Project description
Digitalisation of Mediterranean forest resources
Changes in climate and socioeconomic factors within the Mediterranean region may result in severe consequences for forests, ultimately leading to a depletion of ecosystem services and causing economic, social, and environmental issues. To enhance competitiveness, the forest-wood supply chain in European Mediterranean countries requires the integration of modern digital technologies. In this context, the EU-funded DIGIMEDFOR project will improve the technology of the Mediterranean forest-wood supply chain, aiming to boost its competitiveness and facilitate efficient management of forest resources and ecosystem services. Additionally, it will ensure the traceability of wood from forests to the wood industry. The project leverages digital solutions, including geospatial, AI, and modelling technologies, to monitor and manage forest resources.
Objective
The MED region includes more than 25 million hectares of forests and about 50 million hectares of other wooded lands. Climatic and socio-economic changes in this region could have serious consequences for forests, potentially resulting in the loss of ecosystem services and causing a wide range of economic, social, and environmental issues. The low competitiveness of the forest-wood supply chain in European Mediterranean (EUMED) countries is currently amplified by the missing or limited access of forest managers and companies to current and new digital technologies which appear to be out of date in certain key areas or fail to address some of the most pressing difficulties that the industry is expected to be confronting in the next decades. This rationale calls for the urgent implementation of a multi-actor approach to digitalization, starting from recognizing stakeholders’ needs and subsequently defining joint actions. To this end DigiMedFor's overall goal is to transform the technological landscape of the Mediterranean forest-wood supply chain by increasing its competitiveness, thus allowing the different stakeholders to better manage and supply multiple forest ecosystem services, including the traceability of wood origin from forests to end-users.
In line with the EU forest strategy and the EU digital strategy, DigiMedFor will employ advanced and innovative digital solutions to improve the monitoring and management of forest resources along the supply chain from their origin up to the wood industry, optimising both the sustainability of wood production and traceability and delivery of ecosystem services. DigiMedFor will address the synergetic use of geo-spatial, AI, and modelling technologies, combining them with ICT.
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80138 Napoli
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00185 Roma
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50060 Londa (Fi)
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40005 Soria
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33710 Tampere
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1780 Wemmel
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81020 San Nicola La Strada
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653 02 KAVALA
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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17430 Santa Coloma De Farners
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00185 Roma
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08193 Bellaterra
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13120 Gardanne
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52000 PAZIN
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28015 Madrid
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036 01 Martin
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2080 Ariana
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20121 MILANO
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80038 POMIGLIANO D' ARCO NA
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88000 Uzhgorod
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06000 Ankara
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