Virtual Forest 2.0

Virtual Forest 2.0

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Virtuaalimetsä 2.0
Virtual forest is an application, which can be used in participatory planning of land use, guidance of forest owners and for combining interests of different stakeholder groups concerning utilization of natural resources and areas.

Virtual forest 2.0 is a research and development project that has developed a digital application to enable the visualization of forest resources and spatial data in 3D. A virtual forest is software that can be utilized in participatory land use planning, advising forest owners, and taking into account the goals of user and interest groups in the areas.The virtual forest can be used to increase citizens' understanding of different forest management options and to illustrate the landscape effects of a forest plan. The virtual forest can be used to visualize the holdings of any forest owner, and the application is compatible with various information systems in the forest industry.The virtual forest 2.0 uses open QGIS geographic information system to generate changes in forest patterns or tree data, habitat data and terrain data in a virtual 3D-visualization.  The free downloadable Virtual Forest 2.0 application was released in October 2020.

Mobilization Potential
high
Kind of wood concerned
Woodlands and forests
Impact on environment & biodiversity
High, since the results of forestry operations can be demonstrated in the 3D forest enviroment
Ease of implementation
Requires IT skills
Economic impact
Positive
Job effect
Positive
Income effect
Positive
Specific knowledge needed
Comprehensive database, coding skills, understanding of forestry processes.
Domain
Inventory, monitoring
Ownership, cooperation
Keywords
virtual; application; visualization
Challenge addressed
3.- Activate private owners and cooperative forest management
Type of solution
Modelling, simulation, optimization
Digital solution
Yes
Innovation
Yes
Country of origin
Finland
Scale of application
National
Start and end year
2018 - 2020
Contact data
Owner or author
Lapland University of Applied Sciences
Markus Korhonen
Reporter
Lapland University of Applied Sciences
Merja Laajanen
References and Resources
Project under which this factsheet has been created
Rosewood 4.0