Bark beetle infestations pose an increasing risk to forest health and economy, especially as warming climate enables these insects to spread further north. Join our seminar “Novel remote sensing technologies, modeling and in situ assessment of forest disturbance ecology” on Wednesday 14th February and learn more on the bark beetle situation from Finnish and international viewpoints, and hear about recent advances in research!
The webinar is open to all, and it is of particular interest to researchers and experts in forest-related fields. Please register via this link.
Bark beetles can rapidly kill and damage large areas of spruce forests. To help solve this, researchers are working on finding ways to identify damages and prevent them. The seminar organised by UNITE-related RESDINET and MULTIRISK projects:
RESDINET (Network for novel remote sensing technologies in forest disturbance ecology), funded by the European Union
The goal of the project is to integrate remotely sensed imagery, existing multitemporal geospatial information, data on bark beetle population density, visible infestation symptoms linked to outbreak phases, and tree physiology parameters. New tools will be developed for early bark beetle attack identification and for infestation and risk models. The latest advances in drone technologies and image analytical tools will be applied.
MULTIRISK (Digital technologies, risk management solutions and tools for mitigating forest disturbances), funded by the Academy of Finland
The goal of the project is to provide advanced digital technologies and risk management solutions and tools for mitigating forest disturbances caused by spruce bark beetles and storms. The research provides a significant renewal in the science-based risk management of forest disturbances under a changing operative environment and valuable support for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Photos : Bark beetle damaged trees in Koli.
Photo on top: Olli-Pekka Tikkanen, University of Eastern Finland
Photo below: Jarno Artika
