The forest carbon sector has operated for decades with a fundamental contradiction at its core: despite being able to detect deforestation from space with impressive precision, our ability to measure how much carbon a standing forest actually contains has remained stubbornly limited. For an industry where carbon estimates underpin everything
For those working in climate, conservation, and natural capital, the trajectory of Europe's forests has been a source of deepening concern for years. A landmark new study published in Science, led by researchers at the Technical University of Munich, has now put hard numbers on that concern. The
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Cornerstones of all life, our forests continue to be under threat—but tools like Forest Species Mapping, that bring together groundwork ecology, advanced technology, and AI, are offering promising pathways to safeguarding our beloved trees.