How to connect forest plots, stand condition, risks, works, timber batches, environmental boundaries and long-term asset value.
Digitalisation in forestry must make the forest condition, operations and timber origin traceable throughout the entire long asset lifecycle.
The business area covers forest inventory, planning, protection, cultivation, felling, restoration, timber preparation and forest owner portfolio management.
Current solution changes forest structure and economic value for decades.
Remote data essential, but must be calibrated with field measurements.
It is necessary to simultaneously assess timber, biodiversity, carbon, recreation, water and climate resilience.
Geographical and documentary data of plots and batches become essential for market access.
EU forest policy emphasises resilience, biodiversity, regeneration and better use of data. EUDR will apply from 30 December 2026 to large and medium-sized enterprises and some small operators, and from 30 June 2027 to other micro and small enterprises. Therefore, geolocation, legality, operations and timber batch traceability processes must be established from the very start of the chain.
Managed plots, stands, condition, forest management objectives, restrictions and multi-year work plan.
Fires, weather, pests, diseases, storms, remote imagery and field inspections are analysed.
Area, permits, environmental constraints, technical specification, contractor, equipment and materials are defined.
Location, volume, quality, violations, photographs and actual results are recorded via mobile.
Assortments, yards, measurement, transport, documents, buyer and origin are managed.
Survival, maintenance, stand development, revenue, costs and environmental outcomes are monitored.
Plot documents, work plans and contractor reports are kept in separate files, whilst the actual forest condition is mostly known from periodic inspections.
GIS and forest inventory plan are used, but risks, contractor work, timber batches and finances are managed separately.
Work plots and some source documents are registered digitally, but actual execution and stand condition updates often still depend on manual entry.
In the selected forest portfolio, plots, stands, restrictions, contractor works, depots and timber lots are linked in a single history, though coverage is not yet uniform across all assets.
Remote data and risk models help forecast damage, volumes, work requirements and investment priority, with results verified by field data.
Verified data are securely used with owners, contractors, buyers and certification or compliance processes, maintaining a clear history of origin and decisions.
In forestry, digital value arises from linking time scales: multi-year forest condition must be connected to today's damage, contractor work and specific timber batches.
The first version should cover one forest portfolio and an end-to-end work and origin scenario: a relevant GIS object, contractor assignment, environmental constraints, actual performance and the timber batch traceability chain.