One focus of the session “Remote Sensing for Forest Applications” at the upcoming European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025 (EGU25) in Vienna, Austria (27 April – 2 May 2025), will be on the outcomes of the 3DForEcoTech COST Action (www.3dforecotech.eu). Its focus is on developing protocols for data acquisition and processing, fusion for forest inventory...

We are opening a call for a local organizer of the Interdisciplinary Summer School 2025. It is already the third year in a row that we plan to do a summer school where multiple COST Actions will get together and train a new generation of scientists on how to map, monitor and model forest ecosystem...

We are pleased to extend an invitation to submit an abstract in our  session titled “Remote Sensing for Forest Applications” at the upcoming European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025 (EGU25), to be held in Austria (27 April – 2 May 2025). This session explores the potentials and limitations of various remote sensing applications in forestry,...

Dear forest scientists, As part of the COST action 3DForEcoTech and COST SNSF project, we aim to establish an international collaboration and create the first database for the detection of individual tree species. We are seeking i) manual tree species canopy delineations and ii) aerial RGBI (red, green, blue, and near infrared) or RGB imagery data for the delineated tree species...

Do you have data from destructive measurements (traditional approach) paired with scans from close-range technologies? This kind of data is quite scarce and involves much work. Therefore, the value of this data, combined from different locations/countries, is even greater, and we would really appreciate it if you could help us in the compilation of information to improve our knowledge...

From monitoring to modelling Aim & Objectives The increasing rates of changes in environmental conditions put higher pressure on science to provide robust estimates of future ecosystem development. We need robust approaches to measure the current state, understand the processes and then accurately predict the development of forest ecosystems. In this view, the members of...

Working Group 2 – 2 Virtual Mobility Grants Preparing training material for the data fusion summer school For Each grant: Duration: 4-6 weeks. Timing: April-June 2024. Location: Online Total estimated grant per virtual mobility: 1500 euros Description: This Virtual Mobility (VM) Grant is an important part of the WG2 (data fusion) activities. During this VM the successful...

Working Group 2 – Virtual Mobility Grant Implementing a co-registration tool Duration: 4-6 weeks. Timing: March-May 2024. Location: Online Total estimated grant: 1500 euros Description: This Virtual Mobility (VM) Grant is an important part of the WG2 (data fusion) activities. During this VM the successful candidate will implement a co-registration algorithms (e.g. comparable to https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10401975 as an...

Working group 4 and 5 Precision Forestry and Forest Ecology Open call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM). We want to fund a set of STSM projects focussed on topics around 3D close range technologies for either Precision Forestry (WP4) or Forest Ecology (WP5). Successful projects must clearly focus on addressing questions within precision forestry or...

We are thrilled to announce an exciting new research initiative within the framework of 3DForEcoTech COST Action, focusing on the transformative potential of Close-range Remote Sensing (CRRS) technology for ecosystem studies. 3DForEcoTech is a collaborative effort bringing together researchers, industry professionals, and enthusiasts in the field of Close-range Remote Sensing. Our mission is to explore,...

Dear 3DForEcoTech community, it is already two years since we started the 3DForEcoTech COST Action project. I already see the huge impact these years have had on me and on many others. When we were writing the project proposal, I had in my mind that the goal should be to create a strong enough motion...

Deadline for the applications is 10th October 2023 STSM Grants fund visits by: We have asked the host to prepare an interesting proposal for you. If you find it interesting too, do not hesitate and apply by emails (k.sterenczak@ibles.waw.pl and 3dforecotech@gmail.com) by October 10th, 2023. Each applicant is requested to send (i) a short motivation...