Imagine giving every single tree in a forest its own digital passport. This system follows that tree as it becomes a log and then a finished wooden board, recording its quality and origin at every step. It's like a GPS and a health record for wood, ensuring the timber is legal and used in the most efficient way possible.
The forestry sector lacks a reliable way to track timber from the forest to the final product, leading to illegal logging and wasted timber value. Current ICT tools are only used in a few mature markets, leaving much of the European supply chain inefficient.
A digital Geodatabase platform and a suite of hardware/software tools including RFID tags for trees/logs, a smartphone app for inventory, and sawmill sensors for sawnwood traceability.
If you are a forestry service provider dealing with fragmented land ownership — this project developed a forest ownership aggregation platform that helps manage 12,000 ha of fragmented properties.
If you are a sawmill operator dealing with low yield of high-value products — this project developed sawmill sensors and traceability tools to increase the yield of high-value sawnwood from 20% to 22%.
If you are a timber trader dealing with the risk of illegal logging — this project developed an Earth observation alert service and RFID marking to reduce illegal logging and trade by 15%.
Based on available project data, the specific commercial pricing for the platform is not listed, as the project is currently in the prototyping and demonstration phase.
Yes, the project is demonstrating feasibility through campaigns in eight different sites representing various European forest scenarios to ensure the solution can be upscaled.
Based on available project data, the IP and licensing terms are not specified in the summary; however, the project involves a consortium of 21 partners including 10 industry players.
The system uses RFID tags and a dedicated traceability system within the sawmill that integrates with the forest-to-millgate tracking process.
The project period runs from June 1, 2023, to November 30, 2027, with current work focusing on the development and testing of prototypes.
The project features a strong industrial orientation with 10 industry partners (48% of the consortium), including 4 SMEs. This high industry ratio, combined with 3 universities and 3 research centers across 9 European countries, suggests a high likelihood of commercial application and practical validation of the developed tools.
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