Research on airborne laser scanning for forest inventory is awarded the 28th Marcus Wallenberg Prize

During a ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm on 3 October, the Swedish King, His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf awarded the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2011 to Prof. Erik Næsset, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, for his path breaking research that incorporates the airborne laser scanning method as an integral part of forest inventorySustainable forest management is based on good information about the resource and its biological and social environment, collected through various inventory methods. Prof. Næsset has invented a straightforward and practical method for utilizing airborne laser