Operational sustainable forestry with satellite-based remote sensing

Project Information

MySustainableForest

Grant agreement ID: 776045

DOI 10.3030/776045

Project closed

EC signature date 31 October 2017

Start date 1 November 2017

End date 31 October 2020

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space

Total cost € 2 299 713,75

EU contribution € 1 875 049,63

Coordinated by

GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE SA
Spain

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (19)

Data Management Plan (v2)

"The Data Management Plan (DMP) addresses the relevant aspects of making data FAIR – findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable, including what data the project will generate, whether and how it will be made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved. Through this DMP, it can be defined certain datasets to remain closed according to the principle ""as open as possible, as closed as necessary."

End-User Trials Assessment Report (v2)

This End-User Trials Assessment Report will compile the critical evaluations from End-Users partners about the EO derived products (in Enhanced Service) provided to each End-User. It will cover at least End-Users´ operational and financial criteria in line with Project objectives (i.e. O2. Smooth and smart integration into End-Users workflow and working environment, F3. Average annual savings in End-Users´ due to forestry operations optimization).

Integration and Validation Plan

The Integration and Validation Plan will define the procedures for testing the integration of the different service components and for verifying that it complies with the Service Requirements.

Outreach and Dissemination Plan (v2)

Outreach and Dissemination Plan will present the communication and dissemination objectives, players, target audiences, messages and implementation measures along the Project duration.

Stakeholders Workshop-4 Report

Stakeholders Workshop-4 Report will summarize workshop execution and results.

Project Plan

Plan to detail as needed the organisation, WBS, schedule and deliverables including any interim version, for each development phase or milestone. It will include also procedures for configuration management, for verification and for assuring the quality of the Project results including deliverables contents or guidelines.

End-User Use Cases

End-User Use Cases will update, complete and refine the information provided at proposal time by End-Users on their specific needs, including their priority on each identified use case.

Remote Sensing Algorithms and Models Trade-off

Remote Sensing Algorithms and Models Trade-off will document any needed trade-off considered for new or refined remote sensing algorithms and models in order to fulfill the End-Users needs.

Data Management Plan (v3)

"The Data Management Plan (DMP) addresses the relevant aspects of making data FAIR – findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable, including what data the project will generate, whether and how it will be made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved. Through this DMP, it can be defined certain datasets to remain closed according to the principle ""as open as possible, as closed as necessary."

Needs under global change and opportunities with new EO sensors for SFM

Needs under global change and opportunities with new EO sensors for SFM will describe forestry stakeholder new needs for Sustainable Forest Management under the climate change challenge, considering the outcome of the Project and the opportunities raised by the Copernicus evolution program.

Stakeholders Workshop-1 Report

Stakeholders Workshop-1 Report will summarize workshop execution and results.

Stakeholders Workshop-3 Report

Stakeholders Workshop-3 Report will summarize workshop execution and results.

End-User Trials Assessment Report (v3)

This End-User Trials Assessment Report will compile the critical evaluations from End-Users partners about the EO derived products (in Advanced Service) provided to each End-User. It will cover at least End-Users´ operational and financial criteria in line with Project objectives (i.e. O2. Smooth and smart integration into End-Users workflow and working environment, F3. Average annual savings in End-Users´ due to forestry operations optimization).

Service Getting Started Guide

Service Getting Started Guide will describe what the service does and how to use it in a concise, easy to understand by End-Users and comprehensive manner.

Data Management Plan (v4)

"The Data Management Plan (DMP) addresses the relevant aspects of making data FAIR – findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable, including what data the project will generate, whether and how it will be made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved. Through this DMP, it can be defined certain datasets to remain closed according to the principle ""as open as possible, as closed as necessary."

Outreach and Dissemination Plan (v3)

Outreach and Dissemination Plan will present the communication and dissemination objectives, players, target audiences, messages and implementation measures along the Project duration.

Outreach and Dissemination Plan (v1)

Outreach and Dissemination Plan will present the communication and dissemination objectives, players, target audiences, messages and implementation measures along the Project duration.

Stakeholders Workshop-2 Report

Stakeholders Workshop-2 Report will summarize workshop execution and results.

End-User Trials Assessment Report (v1)

This End-User Trials Assessment Report will compile the critical evaluations from End-Users partners about the EO derived products (in Early Service) provided to each End-User. It will cover at least End-Users´ operational and financial criteria in line with Project objectives (i.e. O2. Smooth and smart integration into End-Users workflow and working environment, F3. Average annual savings in End-Users´ due to forestry operations optimization).

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan (v1)

"The Data Management Plan (DMP) addresses the relevant aspects of making data FAIR – findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable, including what data the project will generate, whether and how it will be made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved. Through this DMP, it can be defined certain datasets to remain closed according to the principle ""as open as possible, as closed as necessary."

