Digital tools and technology systems for the sustainable management of Mediterranean forest resources

Informations projet

DIGIMEDFOR

N° de convention de subvention: 101081928

DOI

10.3030/101081928

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 18 Avril 2023

Date de début 1 Juin 2023

Date de fin 31 Mai 2026

Financé au titre de

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Coût total

€ 6 621 797,50

Contribution de l’UE

€ 5 964 610,00

Coordonné par

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II
Italy

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Livrables

Documents, reports (23)

Stakeholders’ engagement and consultation Plan

Stakeholders’ engagement and consultation Plan (T7.3), a detailed plan on DIGIMEDFOR stakeholders and how to involve them in the project effectively

Dissemination and communication strategy and plan

Dissemination and communication strategy and plan (T7.1), a detailed plan including the dissemination and communication activities, the timeplan for these activities, the targets, the channels, etc..

AI-based predictive models

Document including the parameters and the inputs of AI based predictive models (T4.2) along with the required output of the VFDSS that will be developed in Task 4.4

Skills Transformation Map

Skills Transformation Map (T6.4), a map providing guidance on how to match people’s skills with the technological solutions within the supply chain and how to customise the type of training to facilitate speed of adaptation

Updated dissemination and communication strategy and plan

Updated dissemination and communication strategy and plan (7.1), an update of the plan at M18

Policy brief – Sustainable management of Mediterranean forest ecosystems by means of digital solutions

Policy brief – Sustainable management of Mediterranean forest ecosystems by means of digital solutions (T7.3), a policy brief on Sustainable management of Mediterranean forest ecosystems by means of digital solutions

Guidelines for the digitalization of ecoservices provided by certified forests

Guidelines for the digitalization of ecoservices provided by certified forests (T3.4),expanding the information available on the PEFC Spain platform for registering all the forest areas that comply with the PEFC Sustainable Forest Management System by linking each forest management unit with indicators of Sustainable Forest Management and ecosystem and cultural service

Project Management & Quality Plan

The Project Management & Quality Plan (T1.1), a detailed plan for the implementation of the project (list of activities, monitoring program, quality assurance processes, critical risks for implementation and contingency plans, etc..)

Practice abstracts – batch 2

Practice abstracts – batch 2 (T7.3), a second batch of practice abstracts on how to successfully transfer and uptake the solutions elsewhere, as well as future scenarios in the forestry sector and how to face them

Regulatory framework

Regulatory framework (T6.6), regulatory framework in which DigiMedFor solutions are introduced

Pilot evaluation handbook

Pilot evaluation handbook (T5.1), evaluation plan and templates will be developed to guide the evaluation of the project pilots. A specific evaluation plan for each pilot will be created. The evaluation plans will provide answers to the following questions, among others: what are the methods to be used in performing the evaluation? what are the KPIs to be used? what data will need to be collected from the pilots? how will this information be collected and who will provide it? what are the limitations that may be faced regarding the data to be collected and the results of the evaluation?

Prospective customers and value propositions

Prospective customers and value propositions (T6.1), report identifying suitable customers for the major project results along with fitting value propositions that can guide their further development and commercialisation beyond the grant

Recommendations on compliance and adaptation of standards

Recommendations on compliance and adaptation of standards (T6.6), recommendations on how to be compliant with the regulatory framework

Practice abstracts – batch 1

Practice abstracts – batch 1 (T7.3), a first batch of practice abstracts on digitalisation in the forestry sector

Initial Exploitation Plan

Initial Exploitation Plan (T6.3), Initial exploitation plan including the description of Key Exploitable Results (KERs) and initial thoughts on the potential market and on how to protect the KERs.

Final Report on dissemination, communication and stakeholder’s engagement activities

Final Report on dissemination, communication and stakeholder’s engagement activities (T7.2), report including the results of all the dissemination and communication activities

Final Exploitation and Sustainability Plan

Final Exploitation and Sustainability Plan (T6.3), Final Exploitation and Sustainability strategy including details about project exploitation activities as well as IPR management activities after the project completion

Report on DigiMedFor forest data

Report on the forest inventories including some quantified data (T2.1), based on available sources metadata

Recommendations on how to mitigate ethical and liability risks

Recommendations on how to mitigate ethical and liability risks (T6.5), recommendations addressed to the technology developers involved in the project to mitigate ethical and liability risk exposure and improve the design of the tools

Evaluation, impact assessment and lessons learnt from the pilots

Evaluation, impact assessment and lessons learnt from the pilots (T5.7), a report providing input on pilot and replication evaluation utilising the evaluation handbook

Joint Policy Brief (DIGIMEDFOR-SINTETIC)- Early quality assessment of timber products

Joint Policy Brief (DIGIMEDFOR-SINTETIC)- Early quality assessment of timber products (T7.3), a policy brief on Early quality assessment of timber products

Results from the pilot and replication sites

Results from the pilot and replication sites (T5.2-5.6), a report including the results coming from all the pilot and replication site activities.

