Mistra Digital Forest has helped forestry enter a digital, autonomous era. As the research programme comes to an end, Skogforsk has delivered concrete results and new insights to build on.
The Mistra Digital Forest Research Foundation’s forestry initiative, Mistra Digital Forest, will hold its final conference on 18 November after eight years of research and innovation work. The research programme aims to increase digitalisation in the forest value chain, focusing on digital tools, information systems, decision support, and automation.
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‘Mistra Digital Forest has been an important catalyst for forestry’s digital development. The development would have come anyway, but it would have taken much longer,” says Skogforsk’s CEO Charlotte Bengtsson.
The Forestry Research Institute has played a central role as a research provider in the programme. According to Charlotte Bengtsson, this has not only contributed to new knowledge, but also strengthened Skogforsk’s role as a bridge between research and practical application in the digital transformation of forestry.
“We make sure that what is done is designed in a way that it can actually be used. When the Forestry Research Institute, the universities and the industry work together, we really get a return when it comes to implementing new knowledge and innovation in forestry activities,” she says.
Long-term thinking is important
Charlotte Bengtsson points out that the programme’s long-term perspective has been important. Over eight years, researchers have often been able to build on results rather than work on short, independent projects.
“This has made it possible to gradually develop and refine solutions that can contribute to both increased efficiency and strengthened sustainability in forestry,” she says.
At the same time, Charlotte Bengtsson notes that Skogforsk’s commitment to digitalisation and technological development goes back further than the start of Mistra Digital Forest. Several years earlier, the company identified technology development as crucial to its future and began a strategic investment in the area.
“We hired several people who had the required skills. What we built up then meant that we were ready when Mistra Digital Forest started, and that has been a great advantage,’ says Charlotte Bengtsson.
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