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (8)

Communication Materials (v3)

Communication Materials will embrace the related materials produced up to the delivery date. These relates to policy briefings, brochure, web site and contents, newsletters, articles, videos, etc. as planned.

Communication Materials (v2)

Communication Materials will embrace the related materials produced up to the delivery date. These relates to policy briefings, brochure, web site and contents, newsletters, articles, videos, etc. as planned.

Communication Materials (v5)

Communication Materials will embrace the related materials produced up to the delivery date. These relates to policy briefings, brochure, web site and contents, newsletters, articles, videos, etc. as planned.

Communication Materials (v6)

Communication Materials will embrace the related materials produced up to the delivery date. These relates to policy briefings, brochure, web site and contents, newsletters, articles, videos, etc. as planned.

Compilation of Publications Abstracts (v1)

Compilation of Publications Abstracts will provide the complete set of abstracts related to Project derived publications.

Communication Materials (v4)

Communication Materials will embrace the related materials produced up to the delivery date. These relates to policy briefings, brochure, web site and contents, newsletters, articles, videos, etc. as planned.

Compilation of Publications Abstracts (v2)

Compilation of Publications Abstracts will provide the complete set of abstracts related to Project derived publications.

Communication Materials (v1)

Communication Materials will embrace the related materials produced up to the delivery date. These relates to policy briefings, brochure, web site and contents, newsletters, articles, videos, etc. as planned.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Monitoring Bark Beetle Forest Damage in Central Europe. A Remote Sensing Approach Validated with Field Data

Author(s): Angel Fernandez-Carrillo, Zdeněk Patočka, Lumír Dobrovolný, Antonio Franco-Nieto, Beatriz Revilla-Romero
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 12/21, 2020, Page(s) 3634, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs12213634

Is field-measured tree height as reliable as believed – Part II, A comparison study of tree height estimates from conventional field measurement and low-cost close-range remote sensing in a deciduous forest

Author(s): Luka Jurjević, Xinlian Liang, Mateo Gašparović, Ivan Balenović
Published in: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Issue 169, 2020, Page(s) 227-241, ISSN 0924-2716
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.09.014

Mogućnosti korištenja optičkih satelitskih snimaka srednje i visoke rezolucije (Landsat 8, RapidEye) u vizualizaciji i detekciji promjena šumskog pokrova nakon vjetroizvala / Possibilities of the application of the medium-resolution Landsat 8 and the high-resolution RapidEye optical imagery in visualization and detection of changes in the forest cover by windthrows

Author(s): Ivan Pilaš, Mateo Gašparović, Martina Đodan, Ivan Balenović, Ivica Dugački
Published in: Geodetski list, Issue 73/3, 2019, Page(s) 261-276, ISSN 0016-710X
Publisher: Hrvatsko Geodetsko Drustvo

Designing a Validation Protocol for Remote Sensing Based Operational Forest Masks Applications. Comparison of Products Across Europe

Author(s): Angel Fernandez-Carrillo, Antonio Franco-Nieto, Erika Pinto-Bañuls, Miguel Basarte-Mena, Beatriz Revilla-Romero
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 12/19, 2020, Page(s) 3159, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs12193159

Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for Wildland-Urban Interface Fuelbreak Planning Integrating ALS and UAV-Borne LiDAR Data and Multispectral Images

Author(s): Francisco Rodríguez-Puerta, Rafael Alonso Ponce, Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, Beatriz Águeda, Saray Martín-García, Raquel Martínez-Rodrigo, Iñigo Lizarralde
Published in: Drones, Issue 4/2, 2020, Page(s) 21, ISSN 2504-446X
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/drones4020021

The Importance of High Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Improved Hydrological Simulations of a Mediterranean Forested Catchment

Author(s): João Rocha, André Duarte, Margarida Silva, Sérgio Fabres, José Vasques, Beatriz Revilla-Romero, Ana Qintela
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 12/20, 2020, Page(s) 3287, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs12203287

Mapping of the Canopy Openings in Mixed Beech–Fir Forest at Sentinel-2 Subpixel Level Using UAV and Machine Learning Approach

Author(s): Ivan Pilaš, Mateo Gašparović, Alan Novkinić, Damir Klobučar
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 12/23, 2020, Page(s) 3925, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs12233925

Hand-Held Personal Laser Scanning

Author(s): Ivan Balenović, Xinlian Liang, Luka Jurjević, Juha Hyyppä, Ante Seletković, Antero Kukko
Published in: Croatian journal of forest engineering, Issue 42/1, 2020, ISSN 1845-5719
Publisher: Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb
DOI: 10.5552/crojfe.2021.858

