zone of the province of Quebec, Canada. Since paying, an insurance premium appeared to produce better results than partitioning buffer stock, (chapter I). The rating of wood volume available to harvest as a function of its vulnerability to fire can be used to reduce the impacts of fire on timber supply (chapter II). This idea was extended to test the adaptability of partial cutting coupled with buffer stock and accounting for the uncertainty induced by fire and projected climate scenarios (chapter III). As there are different levels of risk and different levels of tolerance to risk, the study results have shown that the process of risk evaluation itself needs to be accepted in its degree of uncertainties and its severity. As far as the insurance is concerned, it looks like a good strategy, but find an insurance company that is interested enough to believe there are enough potential customers to pay the premiums to make a profit could be required. The results also reveal that a targeted strategy such as excluding vulnerable stands from timber supply or adaptation of silvicultural treatment such as partial cutting may greatly interesting when facing risk scenario. Although, we covered different forest management strategies in this thesis, important issues still need to be considered in order to improve the knowledge associated with risk of fire; especially the context in which it develops.

Kyoto University (京都大学)
0048
新制・課程博士
博士(人間・環境学)
甲第10288号
人博第175号
14||139(吉田南総合図書館)
新制||人||43(附属図書館)
UT51-2003-H709
京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科文化・地域環境学専攻
(主査)教授 光谷 拓実, 教授 福井 勝義, 助教授 松井 章, 教授 小林 達雄
学位規則第4条第1項該当

Background: The idea of MCSs operating together in a package is not a new concept. However, not many empirical studies have been made where MCSs have been studied as a package despite studies showing the importance in doing so. The assessment of the performance implications of MCSPs has traditionally been limited to financial measures. Theory suggests that the performance of a MCSP ought to be assessed on a broader scale than conventional output measures. Organizational ambidexterity has been positively associated with a broad variety of performance measures and thus it is used as an assessment tool in this study in response to the need for performance measurement on a broader scale than financial output. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the MCSP in two different phases in the case organization and assess how the MCSP in these two phases promotes the organization’s ability to achieve organizational ambidexterity. Methodology: This study uses a qualitative research strategy and is limited to a single case study in a R&D organization within a Swedish medical technology company. Semistructured qualitative interviews have been used to collect empirical data. Conclusion: The MCSP in the two phases is composed of different MCSs that were found to be used differently. Within the MCSP in both phases, several linkages were revealed between control elements and that some MCSs function to achieve the purposes of other MCSs. This study further concludes that the MCSP of the current phase was found to promote organizational ambidexterity better than the MCSP in the previous phase due to it promoting a better balance between exploitation and exploration.

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This study examines how the organizational structure, mechanical or organic, and guidelines for exploitation and exploration of organizational knowledge can explain the innovations in technology research and development institutes (R & D),focused on products and services related to the Internet, software, hardware, telecommunications (Telecom), information technology (IT) and automation. This study aims to characterize and classify these institutes, according to the models and guidelines adopted at the organizational knowledge. For this, the research has two phases: the first one, a qualitative phase and the second a quantitative phase. The qualitative phase used a semistructured script in four case studies, two cases of national institutes, one private institute and the other a public one, and two private multinational institutes situated in Brazil. For data analysis, we adopt the content analysis, analysis of the dimensions and non-participant observation. Based on the findings of this phase, we carried out the quantitative phase, through the application of a questionnaire to the whole population of 44 R & D institutes, however, only 17 of those institutes respondend. This questionnaire is structured with closed question, and it had incorporated a set of assertions measures, using a Likert scale with seven points. Thie analysis presented is descriptive and it was supplemented with secondary data, by searching the website of these 17 institutes. Therefore, the analysis adopted the technique of data triangulation in order to obtain more reliable results. The results revealed a predominance of organic model in 19 of 21 of the institutes studied, using both steps. However, it appears that, despite the strong orientation towards the organic model, there are elements of the mechanical model: the ability to combine bureaucracy without loosing the necessary flexibility. Two of the institutes have not demonstrated the mechanical configuration combining ability, i.e., the base is the bureaucracy, standardization, formalization and specialization. Whereas guidelines for exploitation and exploration is possible to identify and conclude that the institutes tend to have guidelines for exploration, however, some institutes show focus on exploitation, such as the relative efficiency of the processes and standard work routines. Of the four propositions for this stage of the research institutes in 14 were confirmed and ratified the findings of the qualitative phase. Regarding the classification of the 21 institutes surveyed, it can be stated that the focus is mainly on services and products. With regard to the vocation of the institutes, eleven reveal themselves facing R & D and radical innovations and incremental. However, for nine of these institutes it is possible to affirm that the vocation is D, development. The contribution of this thesis for the academic point of view, reveals that when discussing the role of models of organizational structures and guidelines for exploration and exploitation in search of possible lag between theory and application. The contribution for the business standpoint is that to understand how these factors are fundamental to the development of innovation and competitiveness. It is assumed that these factors may have implications on the performance and the economic viability of the R & D Institutes, since innovation is its business.
Este estudo examina como a estrutura organizacional, mecânica ou orgânica, e as orientações para exploitation e exploration do conhecimento organizacional podem explicar as inovações em institutos de pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D) tecnológicos concentrados em serviços e produtos ligados à internet, software, hardware, telecomunicações (Telecom), tecnologia da informação (TI) e automação. Tem como objetivo caracterizar e classificar esses institutos, de acordo com os modelos e as orientações relativas ao conhecimento organizacional adotados. Para tanto, a pesquisa apresenta duas etapas: qualitativa e quantitativa. A etapa qualitativa foi conduzida com a utilização de quatro estudos de casos, sendo dois institutos nacionais, um privado e um público, e mais dois privados estrangeiros sediados no Brasil, mediante a utilização de um roteiro semiestruturado. Para análise dos dados, adota-se a análise de conteúdo, análise das dimensões e observação não-participante. Com base nos achados desta fase, realizou-se a etapa quantitativa, por meio da aplicação de um questionário em 17 institutos de P&D, cujo universo era de 44. Este questionário está estruturado fechado e incorporava um conjunto de assertivas mensuradas, segundo uma escala tipo Likert, com sete pontos. Esta análise é descritiva e complementada com dados secundários, por meio da pesquisa nos website dos institutos. Neste sentido, para as análises, é adotada a técnica da triangulação dos dados, visando à obtenção de maior fidedignidade nos resultados. Os resultados revelaram predominância do modelo orgânico em 19 de 21 dos institutos estudados, compreendendo as duas etapas. Contudo, verifica-se também que, apesar da forte orientação para o modelo orgânico, há elementos do modelo mecânico: revelam capacidade combinatória em utilizar a burocracia sem, no entanto, deixar de ser flexível. Dois dos institutos apresentam a configuração mecânica não demonstrando capacidade de combinação, isto é, a base é a burocracia, a padronização, a formalização e a especialização. Considerando as orientações para exploitation e exploration é possivel identificar e concluir que os institutos tendem a ter orientações para exploration, mas apresentam focos em exploitation, como é o caso de eficiência relativa aos processos e às rotinas de trabalho padronizados. As quatro proposições levantadas para esta etapa da pesquisa, foram confirmadas em 14 institutos e ratificadas nos achados da etapa qualitativa. Quanto à classificação dos 21 institutos pesquisados, pode-se afirmar que o foco de atuação é predominantemente em serviços e produtos. No que diz respeito à vocação dos institutos, onze se revelam voltados para P&D com inovações radicais e incrementais. Entretanto, em nove destes casos é possivel afirmar que a vocação é D, desenvolvimento. A contribuição desta tese se revela, do ponto de vista acadêmico, na discussão do papel dos modelos de estruturas organizacionais e de orientações para exploitation e exploration na busca de possíveis lacunas entre a teoria e a aplicação: do ponto de vista empresarial, destina-se ao entendimento de como esses fatores são fundamentais para o desenvolvimento da inovação e da competitividade. Supõe-se que estes possam ter implicações no desempenho e na viabilidade econômica dos Institutos de P&D, uma vez que inovação é o seu negócio.

