Satellite monitoring

Satellite and remote sensing for forests: change detection, subsidy audits, insurance feeds, fire and storm damage from orbit.

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

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

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

Sep 15, 2026

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2 min read

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

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

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

Satellite monitoring

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

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

Satellite monitoring

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

Aug 11, 2026

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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

Skogforsk digital timber passport, Allianz wildfire detection net over Spain | #057

Aug 4, 2026

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2 min read

Skogforsk digital timber passport, Allianz wildfire detection net over Spain | #057

Also: SLU optimiser doubts inventory data, phones beat headsets in forestry AR, rebuilt vegetation index doubles biomass signal

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

OroraTech satellites expose Arkansas arson, UMaine wins $20M for bioproducts | #056

Jul 28, 2026

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1 min read

OroraTech satellites expose Arkansas arson, UMaine wins $20M for bioproducts | #056

Also: Skyforest drone seedling inventory trials, SilvaBio chestnut with lab-grown seed, Oregon maps wildfires with Intterra

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

Satellite monitoring

OroraTech satellites go live in Greece, Bezos Earth Fund gives FireSat $26M | #053

Jul 7, 2026

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1 min read

OroraTech satellites go live in Greece, Bezos Earth Fund gives FireSat $26M | #053

Also: Skogforsk measures stem sweep from the harvester, Ecobase registers with Verra and builds Forestry OS for Swedish foresters

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

NFA closes SEK 48M harvester round, Arboreal IDs logs from end-grain photos | #051

Jun 30, 2026

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2 min read

NFA closes SEK 48M harvester round, Arboreal IDs logs from end-grain photos | #051

Also: Norway puts 90M kroner into FAO's SEPAL satellite platform, Canada commits $130M across 56 forest-sector projects

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Sweden's third national lidar scan begins, New Zealand maps forests by species | #048

Jun 9, 2026

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2 min read

Sweden's third national lidar scan begins, New Zealand maps forests by species | #048

Also: Skogshubben files felling notifications direct to Skogsstyrelsen, Idemitsu and Morisora make jet fuel from Japanese wood

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

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

Thermal drones replace pellet counts, SMHI proves satellite wildfire alerts | #038

Mar 31, 2026

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Thermal drones replace pellet counts, SMHI proves satellite wildfire alerts | #038

Also: Mellanskog picks Skogshubben for planning, Skogforsk's 10 m national biomass map, Wageningen AI decodes tropical forest loss

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

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

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

Satellite monitoring

Biometria VIOL 3 timber data engine, SACCESS satellite mosaics for Sweden | #023

Dec 23, 2025

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3 min read

Biometria VIOL 3 timber data engine, SACCESS satellite mosaics for Sweden | #023

Also: SLU opens a GitHub library of 70 years of Swedish and Norwegian forest growth formulas

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Södra and Terra Labs AI decision support, Vinnova funds Skogforsk biocredits | #021

Dec 9, 2025

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3 min read

Södra and Terra Labs AI decision support, Vinnova funds Skogforsk biocredits | #021

Also: site index from satellite and NFI plots, forest growth from space in China, Arboair and Forsler AI forestry in Denmark

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

IBM quantum AI for Canada's forest supply chain, Stanford AI maps carbon | #020

Dec 2, 2025

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3 min read

IBM quantum AI for Canada's forest supply chain, Stanford AI maps carbon | #020

Also: Arboair on deterministic forestry, Arboreal adds RTK tree coordinates via Emlid Reach RX, Future of Forestry Europe report

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

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

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

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

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

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

Skogforsk digital timber passport, Allianz wildfire detection net over Spain | #057

OroraTech satellites expose Arkansas arson, UMaine wins $20M for bioproducts | #056

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

OroraTech satellites go live in Greece, Bezos Earth Fund gives FireSat $26M | #053

NFA closes SEK 48M harvester round, Arboreal IDs logs from end-grain photos | #051

Sweden's third national lidar scan begins, New Zealand maps forests by species | #048

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

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

Thermal drones replace pellet counts, SMHI proves satellite wildfire alerts | #038

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

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

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

Biometria VIOL 3 timber data engine, SACCESS satellite mosaics for Sweden | #023

Södra and Terra Labs AI decision support, Vinnova funds Skogforsk biocredits | #021

IBM quantum AI for Canada's forest supply chain, Stanford AI maps carbon | #020

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