Materials of Roadmap for forest machine information and sensor technology publication and webinar are published and can be found at the Finnish webpage. This project… Read More »Materials of roadmap for forest machine information and sensor technology now available
According to researchers, smart harvesters will make traditional forest inventory nearly unnecessary, as topographic data will be automatically collected in connection with harvesting and forest… Read More »Vision for the future: Forest machines that automatically report the work done
Trees killed by bark beetles in the spruce forest. Photo: Maanmittauslaitos The spruce bark beetle belongs to Finnish nature, but the forest damage it causes has… Read More »The relatively cold early summer has slowed down the spruce bark beetle’s activity, but there is no end in sight for the forest damage – drones are used to detect damage to trees faster than before
Photo: Roine Piirainen The National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) and the Finnish Forest Centre have started a joint research project to diversify and specify data… Read More »Data on individual trees to become available in the forest sector – benefits also in Forest Act supervision and EU regulation
Using new data assimilation methods, we can better utilize the valuable information available about forests. In 2024, Nordic research in this field was strengthened when… Read More »Nordic countries strengthen cooperation on forest data assimilation – UNITE involved
UNITE Winter webinars will showcase a series of topical research knowledge to support solutions to the challenges of sustainable use and management of forests. The… Read More »UNITE winter webinars start 16.1. – solutions for sustainable use of forests
Join our workshop to hear the latest research data on various forest development forecasts and try creating them yourself. You can also learn about game-based… Read More »UNITE in Metsäpäivät (Forest Days) 24-25 October 2024
Kelluu has released a dataset from the Koli National Park area in collaboration with UNITE. Such data has not been published on this scale before,… Read More »Kelluu publishes open aerial data of Koli national park in UNITE cooperation
Identifying trees in high detail using drones and maps will improve forest management in the future. The new research projects of UNITE develop innovative solutions… Read More »Three new projects to advance impact of research: solutions for gamified forest data collection and quality of harvesting
oin 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!
