sIMfLOR Plataforms

sIMfLOR is a platform that integrates several simulators developed for the main portuguese forests species. The platform aims to encourage users from research fields, managers and owners to make use of the forest growth and yield models in user-friendly way. Different stand and regional level simulators have been integrated in a common environment as well as other tools developed by ForChange group.

Currently two sIMfLOR platforms are available:

sIMfLOR.online

simflor.online (2024) is a Web platform developed for the management and digital access to forest tools on the Internet. This application provides access, through the most modern Web technologies, to non-web computer programs (scientific or technical) useful to society and promotes the digitalization of utilities, tools and simulators in the areas of Forest Engineering.

simflor.online also acts as a portal for the computational tools developed over the last few years or web tools that eventually will be developed and made available in other technological environments. It also allows the management of users, their profiles (including professor and student profiles), classes (university/training), among other.

simflor.online as a programming platform already allowed to develop and make available the Web App version of StandsSIM, with the growth Models: GLOBULUS, GYMMA (Eucalyptus globulus); PINASTER e PBIRROL (Pinus pinaster); PINEA (Pinus pinea); e CASTANEA (Castanea sativa);

simflor.online is available at: https://www.simflor.online

sIMfLOR Desktop

Within sIMfLOR Desktop (Faias SP et al. 2012) simulators are grouped under stand level simulators and wide range simulators (StandsSIM) which cover simulations from stand to regional level.

Use the menus on the left hand side of the page to find more about the simulators and tools available in sIMfLOR.

You can freely download sIMfLOR platfrom under the menu Downloads after you register.

sIMfLOR was developed under the scope of the projects:

• EFORWOOD – Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry-Wood Chain (FP6-2004-518128-2);
• MOTIVE – Models for Adaptive Forest Management (FP7-ENV-2008-1-226544);
• AFORE - Forest biorefineries: Added-value from chemicals and polymers by new integrated separation, fractionation and upgrading Technologies (CP-IP 228589-2);
• SIMWOOD – Sustainable Innovative Mobilisation of Wood – Regional forest governance dialogues fostering conscious forest ownership and sustainable wood mobilisation in Europe (EU FP7-KBBE-2013.1.2-07);
• StarTree – Multipurpose trees and non-wood forest products: a challenge and opportunity (FP7-ENV-2012-311919);
• Agforward – AGroFORestry that Will Advance Rural Development (FP7-KBBE-2013-7-613520).

References:

Faias SP, Palma JHN, Barreiro S, Paulo JA, Tomé M, 2012. Resource communication. sIMfLOR – platform for the Portuguese forest simulators. Forest Systems 21(3): 543 – 548. http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/fs/2012213-02951

Tomé M, Barreiro S (2024). StandsSIM.md[v2.1.1] management driven forest growth simulator for the portuguese forest. Available at: https://www.simflor.online/standssim