Boreal Tech Brief

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Satellite monitoring

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Sep 22, 2026

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Metsä prices forest work with AI, Finland audits subsidies from orbit | #064

Also: a digital twin for Swedish timber haulage, RIEGL's five-return drone lidar, and a free forest risk tool for US landowners

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

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Sep 15, 2026

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Sveaskog tests load-measuring crane, Södra forest plans update from satellite | #063

Also: Sentinel volume model moves from Norway to Finland, windthrow AI fails abroad, ForestrySA adds a Pano AI fire camera

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

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Sep 8, 2026

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Romania tracks timber lorries by permit, Skogforsk's Autoplant planting machine | #062

Also: SenseNet buys N5 Sensors' wildfire unit, Metsä orders Valmet's 3D Fiber line, a model predicts heat-treated wood outcomes

Axel Wretemark

Timber logistics

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Sep 1, 2026

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ForestX Optinex sawmill planner opens to AI agents, balloon reads wildfire risk | #061

Also: AI maps Christmas tree plantations, terrain-aware lidar improves tree volume, Foster + Partners joins a timber robot swarm

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

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Aug 25, 2026

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Muon Space banks $250M for FireSat, Sweden's electric timber trucks now a fleet | #060

Also: SLU counts moose with thermal drones, Ponsse harvester laser guidance adds 1 to 3 percent, backpack lidar works leaf-off only

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

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Aug 18, 2026

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ICEYE takes EU fund's first cheque, US Forest Service $105.5M for wood markets | #059

Also: GPS planting tube logs every seedling, DRI reads tree water stress from video, mature forests grow beyond the satellite record

Axel Wretemark

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