News and articles: timber volume

World deforestation decreases, but remains alarming in many countries FAO publishes key findings of global forest resources assessment. World deforestation, mainly the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, has decreased over the past ten years but continues at an alarmingly high rate in many countries, FAO announced today.
Field-Map in National Forest Inventory of the Russian Federation The technology Field-Map is beeing used for collection of field data in the projects of National Forest Inventory in Russian Federation (NFI). The Russian NFI is an extensive project covering the whole surface area of the country. The Field-Map itself

Technology, equipment, software for: timber volume

	Technology for timber grading Technology Field-Map has been developed primarily for forestry and it has number of specific functions for tree measurement. Measurement of trees can be done in many ways diameter at breast height, tree height, stem volume, branch length, crown projection/surface/volume. Important part is a TIMBER GRADING of standing trees. Tree volume can be calculated based on direct measurement of stem profile. Via measurement of series of diameters along the tree stem the stem profile is measured and stem volume is automatically calculated.

Forestry, Timber, Wood Machinery, Wood Products