Dr. Janine Schweier

Fonction

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Ressources et gestion forestières

Gestion forestière durable

Contact

janine.schweier(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 24 78+41 44 739 24 78

Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi GL B 05

Research interests

Ecosystem services; environmentally-friendly operations; digitalization; life cycle assessment; sustainability impact assessment; carbon costs; climate adapted forest management; forest operations; wood supply chains; ergonomics; unpredictable use of wood.

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Janine_Schweier.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Publications WSL

Further scientific publications

Thrippleton, T.; Temperli, C.; Krumm, F.; Mey, R.; Zell, J.; Stroheker, S.; Bebi, P.; Thürig, E.; Schweier, J., 2022: Le changement climatique affecte le potentiel d’atténuation de la gestion forestière contre les perturbations de types chablis et scolytes dans les forêts de montagne.

Schweier, J.; Werder, M.; Sanginés de Carcér, P.; Bowman, G.; Bont, L.G., 2022: Impacts des phénomènes extrêmes de chablis induits par le changement climatique sur la gestion forestière et l'économie des entreprises forestières européennes.

Sanginés de Cárcer, P.; Werder, M.; Vogel, E.; Nobis, M.; Schweier, J., 2022: Comment les décisions de gestion après une perturbation ontelles affecté la régénération des peuplements deux décennies après Lothar ?.

Ferretti, M.; Brang, P.; Fischer, C.; Forrester, D.; Hägeli, M.; Schweier, J.; Thürig, E., 2021: Research Unit Forest Resources and Management. In: Ferretti, M.; Fischer, C.; Gessler, A. (eds), 2021: Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest. Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest, Birmensdorf. 29-30.

Bont, L.; Ramstein, L.; Frutig, F.; Moll, P.; Heinimann, H.; Schweier, J., 2020: A QGIS based workflow for optimized cable road layout planning.

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Magazine article and brochures

Rath, L.; Schweier, J.; Abbas, H.; Griess, V.; Bont, L., 2022: Surfaces de référence futures: une conquête complexe. La Forêt, 75, 10: 18-21.

Rath, L.; Schweier, J.; Abbas, H.; Griess, V.; Bont, L., 2022: Was es braucht, um den Wald effizient zu bewirtschaften. Wald und Holz, 104, 10: 14-17.

Schweier, J., 2022: Estimer en ligne les coûts des soins pour les jeunes peuplements. La Forêt, 75, 3: 21-23.

Schweier, J.; Frutig, F.; Holm, S., 2022: JuWaPfl - Schätzung von Produktivität und Kosten der ersten Produktionsstufe. Zürcher Wald, 54, 4: 16-18.

Brantschen, D.; Schweier, J.; Griess, V.; Bont, L., 2022: Reengineering von Waldstrassennetzen in befahrbaren Lagen. Erarbeitung einer Entscheidungshilfe basierend auf GIS-gestützten Modellen. Infoblatt Arbeitsgruppe Waldplanung und -management, 22, 1: 2-5.

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Scientific publication article peer-reviewed

Schweier, J.; Werder, M.; Bont, L.G., 2022: Timber provision on soft soils in forests providing protection against natural hazards: a productivity and cost analysis using the Koller 507 in the horizontal yarding firection in Switzerland. Small-Scale Forestry, doi: 10.1007/s11842-022-09526-8

Ramstein, L.; Bont, L.G.; Ginzler, C.; Schweier, J., 2022: Comparison of single tree detection methods to extract support trees for cable road planning. European Journal of Forest Research, doi: 10.1007/s10342-022-01495-z

Bont, L.G.; Ramstein, L.; Frutig, F.; Schweier, J., 2022: Tensile forces and deflections on skylines of cable yarders: comparison of measurements with close-to-catenary predictions. International Journal of Forest Engineering, 1-22. doi: 10.1080/14942119.2022.2051159

Mederski, P.S.; Schweier, J.; Đuka, A.; Tsioras, P.; Bont, L.G.; Bembenek, M., 2022: Mechanised harvesting of broadleaved tree species in Europe. Current Forestry Reports, 8: 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s40725-021-00154-7

Bont, L.G.; Moll, P.E.; Ramstein, L.; Frutig, F.; Heinimann, H.R.; Schweier, J., 2022: SEILAPLAN, a QGIS plugin for cable road layout design. Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 43, 2: 241-255. doi: 10.5552/crojfe.2022.1824

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Projects

Digiforest

The mission of DIGIFOREST is to develop the technology needed to achieve sustainable digital forestry. It includes fundamental science for mobile robotic navigation (multi-sensor motion tracking, 3D mission planning etc.) and data-driven semantic mapping.

