We @uniuef.bsky.social have an open call for five fully funded, 4-year MSCA doctoral positions in forest inventory and ecosystem modelling. I am involved in the topic "Multisource approach for mapping canopy and habitat composition in boreal forests". More info here: sites.uef.fi/dp-fobi/offe...

Open positions! PhD and postdoc projects on RS, snow modelling, arctic-alpine hydrology & ecology ❄️🌿🌡️💧 3-yr positions with assistant prof @niittynen.bsky.social @oulu.fi ! See links below and apply by 3.5.2026. oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/... oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/...

Doctoral Researcher, Arctic-alpine hydrology and ecology

We are now looking for a Doctoral Researcher in Arctic-alpine hydrology and ecology for a 3-year fixed-term position to join us in the Faculty of Technology, Water, Energy and Environmental Engineerin

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We’re recruiting! 🎓🌲 2 PhDs scholarships at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) on remote sensing & AI for improved forest mapping and precision forestry. Join us and help shape the future of forest data. Apply now! Deadline to apply: May 3, 2026 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Two PhD scholarships: Remote sensing and AI for improved forest mapping and precision forestry  (298686) | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

Job title: Two PhD scholarships: Remote sensing and AI for improved forest mapping and precision forestry  (298686), Employer: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Deadline: Sunday, May ...

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Which drone sensor to use in classification of tree species? Fusion of multispectral images and lidar data was the best in classification of pine, spruce, birch, aspen and standing dead trees, but multispectral drone image point clouds also performed well as such. doi.org/10.1002/rse2...

Classification of tree species and standing dead trees in Boreal forests using UAV‐based RGB, multispectral, and LiDAR point clouds

We evaluated single- and multi-sensor UAV approaches for classifying tree species and standing dead trees in boreal forests, focusing on key biodiversity indicators such as European aspen. Using spec....

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📣 Call for Applications: The University of Vienna invites applications for more than 40 fully funded doctoral positions across a broad range of disciplines in Life Sciences and Natural Sciences. 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 #PhDSky #PhD #univie 📅 Application period: 2 March – 27 March 2026, 12:00 CET More information: ⤵️

📢 Position open! We are seeking a motivated researcher to drive the digitalization of forest management, focusing on developing and incorporating automated, cost-efficient methods for acquiring tree-level data to support precision forestry. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Deep learning offers new tools for forestry, but it also raises new questions. Dr. Jari Vauhkonen talks about #AI, bias, and the future of forest monitoring in Canada and beyond. Read more on the #CSPBlog 💡▶️ https://ow.ly/MhKO50Y1mxF Itä-Suomen yliopisto / University of Eastern Finland

This is pretty cool! #EDGE www.nasa.gov/news-release...

NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions - NASA

These two missions were selected for continued development as part of NASA’s Earth System Explorers Program, which conducts principal investigator-led Earth

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🌲 Great news from ForestSAT 2026! 🌍 We’re thrilled to announce that we received 480 abstracts from over 49 countries, highlighting the incredible global interest in forest research and remote sensing. 👉 For more information, visit our website. carlos-alberto-silva.github.io/silvalab/For...

📢 PhD-position related to the the use of AI for mapping of forest ecosystems ! The focus will be to combine data from harvesters and remote sensing to improve forest mapping using AI. Application deadline: 13 November, 2025 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📢 1-Year Researcher Position in Remote Sensing of Forests (possible extension)! SkogRover seeks a new team member to work with point-cloud and image data to map forest structure, naturalness, and cultural heritage. Deadline to apply: November 14, 2025 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Stereo satellite images can be used to predict boreal forest fuel parameters for remote areas that lack ALS or aerial image data. Our models reached RMSEs between 11% and 30% depending on parameter, when predicting with only stereo image features without an external DTM. doi.org/10.1080/0143...

Prediction and mapping of boreal forest fire fuel loads using high-resolution satellite stereo imagery

The aim of this study is to evaluate the suitability of very high-resolution satellite stereo-imagery data for creating forest fire-related fuel load maps in the boreal region. We acquired stereo i...

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Thank you all for such a great week at #Silvilaser2025! 📸 Event photos are now on our website and will continue to be updated through next week And did you hear the news?! 🇵🇱 🇫🇮 The next Silvilaser will be co-organized by our friends in Poland and Finland and take place in Warsaw in 2027!

