SEK 6.5 million to forest research
The Södra Research Foundation has decided to grant an additional SEK 6,5 million to research projects linked to forestry and the forest industry. Funding has been granted to nine different projects.One of these projects is “Operational forest mapping with drones and artificial intelligence,” which aims to develop methods for using drones and artificial intelligence to create automatic and instantaneous maps for forestry. “Drone technology is now highly developed, and a useful tool for forestry applications. This project is taking the next step forward by using automatic image recognition,