AI & agents

Artificial intelligence in forestry: machine learning, AI pricing, computer vision, agentic software and decision support.

Satellite monitoring

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

Sep 22, 2026

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2 min read

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

Timber logistics

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

Sep 1, 2026

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2 min read

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

Satellite monitoring

FGI lidar IDs nine tree species, Mai Intelligence plans bark beetle CubeSat | #058

Aug 11, 2026

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2 min read

FGI lidar IDs nine tree species, Mai Intelligence plans bark beetle CubeSat | #058

Also: Vigo IDs seven species from ground lidar, Fraunhofer wires Bavarian forest with mioty sensors, WoodComp opens a free mill database

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Arauco orders Raute AI panel graders, Ponsse puts AI on harvester teardowns | #055

Jul 21, 2026

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1 min read

Arauco orders Raute AI panel graders, Ponsse puts AI on harvester teardowns | #055

Also: FireSat's first three wildfire satellites reach orbit

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Metsä runs wood procurement on Qutwo AI, SCA wires Tunadal fans with sensors | #054

Jul 14, 2026

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1 min read

Metsä runs wood procurement on Qutwo AI, SCA wires Tunadal fans with sensors | #054

Also: Lund maps Götaland tree species from satellite, Mila's BIRCH-Trees reads tree height and species from drone photos

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

Nordic Forestry Automation raises SEK 48M for harvester automation, deep dive | #052

Sponsored deep dive: what the round funds, Generation 2 semi-automation for thinning harvesters, and the stand data NFA collects

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Nordluft wins BVLOS forest drone permit, Kanop puts forest carbon data in Claude | #050

Jun 23, 2026

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2 min read

Nordluft wins BVLOS forest drone permit, Kanop puts forest carbon data in Claude | #050

Also: Umeå teaches a forwarder crane multi-log grabs, ForestBioFacts adds an AI assistant, pine bark cleans wastewater

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Södra scales Viking Analytics AI to 3 mills, SweTree robot picks tree embryos | #049

Jun 16, 2026

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3 min read

Södra scales Viking Analytics AI to 3 mills, SweTree robot picks tree embryos | #049

Also: Logscom marks logs in the harvester for traceability, New Dawn Bio grows wood in bioreactors, Treebula hires CXO and CTO

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

AirForestry drone thinning gets SEK 20M pilots, NIBIO AI rates forest roads | #047

Jun 2, 2026

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2 min read

AirForestry drone thinning gets SEK 20M pilots, NIBIO AI rates forest roads | #047

Also: Arboair's first UK drone forest survey at the Duchy of Cornwall, and NUS uses AI bioacoustics to map rainforest biodiversity

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

AirForestry drone fells first live tree, SLU lidar maps 117 million trees | #046

May 26, 2026

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2 min read

AirForestry drone fells first live tree, SLU lidar maps 117 million trees | #046

Also: SCA's AI cassette check at Bogrundet nursery, Ponsse's Buffalo Planter, and SkogsAI signs its first customer

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Kodiak driverless log trucks for West Fraser, AI reads tree age from lidar | #045

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

Kodiak driverless log trucks for West Fraser, AI reads tree age from lidar | #045

Also: Sleipner Robotics lines up unmanned forest and mine pilots, and western US utilities scale Pano AI wildfire cameras

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Deep Forestry raises €3M, OroraTech launches wildfire satellites for Greece | #044

May 12, 2026

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3 min read

Deep Forestry raises €3M, OroraTech launches wildfire satellites for Greece | #044

Also: a loblolly pine lidar digital twin lifts yield 15%, GCC approves digital carbon MRV, and open-source GeoAgent for QGIS

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

AirForestry leads SEK 48M drone consortium, SLU detects pesticides by sound | #043

May 5, 2026

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3 min read

AirForestry leads SEK 48M drone consortium, SLU detects pesticides by sound | #043

Also: Metsä and Stora Enso frame AI as baseline infrastructure, Biodiv raises SEK 2.75M, and Mongabay's ten forces reshaping forests

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Södra AI classifies pulpwood from GPV cameras, ICEYE SAR tracks deforestation | #041

Apr 21, 2026

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2 min read

Södra AI classifies pulpwood from GPV cameras, ICEYE SAR tracks deforestation | #041

Also: DroneWild WildTAK thermal drones for Forestry and Land Scotland, Skogforsk extends postdocs.ai, and free FORVAL-XL

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

SLU audits satellite forest estimates, Treebula Plus adds timber price data | #037

Mar 24, 2026

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5 min read

SLU audits satellite forest estimates, Treebula Plus adds timber price data | #037

Also: AI projects 20% more European forest damage, Emission Twin and GoClimate climate data deal, California's 300 wildfire projects

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Mar 17, 2026

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5 min read

Kopparfors storm salvage by drone and ML, Treemetrics launches Crann AI | #036

Also: LumberScan and Södra digitise log yard inventory, smart forestry market to double by 2032, Komatsu MaxiXT on TimberPro

