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Poplars Monitored from Space: How Satellites and AI Are Transforming Forest Management

ProPopulus Team Assessing the health of a poplar plantation without physically setting foot on the ground is now a reality, thanks to a groundbreaking study conducted at the Ponferrada Campus of the University of León. Through the use of satellite imagery, biophysical modelling and artificial intelligence algorithms, a team of researchers has succeeded in identifying…

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Italy is using new remote sensing images from satellites to detect poplar plantations

ProPopulus Team Although poplar cultivation is a strategic sector for the forest-wood supply chain in Italy and represents the most significant internal source for primary wood transformation, it occupies a very small portion of the national area (less than 1%) compared to that of forests. As part of the support strategies for the supply of…

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