TAPIO, FINLAND’S LEADING PROVIDER OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ADVISORY, EXPANDS ITS SERVICES PORTFOLIO WITH KOKO FOREST’S REMOTE SENSING AND FOREST HEALTH MAPPING SOLUTION.

This new service offered to Tapio’s customers will help forest owners identify and prevent tree deaths caused by bark beetles and other pests and insects. KOKO Forest’s analysis identifies even individual dead trees with up to 95% accuracy.

As forest insect damages caused by climate change increase the need for identifying forest health issues early on is needed. Rapid action will hinder the spread of forest damages. Tapio and KOKO Forest have signed a cooperation agreement for the sale of KOKO Forest’s remote sensing technology as part of Tapio’s services. Tapio acts as a representative of KOKO Forest.

“The partnership is a great demonstration of how Tapio’s leading expertise and KOKO Forest’s AI technology can be combined in a way that benefits customers. Our forest health analysis provides a deep understanding of forest health and tree mortality caused by bark beetles. Together, we can produce forest management recommendations and accurate data to support forest management decisions,” says Aki Snellman, Business Director of KOKO Forest.
“For Tapio, the collaboration will provide an opportunity to use independent, science-based expertise to map forest health and bring new solutions for precision forest management to Tapio’s services portfolio. The cooperation will enable us to offer our customers even broader services for forest asset management,” says Olli Äijälä, Director of Tapio’s Professional Services Business.

Individual dead trees can be efficiently identified from satellite and aerial imagery data using remote sensing with artificial intelligence. The accuracy of the data is unprecedented. Identifying individual trees is at the heart of the analysis, as 60% of tree deaths in forests occur to individual trees. Another key benefit is the ability to monitor the rate of change over time
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The new Forest Health Analysis service is particularly well suited for the management of larger forest assets and for planning multi-objective forest management and utilization, for example in forests owned by municipalities, forest funds, forestry companies or community forests.

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