Great presentations from Kim Andre Anstensen Nielsen and Hans Ole Ørka at the Silvilaser conference in Quebec City!

A big thank you to the organizing committee for such a well-planned event, and to all participants for the insightful presentations and engaging discussions.

Congratulations to Dr. Olha Nahorna for a well defended PhD thesis entitled "Assessing the importance of improved forest data for decision-making process" Thank you to the evaluation committee Göran Ståhl, Olalla Díaz-Yáñez, and Erik Næsset, and supervisors Kyle Eyvindson and Terje Gobakken.

A big thank to Sverre Holm (Glommen Mjøsen Skog), together with Maria Åsnes Moan and Ole Martin Bollandsås (SkogRover group, NMBU) for leading the discussion on Continuous Cover Forestry during the SmartForest Days!

It’s inspiring to see so much passion for sustainable forestry practices 🌲

A warm welcome to our new postdoc, Arvin Fakhri.

Arvin will be exploring potential direct links between biodiversity and remotely sensed data across different scales, with the goal of producing a wall-to-wall biodiversity map of a demonstration area.

We are very happy to have him onboard!

We’re thrilled to welcome our new postdoc, Rachel Kuzmich, to the team!

Rachel will be using multi-sensor multi-temporal remote sensing data to examine climate-related forest change.

Excited to have her join us!

A warm welcome to our new PhD candidate, Kim Andre Anstensen Nielsen!

Kim will use remote sensing and AI to predict forest attributes, from biophysical metrics to complex structures and biodiversity indicators.

We are excited to have him on board!

Good turnout for our course on mixed-effect models for forest applications! Special thanks to professors Emma Holmström and Lauri Mehtätalo for their valuable contributions, and Dr Svetlana Saarela for leading the course.

Curious about ways to account for uncertainty in site index determination in forest planning? Have a look at our newly published paper.
doi.org/10.1093/fore...

👩‍🎓Congratulations to Dr. Jaime Candelas Bielza on a successful defense of his thesis "Advancing tree species composition prediction in boreal forests with remote sensing". Thanks to opponents Joanne White and Lauri Korhonen, and supervisors Hans Ole Ørka, Lennart Noordermeer & Erik Næsset.

Big thanks to our invited speakers—research scientist Joanne White and senior scientist Lauri Korhonen—for their excellent presentations today at our seminar on forest inventory and monitoring. Tomorrow, they'll take on the role of opponents at Jaime Candelas Bielza's doctoral defense.

📢Postdoc opportunity in remote sensing of forest biodiversity 🌿🌍

Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is hiring a 3-year postdoc!

If you're passionate about ecological research and remote sensing, apply now!

Deadline to apply: April 4, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🌲 Forest Inventory & Planning Seminar 🌲

Our largest turnout yet with 80+ participants!

A huge thank you to everyone for your participation and contributions—your engagement made this event a success. Let's keep working together for better forest management!

A warm welcome to Maria Åsnes Moen in her new role as a postdoc in the SmartForest project! She will be using remotely sensed data to classify suitability for continuous cover forestry. Excited to see her continue her great work!

Excited to share our latest research on site index determination using airborne laser scanning data. Check out this step forward in forest analysis:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...