La forêt ivoirienne connait une dégradation très avancée. Pour la préserver, la Côte d’Ivoire a élaboré la loi n° 65-425 du 20 Décembre 1965 portant code forestier et ses textes d’application. Mais ce premier instrument juridique de protection n’a pas eu l’efficacité escomptée. En effet, de portée sectorielle, la loi forestière ne peut régir tout le domaine forestier. D’autres légalisations sectorielles telles la loi de 1965 sur la chasse, le code de l’eau, la loi de 1998 sur le droit foncier rural devront intervenir pour combler le déficit législatif du code forestier. Il en résulte une législation relative à la forêt et ses ressources non coordonnée et non intégrée dont les conséquences sont les risques évidents de chevauchements de compétence, sources de conflits et de blocage et les doubles emplois. Pour assurer un cadre juridique idoine à la protection de la forêt ivoirienne, cette intégration juridique doit pouvoir prendre en compte toutes les dimensions sociopolitiques et conomiques des forêts, assurer la participation de tous les acteurs, permettre l’intégration du contenu des textes et requérir unecoopération des structures de gestion
The Ivorian forest is facing advanced degradation. To preserve it, Côte d’Ivoire has drafted Law No. 65 - 425 dated 20 december 1965 on the Forest Code and its implementing regulations. But first legal instrument of protection was not as effective as expected. Indeed, sectoral scope , forest law can govern the entire forest area. Other sectoral legalization as the 1965 Law on hunting, the Water Code, the 1998 Law on rural land law will step in to fill the legislative gap in the forestry code. The result is a law on the forest and its uncoordinated and non-integrated resources, the consequences are obvious risks of overlapping jurisdiction, sources of conflict and blocking and duplication. To ensure appropriate legal framework for the protection of the Ivorian forest, this legal integration must take into account all socio-political and economic dimensions of forests, ensuring the participation of all stakeholders, allow the integration of text content and require a cooperation of management structures

Dans la quête de la mise en place d’une stratégie d’aménagement écosystémique (AE) dans la forêt boréale de l’est du Canada, nous avons réalisé une étude de faisabilité sur la viabilité économique, l’acceptabilité sociale et la pertinence écologique. À l’aide de modèles d’approvisionnement en bois, nous avons comparé une stratégie AE à une stratégie de normalisation des forêts (status quo) afin d’en évaluer sa robustesse et son l’adaptabilité face à l'augmentation du taux de brûlage et des anomalies de croissance induites par les changements climatiques. Les modèles d'approvisionnement en bois utilisent le plus souvent un modèle de croissance et de rendement calibré à l'échelle du peuplement (tables de production) pour projeter l’évolution du volume marchand des strates d’aménagement. Puisque les stratégies d'aménagement écosystémique ont tendance à repousser l'âge d'exploitabilité, il est pertinent d'évaluer jusqu'à quel degré les tables de production actuelles peuvent être utilisées comme intrant dans un contexte d'aménagement écosystémique. Lorsqu’une table de production est évaluée relativement à un modèle de croissance calibré à l’échelle de l’arbre, nous montrons que bien que le modèle à l’échelle d'arbre semble moins biaisé, aucun modèle performe de manière adéquate pour prédire la croissance en volume marchand dans notre aire d’étude, particulièrement lorsque nous subdivisons les données par les attributs qui peuvent jouer un rôle pendant la mise en place d’AÉ. Pour les deux modèles, la source majeure d’erreur est liée à la densité du peuplement. Grâce à leur simplicité relative, nous avons préféré utiliser les tables de production pour élaborer nos modèles d’approvisionnement en bois. La programmation linéaire standard a été utilisée pour tester les effets de quatre enjeux clefs sur le niveau d’approvisionnement en bois: (1) tendre vers une structure d’âge forestière établie à partir du régime naturel des feux et de la dynamique forestière, (2) agglomérer les blocs de récolte dans des chantiers de récolte afin de reproduire les patrons de perturbation naturelle à l’échelle du paysage, (3) maintenir les taux cumulés de coupe totale et de perturbation naturelle à l’intérieur du domaine historique de variabilité, et (4) exclure de la récolte les aires d’intérêt potentiel pour les peuples autochtones. Comparé à un scénario de status quo, l’inclusion des trois premiers enjeux résulte en une baisse de 3 à 22% de l’approvisionnement périodique et une période de restauration requérant que la coupe totale soit exclue sur 43 à 67% de la superficie productive pour les prochains 50 ans. Une validation des filtres bruts utilisés dans cette étude (les trois premiers enjeux) a été faite en utilisant les besoins en habitats du caribou des bois (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Pratiquement tous les scénarios induisaient un taux de perturbation susceptible de permettre le maintien du caribou des bois d’ici 25 ans. Enfin, nous avons intégré le taux de brûlage et la sensibilité des tables de production au climat dans nos modèles d’approvisionnement afin de quantifier les incertitudes induites par le climat et les feux pour les deux stratégies d’aménagements. Les deux modèles suggèrent une réduction de l’approvisionnement périodique en bois entre 13 et 79%. Même si les indicateurs écologiques favorisent l’AE par rapport la normalisation des forêts, juste un changement de stratégie n’est pas suffisant faire face aux impacts du risque de feu et des changements climatiques en forêt boréale. Mots clefs: Forêt boréale, aménagement écosystémique, croissance et rendement, faisabilité, adaptation, feux de la forêt, changements climatiques
In the quest of implementing an ecosystem-based management (EBM) in a boreal forest in eastern Canada, we conducted a feasibility study focusing on ecological suitability, economic viability and social acceptability. Through timber supply models, we compared the outputs of EBM with a business as usual (BAU) management to determine former’s robustness and adaptability to the increase in wildfire and growth anomalies induced by climate changes. Timber supply analyses use yield models, most often at the stand-level to project harvestable volume over the planning horizon. Since EBM tend to delay harvesting age, the question may be raised on to what extent existing yield tables can be used with such strategies. When a yield table is rated against a tree-level model, we show that although the tree-level model is less biased, none of the models performed adequately to predict the volume growth of our study area, especially when subdividing the data by attributes that may have an important role while implementing EBM. For both models, the major source of error was related to stand density. Due to its relative simplicity, we chose stand-level yield tables to build our timber supply models. We then carried out a feasibility study of implementing an EBM strategy in a boreal forest in eastern Canada. With standard linear programming, we tested four policy issues; age structure, harvest agglomeration; limit of cumulative disturbance, and land base of aboriginal interest. These issues were dealt with 3% – 22% reduction in periodic wood supply and a transition period of 50 years where clear-cut needs to be excluded in 43% – 67% of the productive area. Validation of the outputs through habitat requirement of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) as a fine filter showed that most of the scenarios should likely allow a self-sustaining caribou population within next 25-years. Finally, we integrated climate sensitive fire burn rates and yield tables in the timber supply models to quantify the uncertainty induced by climate and fire under both management strategies. Both models responded with a reduction of periodic wood supply by 13% – 79%. Although ecological indicators are relatively better under EBM, merely switching the management strategy is not enough to address the impacts of fire and climate change in the boreal forests. Key words: Boreal forest, ecosystem-based management, growth and yield, feasibility, adaptation, wildfire, climate change

One of the innovations in the management of forest resources in the 1990s is the use of criteria and indicators (C&I) as a tool to measure the sustainability of forest management practices in general, as well as, specific forest related activities such as timber industry. The International Tropical Timber Organization has developed a set of criteria and indicators for the measurement of sustainability in natural tropical forests. This study uses these criteria and indicators to critically evaluate the current status of the forest industry in the Republic of Congo as it conforms to the ITTO sustainable management objectives. The study identifies both the progress made to achieve the ITTO "objective 2000", and weaknesses that need to be addressed in order to reach an overall sustainable forest industry. Recommendations are made to correct the identified weaknesses.

Land-use history has been recognized as an important factor in shaping biological communities in clear-cuts. Many solitary bees and flower beetles (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) are commonly found in clear-cuts, which serve as early successional habitats. I analyzed the effect of land-use history on the abundance and species richness, as well as the preference for land-use history in specific species, of solitary bees and flower beetles in coniferous clear-cuts in southern Sweden. Additionally, the effect of site-specific environmental factors was examined. Insects were caught with blue, white and yellow pan-traps in 48 clear-cuts, of which half were meadow and half were forest in the 1870s. With few exceptions, the species found did not show preference for any land-use history. Furthermore, land-use history had no significant effect on the abundance or species richness of solitary bees or flower beetles. This may be due to pan-traps being less attractive in flower-rich locations, a bias in the sampling method. However, species richness and abundance of solitary bees was higher in young clear-cuts (2-4 years old), probably best explained by more exposed soil and higher frequencies of flowering plants in newer clear-cuts. Abundance of flower beetles was higher in old clear-cuts (6-8 years old). This may be due to larger amounts of more strongly decomposed wood in older clear-cuts, which is used in the flower beetles´ larval development. I conclude that solitary bees are likely to benefit if clear-cuts, particularly with meadow history, are kept more open by introducing disturbance regimes, as suggested by previous studies.

