Forest operations can cause some damage to grounds, but the type and extent of damage depends on soil type and the machine used. We did some tests in Finland and in Scotland to better understand the damages and eventually to develop forestry so that damages are as harmless as possible. Up to date knowledge helps harvester and forwarder operators to enhance their work and to better choose the best routes. …
Twenty-four colleagues from four countries attended the fourth EFFORTE meeting covering two days, in Scotland during May 2018. The meeting concentrated on work to date in relation to wheeling experiments and silvicultural practices for planning and support using Big Data analytics. A look back and frames for future work Scotland compared data and experiment protocols from other EU partners clearfell areas of forest and no thin. Those do not pose …
How to preserve forest soils in a context of increased harvest of timber? What is the impact of the intensification of timber harvesting on forest soils and what are the good management practices to be implemented? The seminar day on 25 June 2018 in Paris, France takes stock of these questions. Several projects are taking part and giving presentations, including EFFORTE. The program of the day includes presentations by representatives of …
Compaction and rutting on forest soils are consequences of harvesting operations. The traditional methods used to investigate these consequences are time consuming and unable to represent the entire longitudinal profile for a forest trail. New methods based on photogrammetry have been developed. The overall objective in the article was to compare photogrammetry and traditional methods (e.g. cone penetrometer, manual rut depth measurements, bulk density and porosity) used for the evaluation …
Last year’s second issue of Leia, the customer magazine of Natural Resources Institute Finland provides a reading recommendation for forestry enthusiasts. Article “Big Data is transforming forestry” on pages 12 and 13 explains the three elements of streamlined and more efficient forest operations – the future of forest work. Check also side column to find out why companies find it very important to participate research and get the most out …
In EFFORTE, August 2017 was time to prepare and finish 4 deliverables. These deliverables were strongly focused on Big Data and applications using it. In the project one key objective is to describe all meaningful and potential forestry related Big Data and to create decision-support models, such as forestry applications based on these data. They aim to increase cost-efficiency and new business opportunities in forest operations – sustainably, of …