Go-To-Market Plan and Strategy

Go-To-Market Plan and Strategy (T6.2), a report exploring business models (one per exploitable solution) and commercialisation pathways for our project results

Data Management Plan (3)

Data Management Plan final plan

Data Management Plan final plan, final updated draft of the DMP (T1.2)

Data Management Plan intermediate plan

Data Management Plan intermediate plan including an update of the initial DMP (T1.2)

Data Management Plan initial plan

Initial draft of the Data Management Plan Data describing the detailed processes to manage data within the project (T1.2)

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (7)

DigiMedFor picture-based tracking system

DigiMedFor picture-based tracking system (T3.3), a computer-based system to monitor the volumes of wood from the logging situ to the sawmill

Final version of the DigiMedFor picture-based tracking system

Final version of the DigiMedFor picture-based tracking system (T3.3), a computer-based system to monitor the volumes of wood from the logging situ to the sawmill.

DigiMedFor Data Traceability Platform System

DigiMedFor Data Traceability Platform System (T3.2), a traceability system based on the combination of the blockchain technology (i.e., Ethereum implementation) merged with the new EU service OS-NMA (Open Service Navigation Authentication Message) offered by the European GNSS constellation GALILEO

Final version of the DigiMedFor Data Traceability Platform System

Final version of the DigiMedFor Data Traceability Platform System (T3.2), a traceability system based on the combination of the blockchain technology (i.e., Ethereum implementation) merged with the new EU service OS-NMA (Open Service Navigation Authentication Message) offered by the European GNSS constellation GALILEO.

DigiMedFor tool for in-situ wood evaluation and grading

DigiMedFor tool for in-situ wood evaluation and grading (T3.1), a tool that puts in place an innovative approach in the forest-wnw chain, to promote local timber production

DigiMedFor digital tool for inventory of Mediterranean forest resources

DigiMedFor digital tool for inventory of Mediterranean forest resources (T2.5), effective and easy-to-use tool for collecting impactful forest stand attributes from the MED forest by updating the existing TRESTIMA app

Final version of the DigiMedFor tool for in-situ wood evaluation and grading

Final version of the DigiMedFor tool for in-situ wood evaluation and grading (T3.1), a tool that puts in place an innovative approach in the forest-wnw chain, to promote local timber production.

Other (2)

DigiMedFor toolkit for forest managers to measure forest variables and attributes

DigiMedFor toolkit for forest managers to measure forest variables and attributes (T2.2), technical and video material to help users to have a wide-angle discussion with stakeholders in achieving the best possible plan in measuring forest variables and attributes using both aerial and ground sensor digital systems

Process-based mathematical model

Process-based mathematical model (T4.3), a mathematical model by system dynamic and Individual-based model approach to simulate and predict the dynamic behaviour of a forest system

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

DigiMedFor Knowledge Platform

DigiMedFor Knowledge Platform (T4.1), an open-source web application for decision-makers in MED forestry private and public bodies.This deliverable integrates also results coming from T2.3 and 2.4.

DigiMedFor VFDSS

DigiMedFor VFDSS (T4.4), development of a web-based Virtual Forest Decision Support System (VFDSS) for MED forests able to simulate both the dynamics of stand growth and its response to silvicultural treatments

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Evaluation of the Carbon Stock and CorkHarvesting Practices of a <i>QuercusSuber</i> Stand in Tunisia

Auteurs: Sghaier Tahar, Azizi Thouraya, Ammari Youssef
Publié dans: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2026, ISSN 1230-1485
Éditeur: HARD Publishing Company
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.23236499

Has the tortoise scale exacerbated fire severity in Mediterranean stone pine forests?

Auteurs: Luigi Saulino, Antonio Pietro Garonna, Francisco Castro Rego, Angelo Rita, Alessandro Aquino, Greta Liuzzi, Riccardo Fornaro, Enrica Pinelli, Roberto Silvestro, Sergio Rossi, Antonio Saracino
Publié dans: Fire Ecology, Numéro 21, 2025, ISSN 1933-9747
Éditeur: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.23265153

Advancements in Wood Quality Assessment: Standing Tree Visual Evaluation—A Review

Auteurs: Michela Nocetti, Michele Brunetti
Publié dans: Forests, Numéro 15, 2024, ISSN 1999-4907
Éditeur: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.23267883

Parameter-efficient vision transformer adaptation for stem quality classification from smartphone forest images