Les forêts du Cameroun, du Congo, du Congo RCD et du Gabon regorgent d’énormes ressources. Plusieurs potentialités sont offertes à ces pays par la richesse et la diversité de la faune, la flore, l’exploitation des ressources du sous-sol, du bois et des produits forestiers non ligneux. L’exploitation forestière de ces ressources pourrait être un moyen efficace pour l’amélioration des conditions de vie des populations locales et autochtones qui dépendent de ces forêts. Toutefois, malgré les mécanismes juridiques, politiques et économiques mis en place par les différents gouvernements, la participation des populations à la gestion des forêts reste très relative. La promotion et la protection de leurs droits sociaux et économiques demeurent aussi problématiques
The forests of Cameroon, Congo, CongoRCD and Gabon are full of enormous resources. Several possibilities are available to these countries by the richness and diversity of fauna, flora, exploitation of resources underground resources, wood and non wood forest products. Logging of these resources could be an effective means of improving the living conditions of local and indigenous people who depend on these forests. However, despite the legal, political and economic setup by different governments, people's participation in forest management is very relative. The promotion and protection of their social and economic rights also remain problematic

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This work intends to present a contribution to the discussions about the social and environmental sustainability of extractive production of nuts (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) played by traditional communities. Are described and analyzed two production systems in communities of Manicoré, in the Amazon: the Traditional, representing the Mocambo and the New, represented by the community Democracia The data analyzed correspond to two years: 2008 and 2009 and were obtained during interviews with Brazil nut gatherers and rural leaders with the help of semi-structured questionnaires and digital recorder, as well as direct observation and consultation documents. The communities have similar issues with regard to the number of families, primary forest product and time of existence of the community differ in regard to the social organization of work and production. The results demonstrate that different factors, including the opening of social participation, the adoption of new technologies, new forms of territorial management, new tools for land tenure, support from external agents governmental organizations were instrumental in the transformation of Traditional system (Community Mocambo) to a New System Community (Democracia). The systems have very contrasting and structural differences in this study were evaluated by three factors: production, income and expenses of the organization. The traditional system can be depicted as low-governance resulting from debt collectors using the instruments of subordination used by employers and hucksters which is aggravated by the non-adoption of technological advances that improve the quality and value of the product. The fruit of the new system of coordinating collective action, needed to be consolidated high investment in human capital formation and financial resources to support training activities and effective participation of all involved in decision making processes that resulted in the empowerment of communities. From the standpoint of the costs of social organization, collective action has proved advantageous when compared to individual action, as both individual and collective costs were higher than in Mocambo in Democracia. The annual household production and considering all factors of production, the linear regression model explains 87% of the variation and the production system, as an explanatory variable, was highly significant (p = 0.004). What supports the hypothesis that increased production observed in Democracy is associated with more efficient production system. From the standpoint of income and Brazil nut gatherers household budget, it was found that in Democracia families have a higher income that is invested primarily in the acquisition of durable goods and home repairs (57%), while income from the Mocambo Brazil nut gatherers is used mainly in food and clothing (90%) So, clearly demonstrates the importance of the high-governance from the standpoint of social and economic establishment of a new dynamic where social and environmental results are significant for biodiversity protection and transformation of social organization extraction and production.This work intends to present a contribution to the discussions about the social and environmental sustainability of extractive production of nuts (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) played by traditional communities. Are described and analyzed two production systems in communities of Manicoré, in the Amazon: the Traditional, representing the Mocambo and the New, represented by the community Democracia The data analyzed correspond to two years: 2008 and 2009 and were obtained during interviews with Brazil nut gatherers and rural leaders with the help of semi-structured questionnaires and digital recorder, as well as direct observation and consultation documents. The communities have similar issues with regard to the number of families, primary forest product and time of existence of the community differ in regard to the social organization of work and production. The results demonstrate that different factors, including the opening of social participation, the adoption of new technologies, new forms of territorial management, new tools for land tenure, support from external agents governmental organizations were instrumental in the transformation of Traditional system (Community Mocambo) to a New System Community (Democracia). The systems have very contrasting and structural differences in this study were evaluated by three factors: production, income and expenses of the organization. The traditional system can be depicted as low-governance resulting from debt collectors using the instruments of subordination used by employers and hucksters which is aggravated by the non-adoption of technological advances that improve the quality and value of the product. The fruit of the new system of coordinating collective action, needed to be consolidated high investment in human capital formation and financial resources to support training activities and effective participation of all involved in decision making processes that resulted in the empowerment of communities. From the standpoint of the costs of social organization, collective action has proved advantageous when compared to individual action, as both individual and collective costs were higher than in Mocambo in Democracia. The annual household production and considering all factors of production, the linear regression model explains 87% of the variation and the production system, as an explanatory variable, was highly significant (p = 0.004). What supports the hypothesis that increased production observed in Democracy is associated with more efficient production system. From the standpoint of income and Brazil nut gatherers household budget, it was found that in Democracia families have a higher income that is invested primarily in the acquisition of durable goods and home repairs (57%), while income from the Mocambo Brazil nut gatherers is used mainly in food and clothing (90%) So, clearly demonstrates the importance of the high-governance from the standpoint of social and economic establishment of a new dynamic where social and environmental results are significant for biodiversity protection and transformation of social organization extraction and production.
Este trabalho pretende apresentar uma contribuição para as discussões a cerca da sustentabilidade socioambiental da produção extrativista de Castanha da Amazônia (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) desempenhada por comunidades tradicionais. São descritos e analisados dois sistemas sociais de produção em comunidades de Manicoré, no Amazonas: o Tradicional, representando pela Comunidade Mocambo, e o Novo, representado pela comunidade Democracia Os dados analisados correspondem aos dois anos safra 2008 e 2009, e foram obtidos durante entrevistas com os castanheiros e lideranças rurais com auxílio de formulários semi-estruturados, além de observações diretas e da consulta de documentos. As comunidades apresentam aspectos semelhantes no que diz respeito ao número de famílias, produto extrativista principal e tempo de existência da comunidade, diferindo quanto à organização social do trabalho e da produção. Os resultados demonstram que diferentes fatores, entre eles a abertura da participação social, a adoção de novas tecnologias, as novas formas de gestão territorial, os novos instrumentos de regularização fundiária, o apoio de agentes externos governamentais e não governamentais foram fundamentais para a transformação do Sistema tradicional (Comunidade Mocambo) para um Sistema Novo (Comunidade Democracia). Os Sistemas possuem diferenças estruturais bastante contrastantes e foram avaliados neste estudo por três fatores: produção, renda e custos da organização. O Sistema tradicional pode ser retratado como de baixa governança decorrente do endividamento dos coletores por meio dos instrumentos de subordinação utilizados por patrões e regatões, o que é agravado pela não adoção dos avanços tecnológicos que melhoram a qualidade e a valorização do produto. O Sistema novo, fruto da coordenação de ações coletivas, para ser consolidado necessitou de alto investimento em formação de capital humano e recursos financeiros para subsidiar atividades de capacitação e a participação efetiva dos envolvidos em todos os processos de decisão que resultaram no empoderamento da comunidade. Do ponto de vista dos custos da organização social, a ação coletiva demonstrou ser vantajosa quando comparada a ação individual, visto que tanto os custos individuais como coletivos em Mocambo foram maiores que em Democracia. Quanto à produção anual das famílias e considerando-se todos os fatores de produção, o modelo de regressão linear explica 87% da variação e o sistema de produção, como variável explicativa, foi altamente significativo (p=0,004). O que corrobora a hipótese de que a maior produção observada em Democracia está associada à maior eficiência do sistema de produção. Do ponto de vista da renda da castanha e orçamento doméstico, constatou-se que em Democracia as famílias apresentam uma maior renda que é investida principalmente na aquisição de bens duráveis e reforma das casas (57%), enquanto que Mocambo a renda oriunda da castanha é empregada majoritariamente em alimentação e o vestuário (90%). Portanto, fica demonstrada a importância dos sistemas de alta governança do ponto de vista social e econômico, no estabelecimento de uma nova dinâmica socioambiental onde resultados têm impactos consideráveis na produção extrativista.

