Research priorities from forest genetics and AI forestry to engineered wood, biorefineries, circular panels and carbon science.
Improved trees with better growth, resilience and timber quality.
Higher forest productivity and improved characteristics.
Better planting and regeneration techniques.
Improved seedling survival and early growth.
Reducing insect, wildlife and disease damage.
Forest-management systems adapted to changing climate conditions.
Reducing soil and ecosystem disturbance.
Data-driven forest management and resource planning.
Satellite, aerial and sensor-based forest assessment.
Inventory, inspection and harvesting-planning applications.
Machine-assisted forest assessment and harvesting.
Real-time tree measurement and operator decision support.
AI recognition of tree species and trunk characteristics.
Automated and machine-assisted seedling planting.
Digital representation and modelling of forest assets.
Data models to optimize harvest cycles and timber output.
Continuous planning using digital forest data.
Stronger and lighter structural timber.
Higher structural performance with less material.
Larger, stronger and more efficient mass-timber elements.
Long-span structural systems.
Multi-storey timber construction research.
Timber combined with steel and concrete.
Factory-manufactured building components.
Industrialized volumetric wood construction.
Predicting and improving timber behaviour during fire.
Improved durability in construction environments.
Achieving equal performance with less wood.
Renewable replacement for fossil-derived chemicals and materials.
Chemicals derived from forest raw materials.
Wood fibre combined with other materials.
New fibre-based substitutes for plastics.
Extracting multiple high-value materials from wood.
Turning bark, sawdust, lignin and process streams into higher-value products.
Improved pellet, biomass and renewable-energy systems.
Renewable methanol derived from forest processes.
Forest-derived fibres replacing conventional textile materials.
Forest materials replacing petroleum-based alternatives.
Using post-consumer wood in new panels.
Reusing wood multiple times before energy recovery.
Utilizing virtually every part of a processed log.
Quantifying embodied emissions and stored carbon.
Environmental impact over a product complete lifecycle.
EPDs and standardized environmental-performance data.
Reducing industrial energy and process emissions.
Biomass-powered mills and renewable heat and electricity.
Measuring forest carbon storage and additionality.
Increasing recovered fibre content in panels.