H2020

H2020

My Sustainable Forest service platform: towards a holistic view of forest management

My Sustainable Forest service platform is the on-line tool for users to request Earth Observation products, share in-situ data, point the area of interest, process bulky data and download final service products. Service users can request on-line customised products, upload their own data, visualise in a GIS viewer the final products and download them. The […]
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GFOI

My Sustainable Forest present at GFOI Plenary in Maputo, Mozambique

The Global Forest Observations Initiative, GFOI, celebrates the 2019 Plenary in Maputo, Mozambique,  from the 8th  to the 11th of April. GFOI is an informal partnership that coordinates international support to developing countries on forest monitoring and greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting for the purposes of REDD+ and related forums. The European Union HORIZON 2020 funded […]
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Applying remote observations to silvicultural processes

On the 19th of November 2018, the Croatian Forest Institute hosted an international workshop to showcase forest stakeholders the use and applications of satellite remote sensing to  forest silviculture.  Some 60 participants from 30 state and private companies took part in a workshop dedicated to share the implementation of the latest remote sensing technologies in […]
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Discussing the role of innovative technologies and their impact on the wood industry

On July 10, 2018, a technology transfer workshop was held at the Technological Park of Ourense (Galicia, Spain) in which various research, development and innovation entities and technological companies showed the edge-cutting methods that allow determining the location, volume and technological properties of wood as well as optimizing the wood supply chain and its industrial use.
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First users’ meeting of the H2020 My Sustainable Forest project

On 13 March Brussel’s “European Forestry House” hosted the first users’ meeting of the H2020 MySustainableForest project, led by GMV. The project is developing sustainable-forestry services to be put through their paces in Mediterranean, Atlantic and continental woodland of Portugal, France, Spain, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania.
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My Sustainable Forest, the European project for a new forestry future

Forests are the lungs of our planet. But their key environmental role is not their only boon; their economic and social knock-on effects are coming into their own too. Direct and indirect benefits are in fact equally important. Conserving our forests and, above all, ensuring a sustainable use of them is therefore a pressing need at worldwide level.
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