ALCES

ALCES is a landscape simulator. It was developed as a strategic-level simulation tool intended for use by resource managers, the scientific community, industrial landusers, and the general public. Its primary purpose is to facilitate Integrated Resource Management, an interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to decision-making for natural resource management. This approach integrates decisions, legislation, policies, programs and activities across sectors to gain the best overall long-term benefits for society and to minimize conflicts. It recognizes that the use of a resource for one purpose can affect both the use of that resource for other purposes and the management and use of other resources. An important objective of ALCES is to allow diverse stakeholders to gather together and explore the economic, ecological, and social consequences of different landuse trajectories on defined landscapes.