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Table 4 Efficiency of different silvicultural systems and management plans when all plans of a certain region were included in the same data envelopment analysis (DEA)

From: Which type of forest management provides most ecosystem services?

Management plan

South

Central

North

Max NPV 2 %, RFM

0.940

0.912

0.944

Max NPV 2 %, CCF

1.000

1.000

1.000

Max NPV 2 %, AAF

1.000

1.000

1.000

Max NPV 5 %, RFM

0.976

1.000

1.000

Max NPV 5 %, CCF

1.000

1.000

1.000

Max NPV 5 %, AAF

0.994

1.000

1.000

Max NPV 2 %, RFM, Equal removal

0.961

0.938

0.936

Max NPV 2 %, CCF, Equal removal

1.000

1.000

1.000

Max NPV 2 %, AAF, Equal removal

0.985

0.984

0.967

Max NPV 5 %, RFM, Equal removal

1.000

0.981

0.909

Max NPV 5 %, CCF, Equal removal

1.000

1.000

1.000

Max NPV 5 %, AAF, Equal removal

1.000

0.992

0.960

Multi 2 %, RFM, Equal removal

1.000

1.000

1.000

Multi 2 %, CCF, Equal removal

1.000

1.000

1.000

Multi 2 %, AAF, Equal removal

1.000

1.000

1.000

Multi 5 %, RFM, Equal removal

1.000

0.999

1.000

Multi 5 %, CCF, Equal removal

1.000

1.000

1.000

Multi 5 %, AAF, Equal removal

1.000

1.000

0.994

  1. “Multi” means that multi-objective utility function was maximized, and the percentage (2 % or 5 %) is the discount rate of the net present value (NPV) which was maximized (either as the only objective or as a part of multi-objective utility function). The variable used in DEA was NPV calculated with 3 % discount rate