Digitalization of timber harvesting performance monitoring

不同利益攸关方对木材采伐陆上基地的需求增加，再加上加拿大各地经历的纤维短缺，突显了监测、改善和最大限度提高木材采伐性能的必要性。数字化、大数据分析、技术开发和在采伐作业中整合遥感被认为是支持加拿大森林部门短期、中期和长期经济和环境可持续性的关键成功因素。因此，这个为期两年的项目将支持UBC林业学院和FP Innovation的高素质人员开发和现场测试先进的数字化和监测解决方案，以支持加拿大森工供应链的经济可行性和环境可持续性。该项目的成果将为进一步实现纤维供应链的数字化做出重大贡献，为近距离实时监测全机械化树木长度的采伐作业业绩提供业务解决方案。这些解决方案还将转移到加拿大各地的各种其他森林作业和应用中。此外，预期成果还将解决与困难地形中高度多变的林分有关的重大知识差距，并将使新引入的陡坡木材采伐解决方案(即绞车辅助技术)得以全面实施。

Increased demands from different stakeholders on the timber harvesting landbase combined with fiber shortages experienced in various regions across Canada, are highlighting the need to monitor, improve, and maximize timber harvesting performance. Digitalization, big data analytics, technology development, and integration of remote sensing in harvesting operations have been recognized as critical success factors to support the short, medium, and long-term economic and environmental sustainability of the forest sector in Canada. This two-year project will thus support a Highly Qualified Personnel working at UBC Faculty of Forestry and FPInnovations to develop and field-test advanced digitalization and monitoring solutions for supporting the economic viability and environmental sustainability of the forest industry supply chain in Canada.Outcomes of the project will be a major contribution towards further digitalization of fibre supply chains, providing operational solutions for close-to-real-time monitoring of fully mechanized tree-length harvesting operation performances. These solutions will also be transferable to various other forest operations and applications across Canada. In addition, the expected outcomes will also address the significant knowledge gaps linked to highly variable stands in difficult terrain and will enable full implementation of newly introduced harvesting solutions for steep slope timber harvesting (i.e., winch-assist technologies).