Forest sustainable management aims to maintain the income of woody goods for
companies, together with preserving non-productive functions as a benefit for the …

Natural, semi-natural, and planted forests are a key asset worldwide, providing a broad
range of positive externalities. For sustainable forest planning and management, remote …

The estimation of single tree and complete stand information is one of the central tasks of
forest inventory. In recent years, automatic algorithms have been successfully developed for …

The use of new and modern sensors in forest inventory has become increasingly efficient.
Nevertheless, the majority of forest inventory data are still collected manually, as part of field …

Complex canopy cover conditions often challenge the accurate measurement of many
individual tree attributes that are pivotal to the sustainable management of forest resources …

The accurate estimation of tree attributes is essential for sustainable forest management.
Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) is a viable remote sensing technology suitable for …

In this study, we compared a two-phase laser-scanning-based forest inventory of stands
versus a traditional field inventory using sample plots. The two approaches were used to …

Forest management inventories (FMIs) provide critical information, usually at the stand level,
for forest management planning. A typical FMI includes (i) the delineation of the inventory …

The measurement of forestry trials is a costly and time-consuming process. Over the past few
years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have provided some significant developments that …

This article presents a review about Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) operations using
unmanned aircraft in forest environments. Forest environments present unique challenges …