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SLU rolls out Europe’s first hyperspectral–LiDAR drone for early forest stress detection
SLU Forest Damage Center deploys Sweden’s first co‑aligned VNIR–SWIR–LiDAR hyperspectral drone, enabling ultra‑early detection of drought, bark beetle and disease stress weeks before visual symptoms, and improving upscaling from drone to airborne and satellite monitoring.
Axel’s note: What stands out here is not the sensor itself, but the move toward detecting forest stress weeks before visual symptoms appear. If this scales, it changes how early-warning systems are designed across drones, aircraft, and satellites.
From satellites to sensors: how tech is catching wildfires earlier
Cleantech Group surveys emerging wildfire‑tech stacks, from satellite analytics and computer‑vision towers to IoT sensor grids and AI models that predict ignition risk, highlighting startups building end‑to‑end early‑warning systems for forested landscapes.
Crann opens early access to AI‑first forest management platform
Treemetrics Ltd announces early access on LinkedIn to its digital platform, positioning an AI‑driven workspace for forest owners and managers with tools for planning, analysis and decision support ahead of a broader 2026 launch.
F6S forestry list: fascinating, if slightly flawed, snapshot of the sector
F6S publishes an updated list of 86 top forestry companies for December 2025, offering a fascinating overview of startups in carbon, drones, SaaS and robotics, though the curation mixes pure‑play forest tech with broader climate and agtech outfits.
New CEO at AirForestry as drone‑thinning scale‑up continues
Swedish forest‑tech company AirForestry, which has raised over SEK 100 million for its tree‑harvesting drones, reshapes its leadership with a new CEO and Northzone’s top executive stepping in as chair, signalling a push toward commercial scaling in Nordic forestry.