Dans cette thèse, il est question de faire une analyse des conséquences de la réforme forestière qui est engagée en RDC depuis 2002 à l’instigation de la Banque mondiale dans le but de favoriser la gestion durable des forêts et le développement des populations forestières. Cependant l’évaluation juridique et économique de cette nouvelle politique forestière, réalisée après quinze ans d’application afin d’en mesurer l’impact sur la gestion durable des forêts, la fiscalité forestière et le développement local des populations forestières, montre que, si la réforme forestière de 2002 a contribué a une légère amélioration de la mobilisation des recettes fiscales forestières, elle n’a pas en revanche favorisé la durabilité des forêts ainsi que la protection des droits des populations forestières. Pour remédier à cette situation, nous suggérons certaines réformes consistant à améliorer cette politique forestière
In this thesis, it is a question of making an analysis of the consequences of the forest reform which is engaged in the DRC since 2002 at the instigation of the World Bank with the aim to favor the sustainable management of the forests and the development of the forest populations. However, the legal and economic assessment of this new forestry policy, carried out after fifteen years of application to measure the impact on sustainable forest management, forest taxation and local development of forest populations, shows that, if the 2002 forestry reform contributed to a slight improvement in the mobilization of forest tax revenues, but did not favor the sustainability of forests and the protection of the rights of forest peoples. To remedy this situation, we suggest some reforms to improve this forest policy

Why do some large organizations succeed during transformations and others do not? This thesis aims to contribute and expand the discussion of how product development capabilities could enable success during transformations. To investigate the problem, a qualitative case study was performed at a large transport and truck incumbent, Scania CV AB. The transport and truck industry is currently pressured to transform, both from a competitive and sustainability perspective. In order to become more adaptable to change, the thesis identified the importance of clearly applying ambidexterity as a strategy to cope with challenges that the transformation implies. However, when applying ambidexterity, interface challenges between exploitation and exploration occur. Success during transformations is mainly dependent on the management to handle those interface challenges properly. This thesis identified two main managerial practices that could benefit incumbents in the transport and truck industry to become more adaptable during a transformation phase. Firstly, a clear strategy of how to manage innovations over time could support large incumbents to leverage innovations for optimal experimentation, scalability, and later profit. Secondly, clear organizational alignment between functions to enhance communication and prioritization especially between exploitative and explorative business activities could support large incumbents to leverage radical innovations within the organization. This thesis argues that implementing structural ambidexterity combined with a clear and streamlined innovation transfer process in three distinct horizons for mature, growth, and future businesses will increase adaptability during transformation pressure. As the main area of future research, this thesis proposes to further investigate the opportunities of an open innovation strategy that leverages partnerships for co-creation in an increasingly interconnected transport ecosystem.
Hur kommer det sig att vissa företag lyckas under industriell förändring och andra inte? Syftet med denna uppsats är att bidra till, och utvidga, diskussionen om hur kapabiliteter inom produktutveckling kan främja en lyckad transformation. För att undersöka problemet genomfördes en kvalitativ fallstudie på ett etablerat företag inom transport och lastbilsindustrin, Scania CV AB. Transportindustrin är för närvarande under stor press, både från ett konkurrens- och hållbarhetsperspektiv. Denna studie visar att, för att bli mer adaptiv och hantera förändring, är det av yttersta vikt att implementera en tydlig strategi för en tvehänt (ambidextrous) organisation. En av de största utmaningarna vid en sådan implementation är dock de starka spänningar som uppstår i gränssnitten mellan det operationella och det utforskande inom organisationen. Hur de hanterar dessa utmaningar från ett ledarskapsperspektiv, kommer därav vara en av de främsta faktorerna till om företaget lyckas anpassa sig till förändring. I studien har två grundläggande principer för ledarskap identifierats, vilka kan hjälpa etablerade företag inom transport- och lastbilsindustrin att bli mer adaptiva under förändring. För det första, en tydlig strategi för att hantera innovation över tid, kan stötta ett etablerat företag att optimera innovation, skalbarhet och vinst. För det andra, en tydlig organisations- och ledarskapsinriktning som lyfter kommunikation och underlättar prioritering mellan förvaltande och utforskande aktiviteter och avdelningar. Denna studie argumenterar för strukturell separering av organisationen, kombinerat med en process för att överföra innovationer. Detta kan åstadkommas genom en uppdelning på tre horisonter; mognad, tillväxt och framtid, vilket kommer att öka företagets anpassningsförmåga under förändring. Denna studie har avgränsats till att inte närmare undersöka hur partnerskap kan hanteras i det allt mer sammankopplade transportsystemet. Detta är dock identifierat som ett möjligt behov av att närmare undersöka hur strategier för open innovation kan främja partnerskap och samproduktion inom området.

Cette étude traite des stratégies allemandes pour prendre le contrôle des ressources en bois d’oeuvre dans l’espace baltique entre 1840 et 1914. Centré sur le commerce dans les bassins de la Vistule et de la Warta, elle montre comment la puissance allemande montante y est parvenue à sécuriser un accès bon marché et stable aux ressources ligneuses. Les firmes établirent leur domination commerciale en développant des technologies de transport et en renforçant leurs capacités financières et organisationnelles, tout cela en tirant profit des faiblesses économiques et politiques locales. En analysant les dimensions écologiques et économiques de l’extraction et de la transformation des bois, la thèse souligne le rôle joué par les importations dans la préservation des forêts allemandes. Elle présente également les impacts de cette évolution sur les populations locales et l’environnement. En conclusion, la thèse plaide pour une histoire authentiquement globale de la forêt allemande
This thesis deals with the German attempts to take control over timber resources in the Baltic area between 1840 and 1914. Focused on the trade in the Vistula and Warta river basins, it shows how the rising German economy managed to make the local forests into its backyard by securing cheap and stable access to timber resources. German firms progressively achieved trade dominance by developing transport technologies and reinforcing their financial and organizational capacities. They also managed to take advantage of the local economic and political weaknesses. Through ecological and economic explanation of timber extraction and processing, the thesis underlines the role played by foreign timber in the preservation of the German forests. It also describes the impact of this process on the local population and environment. Finally, the thesis advocates for a truly global history of the German forest

L’augmentation de la demande en bois énergie nécessite une meilleure connaissance des systèmes le produisant. La thèse porte sur la modélisation de la filière de production de bois énergie sous forme de plaquettes forestières.Les sciences forestières conçoivent notamment des modèles de croissance dont certains permettent d’évaluer la répartition des biomasses et minéraux au sein des arbres. L’étude des procédés de récolte des bois et de leur transformation et mise à disposition est faite par une communauté de recherche en sciences forestières et sciences du bois selon les principes des sciences des procédés. En sciences de l’énergie le contenu élémentaire du bois est mis en relation avec son pouvoir calorifique.En articulant et en complétant ces connaissances, la thèse propose une approche originale d’intégration cohérente des modèles des différentes disciplines. Cette approche ascendante permet de conserver un niveau d’information fin sur le système étudié et une souplesse importante dans les configurations de filière envisagées.Des modèles originaux des tâches de la filière ont été développés. Leur formulation tient compte du niveau de détails le plus souvent rencontré dans la littérature de la discipline. Un modèle original a été développé pour prédire les caractéristiques du combustible livré à partir du contenu en nutriment estimé dans les arbres sur pied.Un dispositif logiciel original a permis l’articulation des modèles. Cet outil de simulation, « ForEnerChips », permet de calculer les flux de matière et d’énergie depuis la croissance forestière, via les tâches successives de la filière, jusqu’à l’entrée de la chaudière. Cela permet d’évaluer des bilans énergétiques, et la quantification des minéraux exportées et restituées au sol, selon les choix effectués tout le long de la filière. Son implémentation sur la plateforme logicielle CAPSIS doit favoriser une intégration en fonction des besoins à d’autres modèles de croissance parmi les quelques 70 disponibles ou en développement pour différentes espèces, régions ou sylvicultures.Dans le temps de la thèse, le simulateur de filière a été lié avec un modèle de croissance pour le hêtre (Fagus sylvatica L.). Un scénario représentatif de pratiques de terrain a été étudié puis comparé avec des scénarios alternatifs. D’autres pistes d’études sont proposées
The increasing demand for energy wood requires a better knowledge about the production system. This work is about modelling the chain producing wood chips for energy.Growth and yield models are built by forest scientists, and some models can predict contents in biomass and nutrients in trees. The study of the chain of harvesting, transforming and transporting energy wood is made by a community of forest and wood scientists, relying on principles from process engineering. Fuel qualities from elemental composition are modelled in the field of energy sciences.By connecting and completing this knowledge, the thesis proposes an original approach to consistently integrate models from the different fields of science. This bottom-up approach conserves a high level of information about the system, and a high flexibility in the configuration of the simulated chain.Original models were developed for the chain. Model formulation was made respecting the most frequent level of detail found in literature. An original model was developed to predict fuel quality relying on nutrient content predicted with models developed in forest sciences.A software tool was developed to integrate these models. “ForEnerChips” calculates material fluxes from forest growth to heating plant via the whole chain. This allows for the assessment of energy balances, and nutrient exportations and restitutions, according to choices made in the configuration of the chain (scenario analysis). Its implementation into the CAPSIS software platform allows a potential connection to about 70 growth and yield models for different species, regions or management regimes.The simulator was connected so far to a particular growth and yield model for common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). A scenario representative of current management practices was studied and compared to alternative scenarios. Other ideas of potential uses are suggested

