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Policy Brief: Future wood demand rests on management and harvesting balance8. September 2020 - 8:39
Novel App for chainsaw efficiency24. August 2020 - 16:00
SILVISMART: a step towards forest digitalisation7. July 2020 - 12:20
SILVISMART article published in BeSustainable Magazine7. July 2020 - 11:19
Public deliverable out now! Establishment of terrain accessibility maps for 4 case study areas9. March 2020 - 13:21
New publication out now! Productivity in Mechanizing Early Tending in Spruce Seedling Stands10. December 2019 - 14:05
Event report – Forestalia 201930. October 2019 - 14:26
Event report – TECH4EFFECT at FORMEC 201917. October 2019 - 14:27
Newsletter October 201917. October 2019 - 13:37
Publication: Winch-Assisted Forwarders on Steep Terrain under Real Working Conditions17. September 2019 - 9:19
Policy Brief: Future wood demand rests on management and harvesting balance
/0 Comments/in News /by TECH4EFFECTNovel App for chainsaw efficiency
/0 Comments/in News /by TECH4EFFECTThe Bucking App can help make chainsaw harvesting more profitable.
SILVISMART: a step towards forest digitalisation
/0 Comments/in News /by TECH4EFFECTSILVISMART offers a key step towards digitisation of the European forest sector.
SILVISMART article published in BeSustainable Magazine
/0 Comments/in News /by TECH4EFFECTDigital Efficiency Portal SILVISMART helps deliver precision forestry to Europe.
Public deliverable out now! Establishment of terrain accessibility maps for 4 case study areas
/0 Comments/in Frontpage Article, News /by TECH4EFFECTForest soils can be disturbed or even damaged by a range of activities, most prominently in the form of soil compaction and soil displacement, frequently resulting in rutting. This may cause massive drawbacks on permanent accessibility to forest stands and a deterioration of future growing potential. Also, tree diseases (such as root rot) could spread […]
New publication out now! Productivity in Mechanizing Early Tending in Spruce Seedling Stands
/0 Comments/in News, WP2 /by TECH4EFFECTJohanna Routa from TECH4EFFECT partner LUKE Finland and two of her colleagues – Yrjö Nuutinen and Antti Asikainen – recently published a study on a comparison of the productivity of mechanized tending with the Cutlink device to manual tending in spruce seedling stands in central Finland. For this publication “Productivity in Mechanizing Early Tending in […]
Event report – Forestalia 2019
/0 Comments/in News /by TECH4EFFECTOctober 26th and 27th the “Forestalia” fair was held at the Piacenza Expo (Italy). On the 26th CONAIBO and CNR, the Italian Research Council, jointly organized a workshop for the Italian forestry sector titled “Forest mechanization in the new Millennium: progress and precision tools for the Italian forest enterprises“. Introductions, presentations and a live demonstration The […]
Event report – TECH4EFFECT at FORMEC 2019
/0 Comments/in Allgemein, News /by TECH4EFFECTThis year marks the 52th edition of the symposium ‘Forestry Mechanization’ or FORMEC as it is more commonly know which was held together with the 42th edition of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) in Sopron, Hungary from October 6th to 9th. This year TECH4EFFECT had its’ own session which was held on […]
Newsletter October 2019
/0 Comments/in News /by TECH4EFFECTJust out! Read our latest newsletter: TECH4EFFECT NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2019 FORMEC 2019 in Sopron/Hungary Publication: Winch-assisted forwarders on steep terrain under real working conditions Publication: Effects of intensified silviculture on timber production and its economic profitability under changing climatic conditions Publication: Sustainability impacts of increased forest biomass feedstock supply Deliverable: Identifying and extending key […]
Publication: Winch-Assisted Forwarders on Steep Terrain under Real Working Conditions
/0 Comments/in News, WP3 /by TECH4EFFECTWinch-assisted forwarders are more and more in use to extract wood on challenging terrain. In this BOKU study, the tensile force and the machine tilt of two winch-assisted forwarders were observed under real working conditions to assess safety risks. Read about the results in this CROJFE publication, which is now available open access: Read the […]