A Gis Study about Forest Management in Strâmbu Băiuț

Abstract

Forests have a major role in preserving an environment, suitable for human life, being a very important and renewable natural resource. Because of the multiple interests of forest users, a wider range of up-to-date information is being requested in the community of forestry. The study describes a geographic information system (GIS) research, based on information about a protected forest area. The aim of this paper is to develop a management plan that lays the foundations for a long-term management of natural resources, both in favor of humans, and nature, to promote the values of biodiversity in this protected natural area, involving as much as possible, the communities in the area. GIS can be used not only to edit and display maps, but also to enhance work quality. These enhancements include an exploration of information from different types of maps, recognizing potentially problematic areas, facilitating informative public hearings, and presenting major area features. GIS has been recently applied to numerous fields, including forestry. Most GIS research works on land-use planning and forest management, relates to the establishment of databases, the expansion of mathematical models to incorporate the capabilities of spatial analyses. The results of this study reveal several features including: classification of plots by altitude, slope, exhibition, consistency of the tree, dominant species, accessibility of the plots, and identifying the areas where the snow lasts the longest. GIS technology provides users easier access to various information’s about forest features and to visualize them through the maps. The management of this database facilitates the implementation of methods of conservation of protected forests.

Keywords

• biodiversity, gis, protected area