NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Forest Health

新喀里多尼亚学院和不列颠哥伦比亚省中部的区域森林工业正在合作 ** 为森林健康学院设立一个长期的NSERC工业研究讲座。主席将与林业公司和来自政府和学术界的合作科学家密切合作，开发创新工具，帮助减轻森林疾病对不列颠哥伦比亚省 ** 年轻管理森林的生产力和复原力的影响。主席，理查德赖希，进行了广泛的研究和发展，在森林病理学在过去 **26年，并将重点初步研究杆锈病对lodgepole松树，和蜜环菌根 ** 疾病。这些疾病在该省的一些地区迅速增加，对林业的经营和管理构成严重挑战。主席还将与正在 ** 开发基于技术的地理空间解决方案的中小企业公司合作，这些解决方案将帮助林业公司利用无人驾驶飞行器和高分辨率数字图像 ** 远程检测森林健康 ** 问题。主席的研究活动将涉及教师，工作人员和学生从学院的自然资源 ** 和环境技术计划，以及生物学和其他教育计划。参与这项研究的学生 ** 将学习森林健康、造林、无人驾驶 ** 飞行器、地理信息系统和遥感等领域的创新技术。这将为学生提供增强的技能，以促进加拿大林业部门的创新。

The College of New Caledonia and the regional forest industry in central British Columbia are partnering to**establish a long-term NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Forest Health. The Chair will work**closely with forest companies and collaborating scientists from government and academia to develop**innovative tools that will help mitigate the impacts of forest diseases on the productivity and resilience of**young managed forests in British Columbia.**The Chair, Richard Reich, has conducted extensive research and development in forest pathology over the past**26 years, and will focus initial research on stem rust diseases on lodgepole pine trees, and armillaria root**disease. These diseases are rapidly increasing in some regions of the province and pose serious business and**management challenges to the forest industry. The Chair will also work with SME companies who are**developing technology-based geospatial solutions that will help forest companies remotely detect forest health**problems using unmanned aerial vehicles and high-resolution digital imagery.**The Chair's research activities will involve the faculty, staff and students from the College's Natural Resources**and Environmental Technology program, as well as Biology and other educational programs. Students**involved in this research will learn innovative technologies in the fields of forest health, silviculture, unmanned**aerial vehicles, geographic information systems and remote sensing. This will provide students with enhanced**skillsets to foster innovation in the Canadian forest sector.