TeknaDrone

Forestry

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With large areas and often difficult terrain, drone technology in forestry can capture and transmit high-definition imagery and data over 100’s of hectares in hours, not weeks

Access in and around forest areas is challenging. Traditional monitoring, mapping and surveillance has been time-consuming, extremely costly and often not effective. Drone technology is rapidly changing this. Drones are now being used to capture essential forest data from depth of snow in alpine regions, canopy attributes – such as canopy gaps – and even the extent of carbon storage in a forest area.

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A global concern, drones are being used to do aerial surveys of rainforest areas to manage reduction and to determine where trees are being adversely impacted by human activities.

In line with this, communities and companies are using drones to fight deforestation. By using drones to actively monitor forested areas, they can secure images of people or activities that are undertaking illegal deforestation.

More remarkable, drones are now being used to plant trees! In vast and often inaccessible areas, drones can now distribute seedlings in a fast, nimble and efficient manner to ensure forest longevity.

How drones are sustaining forest areas

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PRECISION FOREST MANAGEMENT

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• Drones can now capture a wide range of vital forest information from canopy cover, trees numbers and overall volume estimation allowing for informed decisions on sustainability.

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3D MAPPING FOR CARBON STORAGE

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• Measuring the extent of carbon storage in biomass has always been labour intensive and expensive. By using remote sensing via drone technology, 3D mapping can be undertaken quickly, accurately and cost effectively.

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Agriculture

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Smart agricultural operations are increasingly engaging drone and drone data solutions to automate and optimise ‘across-farm’ management.

 

                                                                       "Facing Challenges with Drones"

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The UK's agriculture industry is associated with many challenges: unpredictable weather patterns, crop disease, irrigation issues and pest control. Adding complexity to this, traditional methods of evaluating and managing farm environments can be highly complex, time-consuming and labour-intensive.

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Drones now offer tailored aerial and enterprise solutions to deliver the best, non-invasive method of capturing crisp images which enable farmers to monitor crops, inspect irrigation equipment and ensure critical action is taken when required.

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Apart from providing valuable plant and environmental data, drones can also be equipped with the capability to fertilise crops, eliminating the need for costly and time-intensive manual spraying or dusting.

 

These drone ‘turnkey’ agricultural solutions automate and optimise ‘across-farm’ management allowing farmers to make timely and informed decisions about property, plants, crops and stock.