Les processus physiologiques déterminant la productivité forestière and l’allocation du carbone (C) entre les différents organes de l’arbre restent mal connus. La croissance forestière a longtemps été considérée comme limitée par le C, à travers un lien causal entre photosynthèse et croissance (contrôle de la croissance par la source de C). Ce paradigme C-centré est à l’origine des règles gouvernant l’allocation du C dans la plupart des modèles à base de processus (MBP). Cependant, le contrôle de la croissance forestière par la source de C a été remis en cause par un certain nombre d’études mettant en lumière que l’activité des méristèmes est plus sensible aux stress environnementaux (stress hydrique, température basse) que ne l’est l’assimilation du C (contrôle de la croissance par l’activité du puits). De plus, l’effet de la gestion, qui influe fortement sur le fonctionnement de la forêt and sa croissance, n’est pas pris en compte dans la plupart des MBP utilisés pour projeter le futur puits de C terrestre. Notre objectif principal dans cette thèse est d’améliorer notre connaissance des contraintes qui affectent - ou affecteront- la productivité ligneuse des forêts européennes, depuis l’époque actuelle jusqu’à la fin du 21ème siècle. Nous avons abordé cet objectif à travers l’amélioration du modèle CASTANEA, sur la base d’une analyse détaillée des déterminants de la productivité ligneuse annuelle des forêts françaises sur les 30 dernières années. Les espèces étudiées sont Fagus sylvatica, Quercus ilex, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur et Picea abies. Nos résultats suggèrent que la croissance annuelle des espèces étudiées est soumise à un contrôle complexe, impliquant des limitations par la source de C et par l’activité du puits. La variabilité inter-site de la fraction de C allouée à la croissance est principalement expliquée par un déclin lié à l’âge. La croissance annuelle à l’échelle de l’arbre est bien prédite par la taille des individus. Nous avons montré que l’asymétrie de la croissance, i.e., l’avantage des gros arbres dans la compétition pour les ressources, augmente avec la productivité, aux échelles inter-site et inter-annuelle. Sur la base de ces résultats, nous avons développé un nouveau schéma d’allocation du C dans le modèle CASTANEA. Le nouveau modèle a été capable de reproduire de manière satisfaisante la variabilité inter-annuelle et inter-site dans la croissance ligneuse aérienne le long de gradients environnementaux à l’échelle nationale. Le modèle a également été validé en utilisant une méta-analyse de mesure de réserves carbonées et des estimations satellitaires d’indices foliaires. Nos résultats indiquent que la représentation du contrôle de la croissance par l’activité du puits n’affecte pas les prédictions qualitatives de l’évolution de la productivité forestière européenne précédemment obtenues par les MBP C-centrés. Cependant, les MBP C-centrés sous-estiment certainement l’hétérogénéité spatiale des effets du changement climatique.Nous avons enfin utilisé notre nouvelle connaissance des déterminants de la croissance ligneuse annuelle à l’échelle de l’arbre (i.e., les règles empiriques de la compétition) pour calibrer un module simulant la croissance individuelle dans CASTANEA. Le modèle couplé a été utilisé pour évaluer l’effet potentiel de la gestion sur le fonctionnement des forêts et la croissance ligneuse à l’échelle de la France. Nous avons identifié les zones où la gestion pourrait être intensifiée pour réduire l’impact du changement climatique sur la productivité forestière nationale. Environ un quart des forêts françaises en hêtre et chênes tempérés sont en zone de forte vulnérabilité, zone dans laquelle la gestion pourrait donc être utilisée à profit pour limiter l’impact du changement climatique sur la récolte de bois
The processes that underlie forest productivity and C allocation dynamics in trees are still poorly understood. Forest growth has for long been thought to be C limited, through a hypothesized causal link between C supply and growth (source control). This C-centric paradigm underlies most of the C allocation rules formalized in process-based models (PBMs). However, the source limitation of growth has been questioned by several authors, arguing that meristem activities are more sensitive than C assimilation to environmental stresses (e.g., water deficit and low temperatures). Moreover, the effect of management, which strongly affects forest functioning and wood growth, is not accounted for in most of the PBMs used to project the future terrestrial C sink. Our main objective in this thesis was to move forward into our understanding of the constraints that affect - or will affect - the wood productivity in European forests, from present to the end of the 21 st century. We addressed this objective through the improvement of the representation of the forest productivity and C allocation in the CASTANEA PBM, building on a detailed analysis of the key drivers of annual wood productivity in French forests over the last 30 years (the species studied are Fagus sylvatica, Quercus ilex, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur and Picea abies). Our results supported the premise that the annual wood growth of the studied species is under a complex control including both source and sink limitations. The inter-site variability in the fraction of C allocatedto stand wood growth was predominantly driven by an age-related decline. At the tree level, we showed that annual wood growth was well predicted by the individual size. The size-asymmetry of growth, i.e., the advantage of big trees in the competition for resources, increased consistently with the whole stand productivity at both inter-site and inter-annual scales. On the basis of our findings, we developed a new C allocation scheme in the CASTANEA PBM, which integrate a combined source-sink limitation of wood growth. The new calibrated model captured both the inter-annual and inter-site changes in stand wood growth that was observed across national environmental gradients. The model was also successfully evaluated against a meta-analysis of carbohydrate reserve pools in trees and satellite-derived leaf area index estimates. Our results indicated that the representation of the environmental control of sink activity does not affect the qualitative predictions of the future of the European forest productivity previously obtained from source-driven PBMs. However, the current, source-driven generation of PBMs probably underestimates the spatial heterogeneity of the effects of climate change on forest growth that arise from sink limitations.Further, we successfully used our findings regarding the dependences of annual wood growth at tree level (i.e., empirical rules of tree growth competition) to calibrate a module for the simulation of the individual growth of trees in the CASTANEA model. The coupled model was used to assess the potential effects of management on forest functioning and wood growth across France. We identified the areas where management efforts may be concentrated in order to mitigate near-future drought impact on national forest productivity. Around a quarter of the French temperate oak and beech forests are currently in zones of high vulnerability, where management could thus mitigate the influence of climate change on forest yield

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 23, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-410).