📢 Call for Abstracts – ForestSAT 2026 We’re excited to invite you to submit your abstracts for ForestSAT 2026, a hybrid conference hosted at the University of Florida! Open now – closes November 7, 2025. ➡️ Submit your abstract here: carlos-alberto-silva.github.io/silvalab/For...

🌲Join the ForestSAT 2026 Pre-Conference Virtual Workshop Series! 🗓️ Dates: October 2025 – April 2026 🌐 Format: Online 🔗 Learn more & register: carlos-alberto-silva.github.io/silvalab/For...

We showed how #lidar based #biomass models can be calibrated between leaf-on and leaf-off conditions using an empirical ratio estimator: doi.org/10.1080/2279...

The transferability and cross-use of airborne laser scanning-based leaf-off and leaf-on biomass models

Airborne laser scanning data (ALS) can be acquired during leaf-on or leaf-off conditions. Thus, the relationship between ALS metrics and vegetation is different, especially in forests dominated by ...

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Can tree cover extent be estimated directly from #ICESat-2 spaceborne lidar data? First paper from Hanna Haapala's doctoral thesis is out: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

🚨 Postdoc in Computer Vision & AI! Love forests & you are a CV ninja? Join #SmartForest at #NIBIO to build vision models for full ecosystem understanding 🌲🤖 🔥 we offer A100s, unique EU dataset, fun team 📍 Ås, Norway | 🗓 Apply by June 8 👇 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #ForestAI #DeepLearning

👩‍🎓Congratulations to Dr. Jaime Candelas Bielza on a successful defense of his thesis "Advancing tree species composition prediction in boreal forests with remote sensing". Thanks to opponents Joanne White and Lauri Korhonen, and supervisors Hans Ole Ørka, Lennart Noordermeer & Erik Næsset.

Are you a professor or assistant professor level researcher in the US or elsewhere outside of Finland? Looking for new opportunities in an inspiring and well-connected research environment? Finland might be just the place for you. Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.

Finland invests in research excellence – new funding call by Research Council of Finland to support recruitment of international talents

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has launched a funding call to improve universities’ ability to recruit international experts to Finland. In line with the RCF’s strategy, the call wi...

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📢Postdoc opportunity in remote sensing of forest biodiversity 🌿🌍 Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is hiring a 3-year postdoc! If you're passionate about ecological research and remote sensing, apply now! Deadline to apply: April 4, 2025 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral fellow within remote sensing of forest biodiversity (277361) | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

Job title: Postdoctoral fellow within remote sensing of forest biodiversity (277361), Employer: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025

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Integration of operational harvester measurements with forest databases and other sources of big geodata can provide substantially improved estimates of sawlog recoveries. The RMSEs obtained for conifer sawlogs were 41-60%. See doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...

Hey there @bsky.app! Please join us for #SilviLaser2025 for a great conference on cutting-edge technology in laser scanning and forestry 🛰️🌲 🚩 Quebec City 📅 Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2025 📃 Abstracts due Feb 28. 2025 Learn more at silvilaser2025.com! 🌍 Please like and share this with your networks! 🙏

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🌲🛰️🤖Would you like to develop #AI methods for mapping forests using #RemoteSensing? We have an open 3-year #PhDPosition within the @smartforest.bsky.social project at our beautiful and snow-covered @uninmbu.bsky.social .Read more and apply here👉 bit.ly/4g8micX.

💼Job Alert: I am hiring a PostDoc/PhD (100%, 3yrs) to develop and orchestrate cloud-based workflows within a project that will create a forest information system 🌳 for Germany based on #sentinel2 🛰️ and #als ✈️. tinyurl.com/4hw426vw #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation @unitrier.bsky.social @thuenen.de

PhD studentship in forest remote sensing for biodiversity assessment at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

🚨 PhD Opportunity Shape the future of precision forestry! Join an exciting project integrating mobile laser scanning & AI to revolutionise forest management. @UCL + @qmul.ac.uk + @Forest_Research Within @treesdla.bsky.social Apply now! 🌳👉 bit.ly/41rmoc6 #lidar #Forestry #AI

Fully funded PhD w me and @kungphil.bsky.social looking at the structure & function of urban forests in 3D using ground data, lidar, modelling, all the fun stuff. Check it out and get in touch if you're interested www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/qua...