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Mar 10, 2026

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5 min read

FAO maps AI in forest monitoring, WWF AI predicts deforestation months ahead | #035

Also: ForestScan's tropical lidar dataset, Finnish startup KOKO Forest, and DeepGreenX's 70 million hectare Indonesia deal

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Mar 3, 2026

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4 min read

AirForestry drone completes autonomous harvest, Purdue AI maps 280M city trees | #034

Also: UCL's ForestScan 3D lidar dataset, terraPulse on global forest disturbance mapping, and INTERFORST 2026's Forest 4.0 programme

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Feb 24, 2026

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4 min read

Skogforsk boom-tip control speeds harvesters, Canada rebuilds growth models | #033

Also: EcoVibes turns forest sound into biodiversity data, DeepForest drone cameras see through canopy, Triona's protected forest map

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Feb 17, 2026

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4 min read

UPM scales Aarnibot AI assistant, Scania pilots electric timber truck with SCA | #032

Also: ForestX acquires LogStack, New Zealand streams live harvester data, GAR and Arkadiah's AI carbon MRV in Indonesia

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Feb 10, 2026

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4 min read

Purdue AI rebuilds trees from lidar, NASA satellites track boreal forest shift | #031

Also: Qarlbo biodiversity credit methodology approved, EU OPENSWARM drone swarms map forests, IoT smart forestry framework

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Global Nature Watch AI forest monitoring, deep learning tracks logs to mill | #030

Feb 3, 2026

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4 min read

Global Nature Watch AI forest monitoring, deep learning tracks logs to mill | #030

Also: Silvador publishes carbon verification data, fast-growing species challenge AI models, lidar drones map the Maya Forest

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Metsä AI pricing for young stands, Sweden launches WIFORCE forest data arena | #029

Jan 27, 2026

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4 min read

Metsä AI pricing for young stands, Sweden launches WIFORCE forest data arena | #029

Also: SkogsAI 3.0 runs real forestry formulas, ESA Biomass satellite data opens to all, biodegradable Internet of Trees sensors

Axel Wretemark

Timber logistics

Laser scanning gives trees a fingerprint, AutoForst links harvester to sawmill | #028

Jan 20, 2026

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4 min read

Laser scanning gives trees a fingerprint, AutoForst links harvester to sawmill | #028

Also: AI precision forestry for Finnish small owners, biomass plant reborn as AI data centre, Manulife and veritree bioacoustics

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Jan 13, 2026

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4 min read

SLU AI maps Sweden's hidden waterways, Södra scales Nordic Forestry Automation | #027

Also: Grünecho tests LLMs on ICP Forests data, Tasmania doubles AI wildfire cameras, Arevo arGrow roots-first seedling growth

Axel Wretemark

AI & agents

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

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

FGI lidar IDs nine tree species, Mai Intelligence plans bark beetle CubeSat | #058

Arauco orders Raute AI panel graders, Ponsse puts AI on harvester teardowns | #055

Metsä runs wood procurement on Qutwo AI, SCA wires Tunadal fans with sensors | #054

Nordic Forestry Automation raises SEK 48M for harvester automation, deep dive | #052

Nordluft wins BVLOS forest drone permit, Kanop puts forest carbon data in Claude | #050

Södra scales Viking Analytics AI to 3 mills, SweTree robot picks tree embryos | #049

AirForestry drone thinning gets SEK 20M pilots, NIBIO AI rates forest roads | #047

AirForestry drone fells first live tree, SLU lidar maps 117 million trees | #046

Kodiak driverless log trucks for West Fraser, AI reads tree age from lidar | #045

Deep Forestry raises €3M, OroraTech launches wildfire satellites for Greece | #044

AirForestry leads SEK 48M drone consortium, SLU detects pesticides by sound | #043

Södra AI classifies pulpwood from GPV cameras, ICEYE SAR tracks deforestation | #041

SLU audits satellite forest estimates, Treebula Plus adds timber price data | #037

Kopparfors storm salvage by drone and ML, Treemetrics launches Crann AI | #036

FAO maps AI in forest monitoring, WWF AI predicts deforestation months ahead | #035

AirForestry drone completes autonomous harvest, Purdue AI maps 280M city trees | #034

Skogforsk boom-tip control speeds harvesters, Canada rebuilds growth models | #033

UPM scales Aarnibot AI assistant, Scania pilots electric timber truck with SCA | #032

Purdue AI rebuilds trees from lidar, NASA satellites track boreal forest shift | #031

Global Nature Watch AI forest monitoring, deep learning tracks logs to mill | #030

Metsä AI pricing for young stands, Sweden launches WIFORCE forest data arena | #029

Laser scanning gives trees a fingerprint, AutoForst links harvester to sawmill | #028

SLU AI maps Sweden's hidden waterways, Södra scales Nordic Forestry Automation | #027

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