Young forest stands need care

Soili Haikarainen, Saija Huuskonen and Johanna Routa from the Natural Resources Institute (Luke), Finland, examine the benefits of carrying out juvenile stand management practices to secure the stand’s future, based on a recent research paper published in Forests.

Increasing access to Europe’s wood resources

Key TECH4EFFECT report is released involving 20 partners from science and industry pointing to alternative managerial solutions, knowledge to tackle climate change challenges.

TECH4EFFECT Bucking App Teaser

Increase in profit margins with energy-recuperating, slack-pulling carriages in cable yarding

In the first study of its kind, TECH4EFFECT partners reveal that energy-recuperating, slack-pulling carriages in cable yarding have the potential to improve profit margins.

Sustainable forest management and planning using Depth-to-Water (DTW) maps and the Mapping App: Part 3

TECH4EFFECT mapping app uses an in-built GPS to screen the operators’ position on cartographic maps containing the DTW maps.

Sustainable forest management and planning using Depth-to-Water maps: Part 2

TECH4EFFECT aims to improve the Depth-To-Water algorithm to account for seasonality in four case studies.