Resource Monitoring Blog
A Prototype Forest Monitoring Framework for Detecting Red Needle Cast at Scale
From a forest biosecurity perspective, there is growing interest in forest surveillance processes capable of providing information on foliar disease present within the planted estate. Monitoring strategies often rely on aerial surveys to provide this information; they...
ForestTECH: Monitoring Plantation Change at Scale
Tune in to hear Pete Watt from Indufor’s Resource Monitoring team talk about Indufor’s forest and landscape monitoring system and how it uses satellite imagery to create landscape alerts. The presentation titled ‘Plantation Watch’ presented at the 2021/2022 ForestTech...
An Operational System For Monitoring Sensitive Environments
The conservation and restoration of remnant native woodlands and wetlands to enhance biodiversity and ensure the sustainability of habitats is a priority for many agencies. The task, however, of monitoring and reporting on numerous small areas located on private land...
Guyana Adds Radar Forest Loss Alerts
One of the most challenging aspects of monitoring forest change in Guyana is the persistent cloud cover. Before forest loss can be identified, the operator must first search for cloud-free imagery over the target area. Changes occurring under persistent-cloud, are not...
Plantation intelligence
LiDAR data provides an excellent data source for describing plantations, offering a range of useful metrics and allowing for the delineation of accurate boundaries. However, due to the complexity and associated cost LiDAR is generally captured infrequently – often...
RS Cluster Group: Refreshing NZ’s NEFD
Listen to Pete Watt and Andrew Holdaway from Indufor present a framework developed to refresh New Zealand's National Exotic Forest Description (NEFD). The presentation given at the 2021/2022 Forestry Remote Sensing Cluster Group builds on the ongoing collaboration...