Modelling Forest Ecosystems: a crossroad between scales, techniques and applications

Author(s): Juan A. Blanco, Aitor Ameztegui, Francisco Rodríguez
Published in: Ecological Modelling, Issue 425, 2020, Page(s) 109030, ISSN 0304-3800
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109030

Tree Species Classification in Mixed Deciduous Forests Using Very High Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning Methods

Author(s): Martina Deur, Mateo Gašparović, Ivan Balenović
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 12/23, 2020, Page(s) 3926, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs12233926

Detection of Longhorned Borer Attack and Assessment in Eucalyptus Plantations Using UAV Imagery

Author(s): André Duarte, Luis Acevedo-Muñoz, Catarina Gonçalves, Luís Mota, Alexandre Sarmento, Margarida Silva, Sérgio Fabres, Nuno Borralho, Carlos Valente
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 12/19, 2020, Page(s) 3153, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs12193153

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Ručni laserski skener (ZEB-HORIZON) - Mogućnost primjene u izmjeri pojedinačnih stabala / Hand-held laser scanner (ZEB-HORIZON) – the possibility for application in individual tree measurements

Author(s): Ivan Balenović, Luka Jurjević, Ante Seletković
Published in: Hrvatske šume - časopis za popularizaciju šumarstva / Croatian Forests - magazine for popularization of forestry, Issue 269, 2019, Page(s) 10-12, ISSN 1330-6480
Publisher: Croatian Forests Ltd.

Primjena tehnologija blizu-predmetnih daljinskih istraživanja u izmjeri šuma / The application of close-range remote sensing technology in forest inventory

Author(s): Ivan Balenović, Luka Jurjević, Krunoslav Indir
Published in: Hrvatske šume - časopis za popularizaciju šumarstva / Croatian Forests - magazine for popularization of forestry, Issue 285, 2020, Page(s) 14-16, ISSN 1330-6480
Publisher: Croatian Forests Ltd.

Conference proceedings (17)

Open geo-spatial data for sustainable forest management: Lithuanian case

Author(s): Daiva Tiškutė-Memgaudienė, Gintautas Mozgeris, Algis Gaižutis
Published in: "Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Scientific Conference ""Research for Rural Development 2020""", Issue 35, 2020, Page(s) 33-41, ISSN 2255-923X
Publisher: Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
DOI: 10.22616/rrd.26.2020.005

Environmental accounting for forestry from Earth Observation data, insights from Navarra region, Spain

Author(s): Valentino Marini Govigli, Elena Gorriz Mifsud, Eduard Mauri
Published in: 5th Meeting of the forest modelling working group / Modelización forestal en la era de la información. V Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de Modelización Forestal, Issue 07/11/2019, 2019
Publisher: Forest modelling working group

Effects of standing tree wood moisture variation on time-of-flight acoustic velocity in Pinus pinaster Ait. provenances tests

Author(s): Esther Merlo Sánchez, Miguel Piñeiro, Oscar Santaclara, Hugo Fassola, Francisco Lario
Published in: International Conference “Adapting forests ecosystems and wood products to biotic and abiotic stress”, 2019
Publisher: European Union H2020 RISE project TOPWOOD; International associated laboratory INRA-INTA FORESTIA

Using Earth Observation data to compute Economic Accounts for Forestry: testing a small-scale forestry unit through remote sensing

Author(s): E. Gorriz Mifsud, V. M..Govigli, I. Martínez de Arano, E. Montero, Í. Lizarralde, Á. Fernández, B. Revilla
Published in: IUFRO conference: The social and ecological value added of small-scale forestry to the Bio-Economy, Issue 6-9 October 2020, 2020
Publisher: Eurac Research – Institute for Regional Development

La calidad de la madera. Factor de valorización

Author(s): Esther Merlo Sánchez
Published in: "Taller “El Inventario de las Masas Productivas del Norte Peninsular. Una Herramienta al Servicio del Sector Forestal” / Workshop “The Inventory of the Productive Masses of the North Peninsular. A Tool at the Service of the Forest Sector""", 2018
Publisher: La Red Rural Nacional / The National Rural Network

Mapping Forest Infrastructure – Comparing Different Data Acquisition Techniques

Author(s): Ina Bikuvienė, Gintautas Mozgeris
Published in: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference - Sinteza 2020, 2020, Page(s) 53-58, ISBN 978-86-7912-735-8
Publisher: Singidunum University
DOI: 10.15308/sinteza-2020-53-58

Remote sensing technologies as proxy forecast of wood technological properties. Preliminary results

Author(s): Esther Merlo Sánchez, Miguel Piñeiro García, Óscar Santaclara Estévez, María Julia Yagüe Ballester
Published in: 21st International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium, 2019, Page(s) 146
Publisher: United States Department of Agriculture

