When we go for walks in the forest, we try to leave our digitized everyday lives behind us but work in forestry has long since been digitized. Data is collected by sensor networks, drones, satellites, and, above all, large forestry machines such as harvesters. This data is of great interest for increasing the efficiency of the timber industry and optimizing planning, for example in sawmills, but above all for protecting the forest and adapting it to the intensifying climate change. However, there are numerous obstacles to sharing this data. We talked to our guests about these obstacles and the possibilities for overcoming them. Last but not least, we also discussed the data trustee DTMForst, which aims to alleviate technical and legal uncertainties and give data providers opportunities for control.
ShareCast Episode 5 – Data, Forests, and Timber. 23 September 2025
Guests
Frank Heinze has been working at the RIF Institute for Research and Transfer since 2005 and has been project coordinator of the “Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Holz 4.0” since 2018.
Thilo Wagner is head of the Forestry Education Center of the Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz of North Rhine-Westphalia.
More Information
Frank Uekötter: Ein Haus auf schwankendem Boden: Überlegungen zur Begriffsgeschichte der Nachhaltigkeit. In: APuZ 31-32/2014, 9-15. Can be found here.
Lennart Schinke et al.: Trustful Data Sharing in the Forest-based Sector – Opportunities and Challenges for a Data Trustee. In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings (2023). Can be found here.
Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft: Harvester und Forwarder – was ist das? In: forstcast.net – Waldwissen zum Sehen und Hören. Can be read here.
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