WeusedagoalprogrammingtechniquetodeterminetheoptimalharvestvolumefortheIranianCaspianforest.Wecollecteddataincludingvolume,growth,woodpriceatforestroadside,andvariableharvestingcosts.Theallometricmethodwasusedtoquantifysequestratedcarbon.Regressionanalysiswasusedtoderivegrowthmodels.Expectedmeanpricewasestimatedusingwoodpriceandvariableharvestingcosts.Questionnairewasusedtodeterminetheconstraintsandtheequationcoefficientsofthegoalprogrammingmodel.Theoptimalvolumewasdeterminedusingthegoalprogrammingmethodaccordingtomultipurposeforestmanagement.LINGOsoftwarewasusedforanalysis.Resultsindicatedthattheoptimumvolumesofspecieswere250.25m3?ha-1forbeech,59m3?ha-1forhornbeam,73m3?ha-1foroak,41m3?ha-1foralder,and32m3?ha-1forotherspecies.Thetotaloptimumvolumeis455.25m3?ha-1.