A Sentinel-2 unsupervised forest mask for European sites

Author(s): Angel Fernandez-Carrillo, David de la Fuente, Freddy W. Rivas-Gonzalez, Antonio Franco-Nieto
Published in: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications X, 2019, Page(s) 34, ISBN 9781-510630161
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2533040

An automatic Sentinel-2 forest types classification over the Roncal Valley, Navarre: Spain

Author(s): Angel Fernandez-Carrillo, David de la Fuente, Freddy W. Rivas-Gonzalez, Antonio Franco-Nieto
Published in: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications X, 2019, Page(s) 58, ISBN 9781-510630161
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2533059

Understorey identification through the generation of canopy base height models based on LiDAR data

Author(s): Garcia, Saray-Martin & Balenović, Ivan & Jurjevic, Luka & Lizarralde, Iñigo & Buján, Sandra & Alonso-Ponce, Rafael.
Published in: ISEM 2019 Global conference on Ecological Modelling, 2019
Publisher: International Sciety for Ecological Modelling
DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.18562.84165

Modelling and estimating height of lowland oak forests using various 3D remote sensing data

Author(s): Balenović, Ivan & Jurjevic, Luka & Anita, Simic Milas & Gasparovic, Mateo & Pilaš, Ivan & Seletković, Ante.
Published in: ISEM 2019 Global conference on Ecological Modelling, 2019
Publisher: International Society on Ecological Modelling
DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.32299.18723

LiDAR-assisted forest inventory and forest health analysis based on multispectral image data

Author(s): Patočka Zdeněk, Balková Marie, Bezdíček Jiří, Zamec Tomáš, Hertel Matej, Klenzová Aneta
Published in: SilvaNet – WoodNet 2019, Student Scientific Conference, Issue annual, 2019, ISBN 978-80-7509-694-4
Publisher: Mendel University In Brno

Volume calculation and DEM based products in Eucalyptus globulus plantations in Portugal using ad hoc LiDAR flights

Author(s): Margarida Silva, Iñigo Lizarralde, André Duarte, Mariana Stang, Saray Martín, Rafael Alonso
Published in: RETOS Y APLICACIONES DE LOS INVENTARIOS FORESTALES / Challenges and Applications of the Forest Inventories, 2019
Publisher: Iberian Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing Working Group; INIA-CIFOR, Madrid, Spain

Patterns of variations of dynamic modulus of elasticity for different species

Author(s): Miguel Piñeiro, Oscar Santaclara, Federico Letourneau, Gonzalo Caballé, Angela Winck, Ciro Mastrandea, Ernesto Crechi, Aldo Keller, Hugo Fassola, Alejandro Martínez Meier, Esther Merlo
Published in: International Conference “Adapting forests ecosystems and wood products to biotic and abiotic stress”, 2019
Publisher: European Union H2020 RISE project TOPWOOD; International associated laboratory INRA-INTA FORESTIA

MySustainableForest: Desarrollo de cartografía de inventario forestal y calidad de la madera mediante LiDAR y satélite / MySustainableForest: Development of cartography for forest inventory and wood quality through LiDAR and satellite

Author(s): Iñigo Lizarralde
Published in: Modelización forestal en la era de la información. V Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de Modelización Forestal / 5th Meeting of the forest modelling working group, 2019
Publisher: Forest modelling working group

MySustainableForest: addressing the needs of European forest stakeholders through solutions based on satellite, LiDAR, wood quality and environmental accounting

Author(s): Iñigo Lizarralde, María Julia Yagüe Ballester, Esther Merlo Sánchez, Valentino Marini Govigli, Margarida Silva, Eduardo Montero, Francisco Rodríguez
Published in: RETOS Y APLICACIONES DE LOS INVENTARIOS FORESTALES / Challenges and Applications of the Forest Inventories, 2019
Publisher: Iberian Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing Working Group; INIA-CIFOR, Madrid, Spain

Use of the airborne laser scanning for forest variables estimation in spatially diversified forests

Author(s): Jaroslav Slepička, Zdeněk Patočka
Published in: SilvaNet – WoodNet 2018, Student Scientific Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, 2018
Publisher: Mendel University in Brno

Other (1)

Trade and climate change increase pest threat to Europe’s forests

Author(s): Alex Whiting. Interviewed: Dr Julia Yagüe, project manager of My Sustainable Forest (MSF)
Published in: Horizon Magazine, 2020
Publisher: EC

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Use of airborne laser scanning to estimate the basic forest stand variables in the Training Forest Enterprise Křtiny

Author(s): Tomáš Zamec
Published in: 2019
Publisher: Mendel University in Brno