5.6 million project brings together 20 entities with products to reduce the fire risk, Sapo

The rePLANT project, led by Navigator and ForestWISE, involves an investment of 5.6 million euros and 20 organizations working to develop products and services which help reduce the risk of wildfires. “The project had an investment of 5.6 million euros and brought together more than 20 entities, including leading companies in the sector, universities and […]

5.6 million project brings together 20 entities with products to reduce the fire risk, Dinheiro Vivo

rePLANT presented the results of the work developed over three years by 20 entities to enhance the forest, highlighting the use of new “intelligent” forestry equipment, robotics in forest cleaning operations, new smartphone applications, forest monitoring using optical cameras, and new digital sensors and processes for communicating data in forestry machines. The presentation in Lisbon […]

Oleiros pine forest becomes a laboratory for resin exploration, Dinheiro Vivo

ForestWISE is developing tests to verify the viability of resin extraction in the municipality of Oleiros, district of Castelo Branco. This testing project is part of RN21 – Innovation in the Natural Resin Sector to Strengthen the National Bioeconomy and has a funding of 26.6 million euros under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). Read […]

Oleiros pine forest in tests for resin exploration, Notícias do Centro

A plot of pine forest in the village of Isna is being used as a test laboratory for the viability of resin extraction, an activity that was very dynamic until the early 1980s in the municipality of Oleiros. This project is being developed by a consortium of 37 entities, led by CoLAB ForestWISE. The entity […]

Parque das Serras do Porto covered with optical cameras to detect fires, A Verdade

The rePLANT project implemented new technological solutions to manage fire detection in the Parque das Serras do Porto. Last Monday, May 15th, more than five thousand hectares, about 85% of the Parque das Serras do Porto, was covered by four optical cameras with a range of ten kilometers and able to detect fire even in […]

rePLANT presents technological solutions for forest and fire management, Green Savers

rePLANT, an unprecedented technological project that brings together companies, universities and research centers for the enhancement and defense of forests, presented yesterday at the Parque das Serras do Porto, innovative technologies for the defense and management of forests and fire, revealed in a statement. According to the same source, among them is the monitoring of […]

Strategies for the forest, Sociedade Civil, RTP 2

rePLANT, the first project of initiative and operationalization of CoLAB ForestWISE, was on Sociedade Civil TV show (RTP 2), where “Strategies for the valorization of national forests” were discussed. Carlos Fonseca, from CoLAB ForestWISE, José Luís Carvalho, from Navigator Forest Portugal, João Gaspar, from REN, Inês Frazão and Jorge Frazão, from Fravizel and Maria Emília […]