11: Basics of automated plant identification  

ABSTRACT: Historically, image-based dichotomous plant identification keys precede text-based ones by nearly one hundred years. Having lain in conceptual torpor for over 300 years, the notion of...

12: Auto-monitoring wildlife recovery

ABSTRACT: Wildlife monitoring during forest restoration addresses such questions as: What species re-colonize or disappear from restored areas? How many individuals are present? What are the...

13: Smart seed for automated forest restoration.

ABSTRACT: Aerial seeding may be an effective way to restore forest ecosystems on inaccessible or remote sites; it has been used for almost 80 years in agriculture and now is a widespread practice...

14: Allelopathy for weed management in forest restoration

ABSTRACT: In forest restoration, weeds compete with tree seedlings for water, nutrients, sunlight and space, as well as act as habitat for pests and diseases. Allelopathy - the inhibition of one...

15: Developing aerial seeding by UAVs: lessons from direct seeding

ABSTRACT: Direct seeding means sowing the seeds of forest tree species directly into the substrate of restoration sites. It is cheaper than conventional tree planting, but seed predation is high...

16: Applications of remote sensing for tropical forest restoration: challenges and opportunities

ABSTRACT: The tremendous physical and material efforts, required to accurately assess forest degradation and to plan and monitor vegetation recovery using conventional ground surveys, often limit...

17: Forest restoration: concepts and the potential for its automation

ABSTRACT: In 2014, the UN New York Climate Summit set a goal to restore forest to 350 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, to counter climate change. Conventional tree-planting with human...

18: Automated Forest Restoration: Could Robots Revive Rain Forests?

Now available as printed book. Please click on CONTACT US tab if you would like one.  The proceedings of a brainstorming workshop - "Automated Forest Restoration; Could Robots Revive Rain...

19: The potential for automating assisted natural regeneration of tropical forest ecosystems

ABSTRACT: Assisted (or accelerated) natural regeneration (ANR) will play an important role in meeting the UN target to restore forest to 350 million hectares of degraded land, by 2030. However,...