“NETWORK OF PERMANENT PLOTS” PROJECT PLANS IMPLEMENTATION WORK
On January 21, the “Permanent Plots Network” project consortium met at RAIZ’s facilities to continue the planned work, focusing in particular on issues related to the installation of the intensive monitoring plots and data governance. Part of the meeting was dedicated to a guided tour of Quinta de São Francisco, an arboretum of centuries-old eucalyptus […]
Pioneering autonomous machine drives electric motorization in Portugal’s forestry sector
Over the last few years, the Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics (ADAI), linked to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, has carried out research and development work in the areas of fire behavior and the development of technologies that help in forest […]
SUBERADAPT IMPLEMENTS PROGRAM TO ADAPT CORK OAK FORESTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
The SuberAdapt project, coordinated by Amorim Florestal, was created as a response to emerging climate change and the needs of the productive forestry sector. To this end, it aims to provide forestry producers with tools to reverse the current productivity cycle and recover the resilience that is characteristic of the cork oak forest system. The […]
Start of environmental recovery work with Pinus pinaster grafting in the Dunas de Vagos National Forest
On January 3, the PINUS Center had its first field trip of 2024 as part of the genetic improvement activity of the transForm Agenda. In the Dunas de Vagos National Forest, they accompanied the first works for the installation of a future Pinus pinaster seed orchard that will occupy an area of 5.5 hectares. The […]
Installation of permanent intensive monitoring plots continues apace
The transForm Agenda’s Experimental Plot Networks project is underway, with the EcoDendro team from the University of Évora installing permanent intensive monitoring plots. Two Quercus suber cork oak plots have been installed, one at Herdade da Mitra and the other in Mogadouro (in partnership with the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro and the APATA […]
PORTICOS Project Implements State-of-the-Art Technology in Digital Wood Assessment
On November 29th, the PORTICOS project team – Digital Wood Assessment at the Factory Entrance, coordinated by Biond, visited the new gantry located at the SONAE Arauco factory in Mangualde. This new gantry, developed by the Swedish company CIND, is based on optical measurements made with stereocameras to estimate the solid volume of logs and […]
A “Better Forest” is being created in the parish of Almagreira
A “Better Forest” is being created in the parish of Almagreira, in Pombal, in an initiative carried out by Biond – Forest Fibers from Portugal, in partnership with the municipal company PMUGest and the local parish council. The actions carried out by Biond have a clear purpose: to fortify a fire-resistant, sustainable and productive forest. […]
GeoFOR project represented at the 10th National Conference on Cartography and Geodesy
The GeoFOR: Geographic Databases and Applications for Forest Management project, coordinated by 2BForest and CoLAB ForestWISE, was represented on November 2nd and 3rd at the X National Conference on Cartography and Geodesy, held at the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda. Isabel Pôças, senior researcher at CoLAB ForestWISE, represented the project underway as part of the transForm […]
Biond held an information session on Good Forestry Practices in Mortágua
On October 27, Biond, a partner of the TransForm Agenda and coordinator of one of the collaborative projects in the region, held an information and dissemination session on good forestry practices. The event took place in Vila Moinhos and dealt with the recovery of eucalyptus stands affected by fires. The session, which took place indoors […]
Coordinators from REN’s forestry service providers contribute to the solution developed with the OPTIVEG project
On October 20, in Ermesinde, REN brought together the coordinators of the company’s Integrated Vegetation Management work. The aim was to raise awareness of the OPTIVEG project and the solution that REN is developing to support decisions aimed at increasing the productivity of Integrated Vegetation Management operations. OPTIVEG is one of the three projects under […]
