Imagine small forest owners as tiny green banks that store carbon and protect wildlife, but they often lack the tools to make money from it. This project builds a digital toolkit and AI helpers to show them exactly how to manage their land to get paid for these environmental services. It's like a GPS for sustainable forestry that turns nature protection into a steady income stream.
Small forest owners often lack the financial incentive and technical tools to manage their land for biodiversity and carbon capture, making the transition to a green bioeconomy slow and fragmented.
AI-based digital tools and multifunctional business models for Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) and carbon farming.
If you are a software provider dealing with low user engagement from small landowners — this project developed AI-based digital tools that improve the capacity and engagement of small-forest owners. This allows you to offer a more valuable, data-driven platform for land management.
If you are a carbon credit firm dealing with the difficulty of onboarding fragmented small plots — this project developed business models for Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) and carbon farming. This provides a structured way to integrate small owners into the bioeconomy.
If you are a consultancy dealing with outdated management plans that ignore biodiversity — this project developed multifunctional management models tested in 4 European regions. You can use these locally adapted pathways to offer higher-value sustainable consulting.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost structures for the AI tools and business models are not provided.
The project uses 4 Living Labs across Nordic, Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe to create pathways that can be used by small-forest owners across Europe.
Based on available project data, there is no specific information regarding the licensing terms or patent status of the digital tools.
The project is aligned with the EU Forest Strategy and the European Green Deal, specifically focusing on carbon farming and biodiversity loss.
The project runs from 2024-01-01 to 2027-12-31, with the goal of outlining realistic pathways for implementation.
The consortium is well-balanced for a transition project, consisting of 15 partners across 6 countries. With a 20% industry ratio (3 industry partners, including 2 SMEs), the project ensures that the AI and business models are grounded in commercial reality, while the 6 'Other' partners and 6 academic/research entities provide the necessary scientific validation for carbon farming and biodiversity metrics.
Contact NIBIO - Norsk Institutt for Biookonomi for details on the Living Lab outcomes.
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