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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · 19h

Events like #Silvilaser2025 are great for networking, meeting colleagues, and exchanging ideas. Here are our PhD students Raul de Paula Pires and Cameron Pellett, Emanuele Papucci from Forest Resource Analysis, and our guest researcher Katri Mäkinen from UEF School of Forest Sciences in Quebec.

SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · 2d

At #Silvilaser2025 last week, our PhD student Raul de Paula Pires presented his poster "Detection of stem crooks using a CNN trained on synthetic data" at the poster session. Raul will defend his doctoral thesis next month, so stay tuned to learn more about Raul's work!

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · 2d

We were at #Silvilaser2025! Our PhD student Cameron Pellett gave a talk on "Improved measures of forest structural complexity" as part of the "Characterizing forest structure and complexity" session, presenting the results of his study published in Nature Communications last week.

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · 5d

A new method of measuring variation allows scientists to see complex reality more clearly. They find the benefits of a heterogeneous environment are greater for biodiversity than standard methods show. Read more about the method developed by our PhD student Cameron Pellett www.slu.se/en/news/2025...

Improved "lens" reveals increased value of varied environments | slu.se

A new method of measuring variation allows scientists to see complex reality more clearly. They find the benefits of a heterogeneous environment are greater for biodiversity than standard methods sh...

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · 9d

🌳New paper discussing the relationship between environmental heterogeneity and biodiversity by our PhD student Cameron Pellett and his supervisor Professor Ruben Valbuena was published in Nature Communications today. Read the full open access article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Disentangling dispersion from mean reveals true heterogeneity-diversity relationships - Nature Communications

Foundational theory on how habitat heterogeneity impacts biodiversity is hindered by mean-biased heterogeneity measures. This study shows that deriving a mean-independent measure reveals monotonic positive relationships from formerly inconsistent hump-shaped observations.

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · 27d

Our PhD student Luiz Henrique Cosimo gave a talk on “Hyperspectral drone images indicate that green shoulder indices are robust in pre-emergence detection of spruce bark beetle infestation across spatial and temporal scales” at the UAV-g Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics conference in Finland.

SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 We're recruiting! 🌲 We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a strong scientific drive to contribute to the international research front on forest resilience in a changing climate. Application deadline 12 September: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Postdoctoral Position in remote sensing | slu.se

SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 Open position 🎄We are seeking a Research Assistant to contribute to the development of innovative, AI-based solutions for mapping forest disturbances using satellite data and deep learning. Application deadline 16 September: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Research Assistant Position in AI for Forest Damage Mapping | slu.se

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our PhD candidate Shivam Rawat was at IGARSS 2025 conference in Brisbane, Australia last month, and presented his PhD research focusing on understanding water dynamics in boreal forests using ground-based radar observations from the BorealScat-2 tower system.

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FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here are two of our open calls for grants, still accepting proposals 📢

The deadline for both is 21 September 2025 at 21:00 (UTC+2).

You can submit your application through this European Forest Institute page 🔗 efi.int/grants-train...

#FORWARDScalls

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FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · Jul 24

🏆🌲 Here are five more projects which were awarded #ForwardsEU grants to study the characterisation of European forest disturbances

CAEFD, CE-ReDiFor, HALO-FARM, Image4Dist, TREA: discover them in our news release 🔗 bit.ly/4m6ZpKf

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Five new FORWARDS-funded projects to characterise European forest disturbances kicked off — Forwards

CAEFD, CE-ReDiFor, HALO-FARM, Image4Dist, TREAD

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Jul 22

Testing software updates for our Leica RTC360 terrestrial laser scanner and made a nice 3D model of the SLU building, using the amazing Potree WebGL point cloud viewer developed at Vienna University of Technology. Our terrestrial laser scanner has been funded by the Kempe Foundation.

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FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · Jul 17

New deadline for #ForwardsEU grants❗

Calls G-03-2025 and G-04-2025 deadline application has been extended to 21 Sept (21:00 UTC)📣

Both aim to link ground & remote sensing data to assess climate impacts on trees and forests.

Apply at 👉 efi.int/grants-train...