Contexte. Après des siècles de diminution, la surface forestière de la plupart des pays développés augmente, un phénomène appelé « transition forestière ». Le stock de bois sur pied présente une augmentation plus rapide mais son évolution, associée à des problématiques actuelles majeures, reste négligée. Il est indispensable de caractériser et comprendre ces évolutions, d’en connaître les causes sous-jacentes, et de les reconstituer sur le long terme afin de pouvoir situer les ressources forestières dans une trajectoire d’ensemble et anticiper leur dynamique future. Cette thèse est consacrée aux forêts françaises métropolitaines et repose principalement sur les données de l’IFN. Objectifs. (1) Analyser les changements de surfaces, de stock et de densité de stock et leurs hétérogénéités spatiales et temporelles, sur 40 ans (1975 – 2015) en fonction de facteurs présumés structurer ces évolutions (géographie, propriété et composition). L’existence de changements de vitesse d’expansion a été recherchée. Le lien entre les changements de stock et des propriétés de la forêt (stock et densité de stock initiaux, augmentation récente de surface) ont été analysés. (2) Analyser les mécanismes des changements de stock et décomposer l’expansion selon des ensembles forestiers homogènes du point de vue de leur dynamique. L’analyse se fonde sur une estimation des flux de stock : croissance, recrutement, mortalité et prélèvement. (3) Situer l’expansion actuelle du stock dans une dynamique séculaire. Les stocks de 1892, 1908 et 1929 (associés aux surfaces de statistiques anciennes) ont été estimés par une approche d’imputation conditionnelle de la densité. Un modèle synthétique de densification du stock des forêts a été testé afin d’étudier à quelles conditions sur cette densification il est possible de retracer la chronologie présumée du stock. Résultats. (1) Sur 40 ans, l’expansion en stock a été trois fois plus rapide que celle des surfaces, soulignant l’intensité de la densification des forêts, et ne présente aucun signe de saturation. Les forêts privées, et principalement les forêts feuillues, présentent les expansions de stock et de densité de stock les plus marquées, suggérant le rôle important de l’expansion naturelle et de l’abandon de terres agricoles. Les modèles statistiques révèlent l’effet positif du stock initial et des variations passées de surface sur l’expansion. (2) L’analyse des mécanismes d’expansion a mis en évidence le moindre niveau des prélèvements relativement à la croissance des forêts, et la contribution des forêts jeunes au développement des ressources. Quatre ensembles forestiers synthétiques de dynamiques distinctes et principalement composés de stocks en forêt privée expliquant l’expansion du stock sont identifiés. (3) La reconstitution du stock depuis 1850 suggère une faible densité de stock au début de la période (25 m3/ha) et une augmentation de stock de presque +300% entre 1892 et 2010, soulignant l’importance de cette expansion. Un modèle convexe a été nécessaire pour représenter la densification des forêts, attestant d’une inertie importante à la reconstitution des ressources, interprétée relativement à la baisse progressive des prélèvements ou à une reconstitution progressive de fertilité. Les analyses suggèrent enfin une évolution différenciée dans le temps du modèle de densification pour les forêts provenant de plantations. Conclusion. Ces travaux ont permis de montrer l’importance de l’expansion en stock et la nécessité de contextualiser cette expansion. Cette expansion ancienne ne montre pour l’instant aucune saturation et constitue un stock de carbone croissant qui ne devrait pas diminuer dans les prochaines décennies à conditions contextuelles identiques. L’analyse causale révèle qu’une part importante de l’expansion du stock ne constitue pas une ressource immédiatement disponible. Les futures politiques d’intensification des prélèvements doivent donc être circonstanciées et échelonnées dans le temps
Context. After centuries of decrease, the forest area of most developed countries increase, a phenomenon termed “forest transition”. While current increase in growing stock (GS) is greater than that in area, it remains far less studied. These changes are linked to major current issues. It is essential to assess these changes, to decipher their underlying causes, and to quantify them over the longer term in order to locate current forest resources on a broad trajectory and to anticipate their future dynamics. This thesis is dedicated to French metropolitan forests, which exhibit the most intensive changes in the growing stock in Europe, and relies on data from the French NFI program. Objectives. (1) Analyse forest areal, GS and GS density (GSD) changes and their spatio-temporal variations over 40 years (1975-2015). They were related to factors hypothesized to feature forest changes (geographical contexts, ownership and species composition). We screened for changes in the rate of expansion. The relationships between GS changes and some forest attributes (initial GS and GSD, recent forest area increase) were investigated. (2) Uncover the processes of GS changes and to split the GS expansion magnitude across dynamically-homogeneous forest ensembles. The study was based on GS flux estimation (growth, ingrowth, mortality and harvest). (3) Locate the actual GS expansion in a secular perspective. This analysis consisted in reconstructing the GS chronology since 1850. Levels of GS in 1892, 1908 and 1929 (associated to area of ancient statistics) were estimated using a conditional imputation approach for GSD estimation. Then, a holistic growing stock densification model was implemented to inquire the conditions required on densification patterns and magnitude to simulate the reconstituted GS chronology. Results. (1) Over 40 years, GS increases were three times faster than the areal ones, underlining the intensity of forest densification. No sign of saturation was found. Private forests, and mainly broadleaved ones, presented the greatest GS and GSD increases, suggesting the essential role of natural expansion and agricultural land abandonment. Regression models revealed the positive effect of initial GS and of recent areal increases on GS expansion. (2) The analysis of GS expansion processes evidenced the low level of harvests in comparison to forest growth, and the contribution of recent forests to wood resource development. It led to identify 4 synthetic forest ensembles contributing to the expansion and of distinct dynamics, mainly composed of private forests. (3) GS suggested a very low mean GSD at the beginning of the period (25 m3/ha) and a GS increase by almost +300% between 1892 and 2010, underlying the importance of this expansion. A convex growth model was required to simulate historical forest densification, attesting of a significant inertia in wood resource reconstitution after the forest transition, interpreted based on a gradual decrease in harvest rates for which indices were collected, or to a gradual recovery of site fertility. The analysis also suggested a distinct kinetics for GS densification in plantation forests. Conclusions. These researches reveal the magnitude of GS expansion and the importance of its analysis across forest contexts. This ancient expansion does not present any current sign of saturation and constitute a persistent carbon sink which should not decrease in the next decades assuming similar contextual conditions. According to the process analysis of GS expansion, a significant fraction of the GS increases does not constitute readily available additional wood resources. Thus, future harvest intensification policies must be contextualized and evolving in time

Cette thèse constitue un essai de géographie régionale visant à expliciter les modalités d’occupation et les conflits qu’elles occasionnent dans une région de la haute Amazonie forestière, celle de la moyenne vallée du fleuve Madeira au sud-est de l’État d’Amazonas. Dans cette région de confins disputée dès l’époque coloniale, cet affluent de rive droite de l’Amazone forme à la fois une limite entre les empires portugais et espagnol et une voie de passage qui servira à dessiner un grand Brésil. Empruntant tour à tour les méthodes de la géohistoire et de la géopolitique, la thèse ouvre le débat sur la prise en compte de la composante environnementale, ici en particulier dans l’analyse du conflit entre une entreprise d’exploitation de bois et des communautés extractivistes vivant de la collecte des produits de la forêt. Avec difficultés, les luttes sociales incorporent la dimension de l’environnement et les entreprises des principes de responsabilité sociale et environnementale, RSE. C’est ce moment d’adaptation des normes que nous avons voulu saisir à plusieurs échelles : celle du cours moyen du fleuve Madeira, de l’immense municipalité de Manicoré et d’un village au nom prédestiné de Democracia [Démocratie]. Les bonnes pratiques d’une véritable gestion forestière, lentes à se mettre en place, ne sont pas pleinement maîtrisées ni acceptées localement et le défi de concilier des usages différenciés des forêts et des fleuves concerne tous les acteurs de la scène environnementaliste qui se préoccupent du devenir des forêts tropicales et de ses habitants, en particulier en prenant la défense de leur conception de l’occupation des territoires
This thesis is an essay about Regional Geography, aiming at clarifying the modalities of occupation and the conflicts in Western Brazilian Amazonia, especially in the middle Madeira River valley, southern state of Amazonas. Since colonial times, this region is a disputed one: the right bank of the Amazon River became the boundary between the Portuguese and Spanish empires. Besides this passage way allowed to draw a boundary for a Grand Brazil. The thesis is grounded on the methods of geohistory and geopolitics. It opens a debate on how the actors take in account the environmental dimension, and bases its analysis on a conflict between a logging company and extractive communities, that live from collecting forest products. Social struggles hardly incorporate environmental dimension and the companies have difficulties in committing in the principles of social and environmental responsibilities. This work analyzes this time of adaptation to the standards and at various scales: the average course of the Madeira River, territorial vastness of the city of Manicoré and a community with a predestined name of Democracia [Democracy]. Good practices of a true forest management are slowly implemented and hardly handled or accepted in a local level. Nevertheless, all the actors of the environmental scene are challenged with bringing back the different uses of forests and rivers. And in particular those who care with the future of tropical forests and their inhabitants, and take the defense of their conceptions of territorial occupation
Esta tese consiste em um ensaio de Geografia Regional visando explicitar as modalidades de ocupação e os conflitos por elas ocasionadas na Amazônia Ocidental brasileira, especialmente no vale do médio rio Madeira, no sul do Estado do Amazonas. Nessa região disputada desde a época colonial, esse afluente da margem direita do rio Amazonas passou a ser o limite entre os impérios português e espanhol e uma via de passagem que serviu para desenhar um grande Brasil. Fundamentada nos métodos dageo-história e da geopolítica, a tese abre um debate sobre a tomada de consciência ambiental, aqui em particular com a análise do conflito entre uma empresa madeireira e comunidades extrativistas que vivem da coleta dos produtos florestais. As boas práticas de uma verdadeira gestão florestal, lentas quando aplicadas, não foram plenamente incorporadas nem aceitas localmente. Com dificuldades, as lutas sociais incorporaram a dimensão ambiental e, as empresas, os princípios das responsabilidades social e ambiental. É nesse momento de adaptação às normas que procuramos estudar nas diversas escalas: o curso médio do rio Madeira, a imensidade territorial do município de Manicoré e uma comunidade com um nome predestinado de Democracia. Enfim, fica o desafio de conciliar os usos diferenciados da floresta e dos rios que concerne a todos os atores da cena ambientalista que se preocupam com o futuro das florestas tropicais e de seus habitantes, em particular, em defesa das concepções de ocupação dos territórios pelos moradores

