Project: OptiForValue

Project information

Project manager
Johan Fransson
Other project members
Reza Hosseinpourpia, Johan Lindeberg, Johanna Witzell, Jorge Luis Zapico, Linnaeus University
Participating organizations
Luke (project coordinator), Linnaeus University, CSIC, SLU, denkstatt, ERINN, BOKU, Wood K plus, Cesefor, Skogforsk, CrOpt, University of Helsinki, TUM, Ponsse, Finnos, Arbonaut, Metsäteho
Financier
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-R-02
Timetable
1 september 2024 - 31 august 2028
Subject
Forestry and wood technology (Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Faculty of Technology)
Research Groups
The Bridge 2.0, DISA, ForestEdge, Forest Management , Forestry, Wood and Building Technologies
Linnaeus Knowledge Environment
Green Sustainable Development

More about the project

Forests and forestry play a crucial role in the European bioeconomy. They can act as a vital catalyst in enhancing European competitiveness, reducing reliance on non-renewable and unsustainable resources, and promoting circular production processes. However, climate change is threatening the health of forests with a negative environmental and economic impact.

OptiForValue aims to optimise forest value chain management using technologies such as remote sensing to increase their value, competitiveness and sustainability, as well as forest resilience. The specific objectives are to:

• Develop and upgrade non-invasive solutions for forest health monitoring and wood quality control, as well as enable the development of risk assessment tools for drought, fire, insects, and snow damage.
• Design and develop sustainable forest management methods to restore and enhance forest health and increase biodiversity.
• Develop the forest sector’s operational capabilities to meet new opportunities and challenges under changing climate conditions, contributing to agile value management.
• Understand the environmental and social impacts of the forestry solutions and their economic feasibility via the application of environmental, social, and economic life-cycle assessment (LCA).
• Demonstrate the practical contribution of methods and solution approaches developed and implemented in the project for optimising forest value chains.

The project is part of the research in the Forest Management , Forestry, Wood and Building Technologies and Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA) research groups, the collaboration The Bridge, and the Linnaeus Knowledge Environment Green Sustainable Development.