Tools for enhancing access to forest resources in crossborder bioeconomy (KA8041)
Funded by Karelia CBC 2014-2020
Objective of the project
Advanced planning technology has been developed in the forest logistics industry. The project’s aim is to reduce the operation costs of logging activities (forest side), of forest road planning, building and maintenance by promoting the use of new technologies developed in several initiatives, by training the stakeholders and by demonstrating state of the art solution in the sector.
Main activities
- to develop a demo programme for optimizing road network planning and forest roads' maintenance; - to compile a manual with recommendations for cost efficient approach for planning together with a Master Plan for road maintenance; and - to prepare task-level work models for excavator work, which leads to more excavator pilots being efficiently trained, evaluated and tutored at their worksite.
Achievements
Basic information
Acronym
Access2ForestDuration
2020-01-20 - 2021-12-31Total Budget / Programme funding
418 174 € / 376 357 €Lead partner
Business Joensuu OyLead partner web-site
Partners
Arbonaut LtdLesnoe bureau Partner LLC
Forest Holding Company
Pohjois-Karjalan Koulutuskuntayhtymä Riveria
Finnish Forest Centre