Listeners are invited to discover how scientists are working to make smarter, healthier and more productive forests, utilising everything from Artificial Intelligence (AI) to genomics and airborne sensors.
One interviewee, Professor Mark Brown of the University of the Sunshine Coast and Program Leader of the Smarter Regions Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is leading an initiative to support projects designed to ensure the benefits of AI are maximised for forestry in Australia’s regional areas.
The latest episode is the WoodChat series follows a diverse array of Australian forestry-related topics, including efforts to future-proof the industry against the impact of bushfires, a re-imagining of the log and woodchip export supply chain for improved efficiencies, and monitoring of the impacts of forestry on endangered species in Tasmania.
And keep an ear out for the next episode in the series for details of how the principles of natural capital accounting (NCA) are being used to further develop the forestry industry’s sustainability credentials.
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