Creating vital cork forests in Portugal with satellite and GIS data
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| Publication date | Friday, 26 January, 2018 |
| Keywords | agroforestry Forestry forest management plan value chain Supply chain, marketing and consumption forestry multipurpose forest |
Cork oak forests are losing vitality in some regions of Portugal, causing problems for the foresters and the national forestry services. To address these tree mortality issues, Conceição Santos Silva, member of a forest landowners private association decided to start working in an Operational Group: “In cooperation with researchers and forest producers, we want to make a mobile tool that can assess in real time what the vitality of a tree is, based on objective information like climate and leaf change.”
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