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Jul 16

Modern tools help us collect data from the forest. In terrestrial laser scanning, navigating the scanned areas of the plot can be checked afterwards on a map and a 3D-scene to ensure that the planned trees are visible in the image. But the GPS track can get lost and we need to correct the position.

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Jun 26

We coordinate @forwards-project.bsky.social which will set up the ForestWard Observatory to improve the resilience of European forests by providing timely information on them. Watch @rubenvalpue.bsky.social speak about the project and its goals.

FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · Jun 26

🌲📹 We spoke with our coordinator, Professor Ruben Valbuena (@remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social) about how #ForwardsEU, thanks to its Forestward Observatory, can improve the resilience of European forests by providing timely information.

Watch the interview: youtu.be/_nOe9gox79Q

Introducing the ForestWard Observatory with Professor Ruben Valbuena

YouTube video by Forwards Project

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NextGenCarbon @nextgencarbon.bsky.social · Jun 25

📢 Vacancy open in #NextGenCarbon! PhD position in carbon dynamics in European forests and forest reserves at Wageningen University & Research. A great opportunity to work for our project with wonderful colleagues. www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

PhD Researcher: Forest Regrowth rates and carbon accumulation in forests and forest reserves in Europe (NextgenCarbon)

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Jun 25

Professor @rubenvalpue.bsky.social spoke at the @esa.int Living Planet Symposium yesterday, presenting @nextgencarbon.bsky.social and discussing how it addresses the current main challenges in carbon budget reconciliation.

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FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · Jun 24

New #ForwardsEU grant calls open! 🚨

🔹 G-03-2025: Linking stand-level information and remote sensing for climate impact forest monitoring

🔹 G-04-2025: Providing temporally resolved ecosystem-level information on the effects of climatic drivers in near real-time.

Apply: bit.ly/4nyj6wn

New Calls for Grants open! — Forwards

G-03-2025 and G-04-2025

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NextGenCarbon @nextgencarbon.bsky.social · May 28

Preparations for the first annual #NextGenCarbon meeting in Paris at the beginning of June are in full swing! Our project management team at @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social is packing and checking the printed materials for the meeting, and making sure that everything is ready for travel.

#GHGbudget

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · May 28

📢 New publication from our Division! 🛰️ Raul de Paula Pires is the lead author of "Boreal tree species classification using airborne laser scanning data annotated with harvester production reports, and convolutional neural networks" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Boreal tree species classification using airborne laser scanning data annotated with harvester production reports, and convolutional neural networks

This study explores the potential of spatially explicit Harvester Production Reports (HPRs) for automatic annotation of Aerial Laser Scanning (ALS) da…

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · May 22

Today, on the International Day for Biological Diversity, we highlight the role of remote sensing in monitoring biodiversity. @rubenvalpue.bsky.social is a member of GEO BON network dedicated to improving the acquisition, coordination, and delivery of biodiversity information geobon.org

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NextGenCarbon @nextgencarbon.bsky.social · May 21

We are also on LinkedIn! If you haven't found us yet, follow us: @NextGenCarbon‬ www.linkedin.com/company/next...

#NextGenCarbon #NGC #climatescience #ghgbudget

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · May 20

On Friday, the Swedish Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari visited our remote sensing lab, where she met with Professor Ruben Valbuena and Research Engineers Mikael Egberth and Juha Niemi who explained the minister about the remote sensing methods our division develops.

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Apr 30

Professor Ruben Valbuena's professorial inauguration lecture Measuring the complexity of forests by firing laser beams from planes and satellites will take place on Thursday 8 May at 15:50 in Studion, Undervisningshuset, Uppsala and online. The link will be available here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

New professors 2024 | slu.se

A total of 12 new professors will be presenting their research in 2024. The inauguration of new professors comprise two events; the lectures and the ceremony.

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SLU - Forest Remote Sensing @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social · Apr 30

Our researcher Langning Huo's docent lecture on Remote Sensing for Forest Health Monitoring: Innovations and Future Directions will take place on 6 May 2025 at 13:30 in P O Bäckström's lecture hall in Umeå and in Zoom. You will find the Zoom link on this page: www.slu.se/en/ew-calend...

Docent lectures at the S Faculty 6-7 May | slu.se

Welcome to this spring's docent lectures at the S Faculty 6-7 May.

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