Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Research and development institution VTT has recently introduced new service for monitoring forest carbon balance. Forests play a key role in managing the impact of climate change. The need for monitoring carbon balance are at a rise and along with the process the various methods of monitoring the carbon balance in forests are also increasing.
Organisations have recently concentrated on studying as well as reporting on the forest carbon balance. The new forest carbon service will help different forest operators by making suitable monitoring methods available for them. Innovative approaches as well as satellites are assisting in monitoring forest carbon.
“The project starts with a user interview period. The aim is to find out what kind of data the users need to fulfill their forest carbon monitoring and reporting requirements. Based on this information we will build a service that includes a variety of monitoring methods to serve different user groups. The service will help different types of users from companies operating in limited areas to national administrative agencies and international organizations. Within the project, we will be using service design methods to help bring the user needs to life and help the project partners co-create the best possible solution ideas together. The demonstration will include seven target areas in Europe and one in Peru, ranging from local case studies to European wide mapping”, describes Senior Scientist Jukka Miettinen from VTT.
The forest carbon service will provide the forest operators with reliable data that fits their needs. It utilizes data provided by forest operators, satellite imagery and other data sources. When a user orders data, the service provider chooses optimal monitoring method, produces the outputs, and sends them back to the user.
“The outputs consist of traditional forest variables, such as species distribution, age or height of the trees, or forest area. This information enables modelling forest biomass and carbon and, in future, forecasting their development”, Miettinen says.
VTT has strong expertise on big data processing, remote sensing and monitoring natural resources. Now they have recently upgraded their expertise and advanced forest knowledge through innovative monitoring services and have helped in various projects.
Tags: forest carbon, Forestry Technology, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, woodworking and manufacturing, woodworking and processing, woodworking industry
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