Auteurs: Niccolò Biondi, Simone Ricci, Niccolò Arati, Michela Nocetti, Giovanni Aminti, Pietro Pala, Michele Brunetti
Publié dans: Smart Agricultural Technology, Numéro 14, 2026, ISSN 2772-3755
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ATECH.2026.102132

A Real-Time DBH Ground-Truth Quadruped-Based Methodology for Precise Forest Management

Auteurs: Theocharis Tsenis, Vasileios Barmpagiannos, Evangelos D. Spyrou, Vassilios Kappatos
Publié dans: Computers, Numéro 15, 2026, ISSN 2073-431X
Éditeur: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/COMPUTERS15050321

Fire Ecology

Auteurs: Luigi Saulino; Antonio Pietro Garonna; Francisco Castro Rego; Angelo Rita; Alessandro Aquino; Greta Liuzzi; Riccardo Fornaro; Enrica Pinelli; Roberto Silvestro; Sergio Rossi; Antonio Saracino
Publié dans: Fire Ecology, 2025, ISSN 1933-9747
Éditeur: Association for Fire Ecology
DOI: 10.1186/S42408-025-00382-3

Conference proceedings (9)

End-to-End Digital Timber Tracking from Forest to Sawmill: Data Traceability Platform System (DTPS)

Auteurs: Vincenzo M. Ascione; Giovanni Aminti; Michele Brunetti; Giovanni Fontani; Graziano Gagliarde; Bijender Kumar; Michela Nocetti; Luigi Saulino
Publié dans: WOOD-SCIENCE-ECONOMY
Éditeur: Łukasiewicz Research Network

Digitalizing the Forest-Wood Chain: Implementation of the TRESTIMA App for Douglas Fir in Italy

Auteurs: Michela Nocetti; Giovanni Aminti; Michele Brunetti; Giovanni Fontani; Simo Kivimaki; Timo Rouvinen; Luigi Saulino
Publié dans: WOOD-SCIENCE-ECONOMY
Éditeur: Łukasiewicz Research Network
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20530136

"Forest digital twin: coupling field data, mathematical modelling and 3D representation of a Mediterranean forests  "

Auteurs: Riccardo Fornaro, Francesco Giannino, Duncan Nathaniel Heatfield, Valerio Minopoli, Alessandro Aquino, Angelo Rita, Antonio Saracino, Luigi Saulino
Publié dans: 2025
Éditeur: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-6985

Hybrid Ground–Aerial Forest Inventory Using Quadruped Lidar DBH Ground Truth for Allometric Calibration of Drone-Based Crown Measurements

Auteurs: Theocharis Tsenis; Vasileios Barmpagiannos; Evangelos D. Spyrou; Vassilios Kappatos
Publié dans: International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses
Éditeur: Climate Change: Impacts & Responses Research Network
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20268881

Autonomous Multi-modal Drone Scanning for High-Precision Forest Inventory: A Real-World Experiment in Limnia Forest Using Advanced YOLO Pipelines and Local Allometrics

Auteurs: A. Stergiadou, A. Xiros, T.Tsenis, V. Kalpakis, S. Ioannidou, M. Katsikari, V. Kappatos
Publié dans: CEMEPE
Éditeur: University of Thessaloniki
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20393682

Outbreaks of invasive phloem feeding Toumeyella parvicornis modified fire behaviour and canopy surface reflectance in Mediterranean Pinus pinea forests

Auteurs: Luigi Saulino, Antonio Pietro Garonna, Francisco Castro Rego, Angelo Rita, Alessandro Aquino, Greta Liuzzi, Riccardo Fornaro, Enrica Pinelli, Roberto Silvestro, Sergio Rossi, Antonio Saracino
Publié dans: 2025
Éditeur: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-7375

To coppice, or not to coppice? How should the overaged chestnut forests covering volcanic slopes prone to landslides be managed?

Auteurs: Luigi Saulino; Angelo Rita; Alessandro Aquino; Giovanni Battista Chirico; Marco Marotta; Marco Quattrocchi; Enrica Pinelli; Liuzzi Greta; Antonio Saracino
Publié dans: SISEF, 2024
Éditeur: SISEF - Società Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale

Early wood quality assessment for a better use of the forest resource. The DigiMedFor project

Auteurs: Michela Nocetti, Giovanni Aminti, Michele Brunetti, Giovanni Fontani, Simo Kivimaki, Timo Rouvinen, Luigi Saulino
Publié dans: IWMS
Éditeur: University of Firenze

A Digital Twin Framework For Sustainable Forest Management

Auteurs: Fornaro Riccardo; Giannino Francesco; Cartenì Fabrizio; Heathfield Duncan Nathaniel, Minopoli Valerio; Saulino Luigi
Publié dans: WMCC-ECCOMAS
Éditeur: WCCM-ECCOMASS
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20524865