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ForestTECH November 2022 details now out
Starting in 2007, every year, over 300 forest resource managers, remote sensing, GIS and mapping specialists, inventory foresters and technology providers to this part of the industry from throughout Australasia (and more recently, North and South America, Europe and SE Asia) have met up. It’s the annual ForestTECH series. For 15 years now, it’s been the one forest technology event ...
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ForestTECH News | Issue 58
Welcome to the latest issue of Foresttech.News. First off. For our loyal ForestTECH community, the good news is that the live – face to face – gathering that has been ...
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Autonomous pruning: the future of forest management
With anticipated future innovations, this type of technology could be used to support bushfire risk management, improve the economic value of the nation’s timber resource, and overcome occupational health and ...
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The drone industry in 5 years’ time
When I registered the company name Australian UAV in early 2103 the landscape for drone technology was very different to that that we work in today. There were 35 ReOC ...
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New radio technology keeps workers safe and compliant
Otago forestry workers are using new radio technology to manage 23,730 hectares of forest more safely, even enabling them to perform under Covid-19 restrictions. Initially deployed to replace an outdated ...
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Development of a canopy sampling drone
This video is part of the paper, "Design and Testing of a Novel Unoccupied Aircraft System for the Collection of Forest Canopy Samples," by researchers from the University of Tasmania ...
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Upscaling of Terrestrial Laser Scanning through fusion with remote sensing data
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is increasingly being fused with air/spaceborne Lidar to characterise vegetation structure across a range of forest ecosystems. This article explores the potential of this approach to ...
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New biomass mapping tool launched
Mapping the world’s carbon stores is essential for taking stock of the climate crisis. It informs our climate solutions, the emissions targets’ that countries set and so - it goes ...
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Longest endurance UAV flight in NZ
Media Release [21 Dec 2021]: Kea Aerospace Achieves Longest Endurance UAV Flight In New Zealand On Sunday 19th December Kea Aerospace has recorded the longest known flight for an unmanned ...
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New farm forestry program launched
Tuesday marked the official launch of a new, innovative farm forestry program, Decision Tree, in Bunbury, Western Australia. Decision Tree has been designed to rapidly assess the suitability of farms ...
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UAV’s for collecting forest canopy samples
Last year we detailed a forest canopy sampling tool that was developed by a Canadian company, DeLeaves and is being used operationally, principally in North America and Europe. Suspended under ...
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Bushfire spread prediction model now operational
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and the NSW Rural Fire Service have released Australia’s most advanced model for predicting the speed and behaviour of eucalypt forest fires, helping to save ...
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ForestTECH News | Issue 53
Welcome to the latest issue of Foresttech.News. As 2021 comes to a close, it's been a year where Covid-19 has once again dominated the headlines, disrupted supply chains and threatened business ...
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Glyphosate’s economic and environmental Benefits
Food and pasture growers as well as the forestry industry rely on glyphosate to prevent deep-rooted weeds from taking over their crops and decimating productivity, according to a report by ...
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TreeMapper App developed for farm foresters
Private Forests Tasmania and the Forest Practices Authority have developed Treemapper, a farm and forestry property planning app. The ‘Property Planning Mapper’ mobile application will deliver a handful of mapping ...
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Changes for Australian forest reporting?
This ABARES Position Paper identifies drivers for change in the mechanism of forest reporting through Australia’s State of the Forests Report (SOFR), including increasing user expectations for access to current ...
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Major study to assess erosion and sediment control
Safeguarding New Zealand’s waterways is the key driver behind a seven-year study into the performance of control practices for reducing erosion and sediment delivered to rivers from forest harvesting. The ...
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Ernslaw One announces NZ forest sales
Ernslaw One and its advisor Cranleigh Partners have announced that Ernslaw has completed an agreement to sell the Whangapoua and Ruatoria forests with a combined area of 15,100 productive hectares ...
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ArborGen to sell Australia and NZ assets
Tree seedling company ArborGen has agreed to sell its New Zealand and Australian assets to a consortium led by Hugh Fletcher for $22.25 million. ArborGen is one of the last ...
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Software unveiled to forecast bushfire damage
Revolutionary Bushfire Management platform leverages multiple data sources and climate change-adjusted fire weather projections to predict rate of bushfire spread and intensity, fuel loads and preparedness levels. The platform has ...
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ForestTECH News | Issue 52
Welcome to the latest issue of Foresttech.News. A lot can happen in just a month. As you many of you will have heard, due to New Zealand's current covid-19 outbreak and ...
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New Videos added to Video Showcase
In the lead up to ForestTECH 2021/22, we will be adding new videos to our ForestTECH News Video Showcase page. This page already has over 50 forest technology videos and ...
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Planet’s Rapid SkySat Data Enables Effective Regional Bushfire Management In Australia
Civil governments around the world are making sustainable strides in local environmental management; and by using satellite-enabled data, they are able to analyze and support preventative management techniques to protect ...
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Stora Enso precision forestry innovations
As part of the eagerly awaited annual forest technology event, two key presenters from the European forestry giant, Stora Enso Oy will be presenting as part of ForestTECH 2021/22. The ...
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