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2. For example, the Capability Maturity Model® for Software
(SW-CMM®) or its process-focused successor CMMI
are used by many organizations in software and process
improvement projects. Information concerning SW-CMM
and CMMI can be found online at http://www.sei.cmu
.edu/cmm/, while other models and protocols can be found
by searching online.
3. Programming language or “development environment,”
database technology, special purpose programs, such as GIS,
communication technology, and the hardware platforms.
4. This limits the usefulness of free and pirated databases
and software.
5. Even if the initial cost of such a turnkey approach is
higher, it may be more cost effective in the long term given
the difficulty of maintaining a self-developed system in a
bureaucracy that is likely to see a high turnover of skilled
technical people.
6. The “plug-n-play” principle in large system design is one
that says that the system should be built (and documented)
in such a way that, as new, better technology components
become available, the old component could be “unplugged”
and the new one could be “plugged in” in a seamless manner.
For example, the FMIS should be designed so that when a
new forest inventory system becomes available, the developers
of that new system would simply need to know the rules
for exchanging data with other components (planning packages,
GIS, and the like) and any other usage and security protocols,
and develop an interface and “plug it in” to the FMIS.
SOURCES OF HELP
UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Mr. Magnus
Grylle. Magnus.Grylle@fao.org.
USFS. Mr. Chuck Liff. cliff@fs.fed.us.
Forestry Tasmania. Dr. Martin Stone. Martin.Stone@
forestrytas.com.au.
British Forestry Commission.
SELECTED READINGS
Bauer, M., T. Burk, A. Ek, and P. Bolstad. 2003. “Integrating
Satellite Remote Sensing into Forest Inventory and Management.”
Environmental Resources Spatial Analysis Center,
College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota.
FAO. 2003. “A Case Study On: Computerized Forest Management
Control and Forest Information Management
System in India: An Application to Criteria and Indicators
for Sustainable Forest Management.” FAO-Forestry
Department Working Paper FM/23, Rome, Italy.
Gallis, C., and E. W. Robak. 1997. “The Proposed Design for
an Integrated Forest Management System for Greek
Forestry.” Paper presented at the IUFRO 3.04 Conference
on Planning and Control of Forest Operations for Sustainable
Forest Management, Madrid, Spain, June 16–20.
Jamnick, M., and E. W. Robak. 1996. “An Integrated Forestry
Planning System.” Proceedings of the Workshop on Hierarchical
Approaches to Forest Management in Public and
Private Organizations. University of Toronto, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, May 25–29. Petawawa National
Forestry Institute Information Report PI-X-124, Canadian
Forestry Service, 27–35.
Kilgour, B. 1991. “FRIYR: An Integrated and Computerized
System for Forest Management and Yield Regulation.”
Proceedings of the Symposium on Integrated Forest
Management Systems, Tsukuba, Japan, October 13–18.
Robak, E. W. and R. Oborn. 2000. “Design of an Integrated
Forest Management System for Madhya Pradesh:
Towards Sustainable Forestry.” Invited presentation at
the IUFRO XXXIII World Congress in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia (unpublished, contact robak@unb.ca for an
electronic copy).
Robak, E. W., and B. Rama Murty. 1999. “Forest Management
Information System (FMIS): An Integrated
Approach for Forest Management.” GIS Development 3
(5):44–5.
Robak, E.W., and R. Kirmse, 2007. “Forest Management
Information Systems.” Note submitted to World Bank as
input to Forests Sourcebook. Unpublished. World Bank,
Washington, DC.
Rondeux, J. 1991. “Management Information Systems:
Emerging Tools for Integrated Forest Management.” Proceedings
of the Symposium on Integrated Forest Management
Systems, Tsukuba, Japan, October 13–18.
Tieying, S., Y. Zhengzhong, Z. Yuejun, Z. Wenchao, and F.
Xiulan. 1991. “A Prototype Decision Support System for
A Selection-Forest Management.” Poster paper presented
in the Symposium on Integrated Forest Management
Systems, Tsukuba, Japan, October 13–18.
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