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Credits & usage conditions
Intellectual property
Foster Forest is protected by license IDDN.FR.001.350008.000.S.P.2020.000.30200 (French Agency of Program Protection). Its use and broadcast are free and open-access, but the following conditions must be accounted for.
Scientific posture
Foster Forest conception is in line with the principles of companion modelling:
- acknowledging the existence of multiple perspectives and non-academic knowledges on forestry
- sharing these perspectives on collective discussions/debriefings
- a process of adaptive modelling, open and used to stimulate French forest systems.
Participating to Foster Forest does not imply to take any part in any actions following a workshop. This posture allows the workshops to really be open to discussions and to the exploration of novel ideas.
To whom who would use Foster Forest
To set a Foster Forest workshop, game facilitators must understand that:
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Foster Forest was developed in a multifunctional vision of forests, where ecological, productive and social forest services are treated equally. Transforming the software or the leaflets is the sole responsibility of the person modifying them.
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Organizing a workshop induces a clear explanation of the objectives of the participatory simulations to the participants, and informing them of the existence of this website.
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Neither Foster Forest team nor AgroParisTech can be taken for responsible of what happens during a workshop. Yet, the team stays at your disposal for further questions on the use of Foster Forest (see the Contact page).
Financial support
This work was supported by a grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the “Investments d’Avenir” Programme (LabEx BASC; ANR-11-LABX-0034). The funding source had no involvement in this research.