The F Links

Modelling tools…

STELLA is commercial modelling software developed by HPS Inc. It is used at initial development of FALLOW and in conceptualising the model. http://www.hps-inc.com/

PCRaster is spatially explicit modelling tool (freeware) developed by Utrecht University. It is now employed by FALLOW to validate & apply the model in some sites. http://www.pcraster.nl/

Useful theories for the model improvement…


Resilience Alliance, a consortium of institutions that seeks novel ways to integrate science and policy in order to discover foundations for sustainability.

Garry Peterson, innovator of theoretical applied ecology.

Other landscape dynamics models…

The CLUE Modelling Framework is a dynamic, multi-scale land-use change model developed at Wageningen University. http://www.gis.wau.nl/~clue/index.html

FLORES (Forest Land Oriented Resource Envisioning System) is a simulation modelling software that demonstrates the likely consequences of various options for forest and land use. It is a useful tool to explore alternative scenarios for managing natural resources to meet a mutually agreed balance of social, economic and environmental benefits. FLORES empowers local communities, resource managers and policy makers by putting the tools for sound decision-making in their hands.
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/acm/methods/models.html