FNEWs
RUNNING TIME:
10/2020
—
09/2023
Total project duration:
3 Years
Pexels: Johannes Plenio
The project
The FNEWs project developed a national remote sensing-based detection system for forest damage in Germany, which was trained, tested and validated in four German federal states.
Our activities in the project
In the project, JOANNEUM RESEARCH developed the forest monitoring system based on Sentinel-2 data. It enables automated and nationwide uniform detection of forest damage and land use areas. Our team also investigated the separability of different causes of damage (storm damage, beetle infestation, gypsy moth, drought stress) and provided conceptual support to partners from the federal states in validating the products.
You can find more information about the project in our Publikation zu Methodik und Validierung and the Projekt-Factsheet.
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Forschungsprojekt gefördert durch BMEL und FNR (DE). Beauftragt über das Thünen Institut für Waldökosysteme
Project partners
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (WSL)
Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft (LWF)
Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt (NW-FVA)
Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst (SBS)
Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg (FVA-BW)
Project details
JOANNEUM RESEARCH developed the methodology for the Sentinel-2-based forest monitoring system and supported the establishment of a suitable technical infrastructure for processing satellite image data. At the end of the project, a largely automated system will be available that detects and identifies forest areas and uses that have been damaged by biotic and abiotic events. In future, data on affected forest areas and timber volumes will be made available promptly after forest damage events. Since spring 2024, the system developed by JOANNEUM RESEARCH has been rolled out operationally by the Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems for the entire federal territory.
Project goals
- Development of a nationwide, remote sensing-based detection system for forest damage
- Prompt detection of affected areas following damaging events
- Annual reports on damaged areas, quantities of damage, causes of damage
- Validation and quality assurance of data in accordance with standardised federal procedures
- Monetary assessment of damage
- Visualisation and provision of project results in a web application
- Upon successful completion: subsequent transfer to operational national rollout
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