The use of compensatory and non-compensatory multi-criteria analysis for small-scale forestry |
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Authors: | Ian Jeffreys |
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Institution: | (1) School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland, 4343 Gatton, Queensland, Australia |
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Abstract: | Small-scale farm forestry has the potential to offer many benefits both to landholders and the wider community. As with all
changes in land-use practices, there are associated benefits and costs and these are not uniformly distributed. They have
varying impacts on the different values, aspirations, goals and objectives that exist within the community. Furthermore, the
community does not consider these values, aspirations, goals and objectives of equal importance. The degree of concern can
vary from minor to high and overriding all other considerations. When evaluating farm forestry options it is necessary to
address all of these concerns. This paper examines the combined use compensatory and non-compensatory multi-criteria analyses
to evaluate forestry options, in a case study for the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. These aggregation techniques
are found to be highly complementary and together provide a comprehensive analysis. The compensatory technique provides a
sound measure of overall performance of a forestry system, whereas the non-compensatory technique alerts decision-makers to
presence of particularly poor performance with respect to individual criteria. The compensatory technique used is simple and
understandable even for those with non-mathematical backgrounds. This analysis can identify and aid communication of the relative
benefits and costs, and trade-offs, between economic, environmental and social considerations. |
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Keywords: | Multi-Objective Decision Support Systems farm forestry options trade-offs community participation |
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