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This dissertation aimed to evaluate the edge effect on tree species organization, in Araucaria Forest fragments, in Planalto Sul Catarinense region. Two manuscripts are presented, where in the first is analyzed i) the influence of edge distance on structure, diversity, richness and relative participation of regeneration guilds, in two fragments, located in the municipality of São José do Cerrito and Bom Jardim da Serra; and in the second ii) we tested the hypothesis that the edge represents a source of floristic-structural heterogeneity in the fragment located in the municipality of Lages. For each fragment, five 100x20 m transects were allocated perpendicular to the edge. Each transect was subdivided in 10 sub-plots, being the first five sub-plots (0-50 m) classified as edge sector and the last ones (50-100 m) as the interior sector. In each sub-plot, all living individual trees with circumference at breast height (cbh measured at 1,3 meters) ≥ 15,7 were measured (cbh and height) and identified. The species were classified according to the regeneration guilds as pioneer, light demanding climax and shadow tolerant climax. For the comparison of guilds between sectors, a proportion tests were performed. The analysis of horizontal structure was done through the Importance Value Index (IVI). The comparisons of abundance, basal area, three height, diversity (Shanon index), equability (Pielou índex) between the sectors were done through the t tests. The frequency of trees distribution in size classes in edge and interior sectors were analyzed by diametric and hypsometric histograms. Floristic-structural variations were verified in the second manuscript by plots ordination using Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA), with comparison between edge and interior through a Non-Parametric Multivariate ANOVA (NPMANOVA). In general, edge effects were different among fragments. In Bom Jardim da Serra remnant differences related to diversity were observed, in São José do Cerrito structural variations were observed, and in Lages a short floristic-structural gradient was noted, with variation in populations relative participation. Thus, we conclude that the edge effect on tree species communities of the studied Araucaria Forest fragments can not be generalized, which is indicative of its complex nature, due to the interaction with various factors such as the successional stage and surrounding matrix
A presente dissertação objetivou avaliar a influência do efeito de borda sobre a organização de comunidades de espécies arbóreas, em fragmentos de Floresta Ombrófila Mista, na região do Planalto Catarinense. São apresentados dois manuscritos, onde no primeiro é analisada i) a influência da borda sobre a estrutura, diversidade, riqueza e participação de guildas de regeneração em dois fragmentos, situados nos municípios de São José do Cerrito e Bom Jardim da Serra; e no segundo ii) testa-se a hipótese de que a borda representa uma fonte de heterogeneidade florístico-estrutural no fragmento localizado no município de Lages. Em cada um dos três fragmentos florestais analisados foram instaladas cinco transeções perpendiculares à borda, com a extensão de 100 m para o interior da floresta e a largura de 20 m. Cada transeção foi dividida em dez sub-parcelas de 10 x 20 m. Foi considerado como setor borda as cinco primeiras parcelas (0-50 m) de cada transecção e como setor interior as cinco últimas parcelas (50-100 m). Em cada parcela, todos os indivíduos arbóreos vivos com CAP (circunferência à altura do peito, medida a 1,30 m do solo) igual ou superior a 15,7 cm foram identificados e mensurados (diâmetro e altura). No primeiro capítulo, as espécies foram classificadas em guildas de regeneração definidas como pioneiras, clímax exigente de luz e clímax tolerante à sombra. Para comparação das guildas entre os setores, foi utilizado o teste de proporção. A análise da estrutura horizontal foi feita a partir do cálculo do Índice de Valor de Importância (IVI) para cada espécie. A comparação da abundância (densidade), área basal, diâmetro, altura média, riqueza, diversidade (Índice de Shannon) e equabilidade (Índice de Pielou) entre os setores foi realizada por meio do teste t. Para a análise da estrutura diamétrica e hipsométrica das comunidades dos diferentes setores, foram utilizados histogramas de frequência. Variações florístico-estruturais foram verificadas no segundo capítulo por meio da ordenação das parcelas utilizando-se a Análise de Correspondência Retificada (DCA), com comparações entre setores de borda e interior por meio da Análise de Variância Multivariada Não-Paramétrica (NPMANOVA). De forma geral, observou-se que a ação do efeito de borda foi diferenciada nos três fragmentos estudados. No remanescente de Bom Jardim da Serra foram encontradas diferenças relacionadas à diversidade, em São José do Cerrito foram encontradas diferenças estruturais entre borda e interior e em Lages foi encontrado um gradiente curto entre borda e interior, com variações na participação relativa das populações. Dessa maneira, conclui-se que o efeito de borda sobre os fragmentos de Floresta Ombrófila Mista estudados não pode ser generalizado, o que é um indicativo de sua natureza complexa, em função da interação com vários fatores, como, por exemplo, o estágio sucessional e matriz de entorno

Currently, there is no comprehensive terrestrial ecosystem classification for the central Rocky Mountains of the United States. A comprehensive classification of terrestrial ecosystems in a mountainous study area in northern Utah was developed incorporating direct gradient analysis, spatial hierarchy theory, the zonal concept, and concepts of diagnostic species and fidelity, together with the biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification approach used in British Columbia, Canada. This classification was derived from vegetation and environmental sampling of both forest and non-forest ecosystems. The SNOwpack TELemetry (SNOTEL) and The National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) weather station network were used to approximate climate of 163 sample plots. Within the large environmental diversity of the study area, three levels of ecosystem organization were distinguished: (1) macroclimatic - regional climate; (2) mesoclimatic, accounting for local climate and moisture distribution; and (3) edaphic - soil fertility. These three levels represent, in order, the L+1, L, and L-1 levels in a spatial hierarchy. Based on vegetation physiognomy, climatic data, and taxonomic classification of zonal soils, two vegetation geo-climatic zones were identified at the macroclimatic (L+1) level: (1) montane zone with Rocky Mountain juniper and Douglas-fir; and (2) subalpine zone with Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir as climatic climax species. A vegetation classification was developed by combining vegetation samples (relevés) into meaningful vegetation units. A site classification was developed, based on dominant environmental gradients within the subalpine vegetation geo-climatic zone. Site classes were specified and a site grid was constructed. This site classification was coupled with the vegetation classification. Each plant community was associated with its environmental space within the site grid. This vegetation-site overlay allowed ecosystems to be differentiated environmentally and a structure, combining zonal, vegetation, and site classifications, forms a comprehensive ecosystem classification. Based on assessment of plant communities' environmental demands and site vegetation potential, the comprehensive classification system enables inferences about site history and successional status of ecosystems. This classification is consistent with the recent USDA, Forest Service ECOMAP and Terrestrial Ecological Unit Inventory structure and may serve as a valuable tool not only in vegetation, climatic, or soil studies but also in practical ecosystem management.