Acceptance of management and policy options for resilient forests (ABePo)

The project examines in two case study regions (Canton Berne and Canton Aargau) forest owners' acceptance of various forest management and policy options concerning increasing extreme disturbances in the forest.

MountEx

The MountEx project, part of the WSL research program Extremes, aims to develop guidance and tools for managing spruce-dominated mountain forests under the influence of previously unthinkable, extreme disturbances.

HeProMo (2021-2024)

With the help of the timber harvesting productivity models (HeProMo), the productivity and costs for different timber logging processes can be pre-calculated on the basis of some important input variables.

ONEforest

ONEforest develops a multi-criteria planning system for strategic decision makers from forestry, politics and industry and provides information regarding potential social, ecologic and ecologic and economic impacts of alternative forest management options in a medium to long-term perspective.

Virtual Forest

In this project, realistic digital twins of existing forests are created. By connecting these with forest growth simulators, long-term effects of different forest management strategies and climate scenarios can be explored visually.

SWEET-EDGE

The aim of SWEET-EDGE (2021-2027) is to investigate and demonstrate pathways to promote decentralized renewable energy generation in Switzerland. In this context, we will investigate the availability and mobilization of woody and non-woody biomass as a central resource in the midlands and the Alps.

New basics for the forest management planning of staged forests

Based on forest roads, forest structures and ecosystem services to be provided, this project will develop new basics for the separation of management and operation units as a planning basis for mountain and permanent forests.

DigiSeil

The project aims to establish the digital cable road design. Among others, a guideline for digital cable road design and calculation as well as further training documents will be produced.

Impacts of climate change induced extreme windthrow events on forest management and economy of European forest enterprises (ExWiFE)

An increase of extreme environmental disturbances is expected, which is for different reasons a big challenge for forest stakeholders on the operating-, strategic-, financial- and environmental level. Using diverse methods, we aim to describe the complexity of the current problem.

Nutrient Sustainability in Swiss Wood Extraction

The project aims to determine the nutrient balance of various Swiss sites by means of comprehensive soil analyses and to develop nutrient balances aiming to maintain and promote soil fertility and biodiversity.

Bioenergy and circular economy: the biogas plant as a hub

In this transdisciplinary study, the bioenergy system is assessed from the perspective of the circular economy. The focus is on wet biomass, whereby the current cycle of the most important elements is investigated qualitatively and quantitatively. The anaerobic digestion serves as the central hub.

Optimized forest planning

An optimization model will be developed in the frame of this project to determine the optimal segregation of management strategies that can best fulfill the diverse services.

Optimised cable line planning

The transport of timber with cable yarders is of great importance in the Swiss forestry. Planning a cable line is a complex and demanding task. Together with selected forest contractors and forest enterprises, it is evaluated how scientific findings in cable mechanics, developments in remote sensing and mathematical optimization algorithms can contribute to more efficient cable road planning.

JuWaPfl - IT-basierte Modelle für Produktivität und Kosten von Bestandesbegründung und Jungwaldpflege

Modelle zur Schätzung von Leistung und Kosten für Arbeiten der Bestandesbegründung und der Jungwaldpflege

Ecosystem services in forests

We are studying the impacts of forest management on a variety of forest services. Using two models and a range of indicators we are simulating forest development and services with a variety of management and climate scenarios.

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Editorial activities

Guest Editor:

Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Technologies, Applications and Assessments for Proper Sustainable Forest Operations (SFO)", https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/SFO.
Guest Editor of the Special Issue “The role of forest operations in climate change affected forests”, International Journal of Forest Engineering.

Editorial board: International Journal of Forest Engineering.

Referee for scientific journals: Biomass and Bioenergy; Forests; Biosystems Engineering; International Journal of Forest Engineering; BioEnergy Research, Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering; Sustainability.

Other activites

Member of the expert committee “silviculture and forest technique” of the German Center for Forest Work and Technology (KWF)
S-WIN board member (Swiss Wood Innovation Network)
Habilitation candidate at the University of Freiburg, Faculty of Environment and Natural Ressources