FNEWS: Remote sensing-based National Forest Damage Assessment System
Research project funded by BMEL and FNR (Germany)
Duration: 01.10.2020 – 30.09.2023 (JR)
In the FNEWs project, a national remote sensing-based recording system for forest damage in Germany is being established under the leadership of the Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems. This is intended to provide timely data on forest areas and wood volumes after forest damage events. The monitoring system developed by JOANNEUM RESEARCH on the basis of Sentinel-2 data allows an automated and nationwide uniform detection of forest damage. In addition, the project partners are developing a monetary evaluation framework for the recorded damage. All work is being carried out in close cooperation with the federal states involved.
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- Development of a nationwide, remote sensing-based recording system for forest damage
- Prompt detection of affected areas after damage events
- Annual reports on damaged areas, amounts of damage, causes of damage
- Validation and quality assurance of the data according to a nationwide standardised procedure
- Monetary evaluation of the damage
- Visualisation and provision of project results in a web application
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