A system dynamics model of forest management

In terms of a dynamic system, the state of any forest greatly depends on the respective forest management model. Commercial forests, aimed at producing timber, ought to be managed in such a way as to ensure not only the sustainability of income, but also of all the other general benefits to be yielded from such forests. In order to determine whether the current management of a forest's dynamic system complies with the principle of sustainable development, simulation modelling has been applied, including the system dynamics method. Owing to it, the state of the forest as a dynamic system upon implementing a certain management strategy can be forecast