A região sudoeste do estado do Maranhão teve um crescimento econômico expressivo após os anos 1990 com a chegada de grandes indústrias. A passagem por esta região da Ferrovia dos Carajás, pela qual a Companhia Vale do Rio Doce transporta o minério da Serra dos Carajás para o porto de Itaqui localizado na capital Maranhense, fez com que inicialmente indústrias siderúrgicas se instalassem na cidade de Açailândia que fica às margens da mencionada ferrovia; e por último no ano de 2013 uma grande fábrica de papel e celulose fosse inaugurada na cidade de Imperatriz. Esses empreendimentos impactaram na economia de vários municípios do entorno destas duas cidades, pois muitas áreas de terras até então utilizadas na agropecuária foram adquiridas e plantadas com eucalipto para suprir carvão e celulose, duas matérias primas essenciais a estas indústrias. Por estas razões, este estudo busca compreender as influências socioeconômicas do extrativismo e da silvicultura nos municípios de Formosa da Serra Negra e Sítio Novo MA, dois recortes tipicamente rurais da região maranhense das serras que foram alcançados por estas modalidades de extrativismo a partir do ano 2000. Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica e documental com abordagem qualitativa na qual com o uso do método comparativo se fez análises de indicadores socioeconômicos como: população, PIB, produção extrativista, IDHM, IDM e Índice de Gini destes dois municípios, buscando identificar ocorrência de desenvolvimento nesses locais, usando como parâmetro os municípios de Açailândia e Imperatriz, Grajaú que é sede da Região das Serras e o próprio estado do Maranhão. Os resultados demonstraram que ocorreram avanços econômicos em ambos os municípios, apesar de não ficar evidente o grau de influência das atividades extrativistas e de silvicultura nesse processo. Entretanto, nos aspectos socioambientais elas se apresentaram como um sistema insustentável, altamente predatório do meio ambiente e danoso às condições de saúde e vida das pessoas que residem nas proximidades desses empreendimentos nos dois municípios.
The southwest region of Maranhão State had a significant economic growth after the 1990s with the arrival of large industries. The passage through this region of the Carajás Railroad, in which the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce transports ore from Serra dos Carajás to the harbor of Itaqui located in Maranhão capital, made initially ironworks install themselves in the city of Açailândia which is to margins of said rail; and finally in 2013 a large pulp and paper factory was inaugurated in the city of Imperatriz. These enterprises impacted the economy of several municipal districts around these two cities, as many areas of land previously used for agriculture were purchased and planted with eucalyptus to supply coal and cellulose, two essential raw materials to these industries. For these reasons this study aims to understand the socioeconomic influences of the extractive and forestry in the cities of `Formosa da Serra Negra and `Sítio Novo; two typically rural clippings of Maranhão region of saws that have been achieved by these methods of extraction from 2000. This is a bibliographic and documental research with a qualitative approach in which using the comparative method was made socioeconomic indicators analyzes such as population, GDP, extractive production, IDHM, IDM and the Gini index of these two municipalities in order to identify occurrence development in these locations, using as as parameter the municipalities of Açailândia and Imperatriz, Grajaú that hosts the Region of the Sierras and the state of Maranhão. The results demonstrated economic advances have occurred in both municipalities, though not become apparent the degree of influence of extractive and forestry activities in these proceedings; however in social and environmental aspects they presented themselves as an unsustainable system, highly predatory of the environment and harmful to health and living conditions of the people residing in the vicinity of these enterprises in the two counties.

La filière forêt-bois est un secteur stratégique pour l’atténuation des changements climatiques, notamment grâce à la production du bois-énergie. Toutefois, les récoltes intensives de biomasse peuvent induire à une perte de fertilité des sols forestiers sur le long terme. Le travail de thèse s’articule autour de la durabilité de la récolte de bois-énergie avec (1) un volet environnemental, qui concerne la quantification des retours d’éléments minéraux via la lixiviation pendant la phase de réessuyage, la caractérisation de la biomasse exportée ainsi que l’évaluation des bois morts au sol (2) un volet économique avec une évaluation des impacts économiques d’une potentielle baisse de productivité et leur mise en relief avec les choix possibles de coupe et de traitement sylvicoles.Le réessuyage des arbres s'est avéré insatisfaisant pour un retour optimal de nutriments contenus dans les feuilles et brindilles. Plus de la moitié de nutriments reste exportée de la forêt après trois mois de réessuyage. Les volumes de bois morts permettant de maintenir la fertilité des forêts et leur biodiversité étaient faibles (<10 %) et en deçà des recommandations actuelles. Le risque de baisse de productivité sur le long terme est donc très élevé par rapport aux pratiques étudiées.D’un point de vue économique, la récolte par arbres entiers améliore la rentabilité de la forêt de 40 % en moyenne par rapport à une récolte conventionnelle, tandis qu’une baisse potentielle de croissance annuelle des arbres de 3 % en moyenne a conduit à une rentabilité équivalente au système de récolte conventionnelle. Le maintien de niveaux recommandés de résidus au sol (30%) n’affecte pas beaucoup la rentabilité espérée par la récolte totale de bois, -10 % en moyenne.Les propriétaires forestiers doivent être sensibilisés au rôle des résidus de récolte, accompagnés techniquement et financièrement par les gestionnaires et les politiques forestières afin d'assoir durabilité environnemental et économique de l’exploitation de bois sur le long terme
Forest-wood sector is a strategic sector for the mitigation of climate change, in particular through the production of fuelwood. However, the intensive harvesting of biomass can lead to a loss of forest soil fertility in the long term. The thesis work focuses on the sustainability of energy wood harvesting with (1) an environmental component, which concerns the assessment of nutrient returns by leaching during the pre-drying period, the characterization of exported biomass as well as the evaluation of dead wood on the ground (2) an economic component with an assessment of the economic impacts of a potential drop in productivity and their highlighting with the possible choices of cutting and silvicultural treatments.The Pre-drying operation of the trees proved to be unsatisfactory for an optimal return of nutrients contained in leaves and twigs. More than half of the nutrients remain exported from the forest after three months of pre-drying. The volumes of dead wood left on forests to maintain soil fertility and biodiversity were low (<10%) and below current recommendations. The risk of reduced productivity in the long term is therefore very high for the studied practices. From an economic side, whole-tree harvesting improves forest profitability on average by 40% compared to conventional harvesting, while a potential decrease in annual tree growth of 3% on average led to equivalent profitability as for conventional harvesting system. Maintaining recommended levels of ground residue (30%) does not significantly affect the expected profitability of the total wood harvest, -10% on average. Forest owners need to be aware of the role of harvest residues, supported technically and financially by forest managers and policies in order to ensure the environmental and economic sustainability of wood harvesting in the long term

Svenska företag står inför stora marknadsförändringar i takt med att modern teknik, sociala strukturer och den etniska sammansättningen i samhället förändras. Ett sätt att arbeta med dessa förändringar är att öka mångfalden på arbetsplatsen genom inkluderande verksamhet. Detta arbete ska ge en nulägesanalys av graden av mångfald på Holmen Skog, som i sin tur kan ligga till grund för en fortsatt ökad förståelse kring begreppen och skapa förutsättningar att bedriva inkluderande verksamhet.
Swedish companies are facing major market changes as modern technology, social structures and the ethnic makeup in society is changing. One way of working with these changes is to increase diversity within the workplace though inclusiveness. This essay gives a current situation assessment of the degree of diversity within Holmen Skog, which in turn can form the foundation for an increased understanding of the concepts surrounding diversity and create pre-requisites to conduct inclusiveness in the workplace.

Cette thèse a pour objectif d’apporter une contribution à l’analyse de la relation entre formes d’organisation et performance environnementale des exploitations agricoles. Elle étudie les liens entre d’une part, la manière dont l’exploitation est organisée et gouvernée et, d’autre part, l’ensemble des pratiques qui fondent son profil environnemental. Elle offre une revue de la littérature économique relative à l’analyse de la performance environnementale des exploitations agricoles et de ses déterminants. Dans le prolongement des propositions théoriques relevant de l’économie néo-institutionnelle et de l’économie évolutionniste, elle propose un cadre analytique de la relation entre formes d’exploitation et profils environnementaux. Ce cadre est appliqué au cas des exploitations agricoles laitières autour de trois chapitres complémentaires, qui combinent à la fois une approche quantitative mobilisant des données du Recensement agricole français de 2010, et une approche qualitative basée sur des monographies d’exploitations réalisées au Brésil. Ainsi, cette thèse contribue à la littérature empirique sur la performance environnementale par son approche systémique et multicritère des exploitations laitières qui permet la construction d’un profil de pratiques agro-environnementales. Dans l’analyse des déterminants de ce profil, elle montre l’importance d’une conception de l’exploitation en tant que système complexe doté d’une structure, d’une gouvernance et d’une capacité d’adaptation propres, et évoluant en interaction avec son environnement externe. La thèse montre enfin qu’il n’existe pas un alignement strict entre formes d’organisation et performance environnementale mais que certaines formes d’exploitation sont plus aptes que d’autres à prendre en compte certaines pratiques agro-environnementales
This thesis contributes to the analysis of the relationship between farm’s forms of organization and environmental performance. The links between the way in which farm is organized and governed and all the practices related with its environmental profile will be studied. First, the economic literature about environmental performance of farms and its determinants will be reviewed. Based on the insights of the neo-institutional and the evolutionary economics, an analytical framework of the relationship between forms of organization and environmental profiles will be proposed. This framework will then be applied to dairy farms in three complementary chapters. These chapters combine both quantitative approach using data from the French agricultural census of 2010 and a qualitative approach from semi-directive interviews carried out in Brazil. An insight to the empirical literature on environmental performance will be provided thanks to a systemic and multi-criteria approach of dairy farms thought a profile of agro-environmental practices. The analysis of the determinants also shows the importance of studying the farm as complex system with its own structure, governance and adaptability evolving in its external environment. Finally, the thesis bring out that there is no strict alignment between forms of organization and environmental performance. However, certain forms are more apt than others to take into account certain agro-environmental practices