TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rossi, V.
AU  - Dolley, T.
AU  - Cornu, G.
AU  - Guitet, S.
AU  - Herault, B.
PY  - 2015//
TI  - GuyaSim : un outil d’aide à la décision pour l’aménagement d’un territoire forestier, la Guyane
JO  - Bois et Forets des Tropiques
SP  - 67
EP  - 78
VL  - 326
IS  - 4
KW  - GIS software
KW  - scenarios
KW  - ecosystem services
KW  - simulator
KW  - biodiversity
KW  - carbon stock
KW  - biomass
KW  - logging
KW  - deforestation
KW  - land use changes
KW  - tropical forest
KW  - French Guiana
N2  - Planning policies for rapid development in French Guiana will require the conversion of forested areas, thus contributing to glo- bal warming. Guiana’s policy-makers will need to integrate the preservation of eco- system services into their planning deci- sions. The GuyaSim project was conduc- ted to produce more in-depth knowledge on these services (carbon sequestration, biodiversity and soil quality) and to trans- fer a software application, GuyaSim, to policy-makers to facilitate the use of this knowledge in the development of plan- ning policies. This article presents the characteristics of the application. Guya- Sim is a freeware package of the GIS type designed initially for local authority plan- ners and forestry departments in French Guiana. The application has two main functions:information delivery and sup-port for planning decisions. The informa- tion provided includes socio-economic development scenarios, climate scenarios and valuations of ecosystem services. The decision-support component consists of tools for building planning scenarios (land use changes) and forestry scenarios (log- ging), with information on their environ- mental impacts. The functionalities of the software are currently limited by the state of knowledge on Guiana’s ecosystems. Advances made through current research projects are expected to upgrade the application in the medium term.
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ID  - Rossi_etal2015
ER  -