Monitoring forest health typically relies on remote sensing tools such as light detection and ranging (LiDAR), radar, and ...

Powerful partnerships among Purdue University’s colleges of agriculture, engineering and science will advance digital forestry tools to save time, money and achieve a deeper understanding of an ...

Forests hide critical ecological information beneath dense canopy layers, where traditional imaging techniques struggle to access.

The integration of traditional forest inventory techniques with advanced remote sensing technologies has revolutionised the estimation of biomass in forest ecosystems. This interdisciplinary approach ...

Purdue Institute for Digital Forestry director Songlin Fei in front of a screen that displays a digital forest created from the remote sensing taken by his collaborators. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The ...

New Zealand and Flinders University experts have deployed artificial intelligence and 3D laser scanning to accurately map ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The sheer size of the world’s forests makes measuring them with any accuracy a significant challenge. But it’s a challenge Purdue’s Songlin Fei has risen to, knowing that those ...

REDD+ aims to save and protect tropical forests, thus playing a major role in combating climate change and protecting biological diversity. However, many tropical countries lack the necessary forest ...

Deforestation and forest degradation are both significant conservation issues. But charities around the world are starting to use advanced technologies, such as AI and remote sensing, to get on top of ...

Jonathan Keith previously received funding from Biosecurity Queensland. He is not directly involved in implementing the remote sensing technology. Craig Jennings is Deputy Director of Biosecurity ...