Protecting and Managing Forests with AI
KIT and EDI GmbH? Engineering Data Intelligence Develop Intelligent Assistance System for Forest Management under a Changing Climate ? New Interactive Video of the Series ?Do things with AI?
(PresseBox) - Drought, heat, and pest infestation: Climate change is threatening forests in Germany and represents a big challenge in forest management. A joint project of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and EDI GmbH ? Engineering Data Intelligence, a spinoff of KIT, now provides support. Together with partners in the forestry sector, they are developing the EDE 4.0 assistance system. Based on artificial intelligence (AI), it helps foresters preserve and sustainably manage forests.
Climate change also affects forests in Germany. Currently, the biggest forest dieback since the 1980s is taking place. In Baden-Ws, soil properties play an important role,? says climate researcher Dr. Joachim Fallmann from the South German Climate Office of KIT. ?Forest management has to respond and to carefully balance various aspects.? To help foresters make optimal data-based decisions, EDI GmbH, a spinoff of KIT specialized in intelligent industry software, the South German Climate Office, and KIT?s Institute of Geography and Geoecology develop a cloud-based decision support system based on artificial intelligence (AI) methods. The interdisciplinary project EDE 4.0 (German acronym of Ex tended Dynamic Planning of Logging) is carried out in close cooperation with partners in the forest management sector and is aimed at supporting sustainable forestry.
Intelligent Assistance System for Forest Management
The assistance system is based on a software solution made by EDI GmbH. The EDI hive IoT Framework was originally designed for machine learning in the automotive, aerospace, and mechanical engineering sectors. ?Our development work will result in a mobile app that can be operated intuitively and uses AI to support local foresters when deciding where to log or when to plant new trees. Moreover, the system will output success perspectives when planting a tree at a specific location,? says Dr. Thomas Freudenmann, Co-CEO & Co-founders of EDI GmbH.
For the system to supply relevant results, it first has to recognize relationships and patterns. For this purpose, many data from various areas are merged. These are data on medium-term climate development provided by the German Weather Service and KIT?s Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research. The Institute of Geography and Geoecology of KIT supplies specific forestry-related data. The forestry sector contributes information on the market environment. In addition, the assistance system will consider the local knowledge and expertise of foresters.
Associated Partners and Funding
The EDE 4.0 project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) based on a decision by the German Parliament. The project management agency is Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR), the central project-coordinating agency in the area of renewable resources. Associated partners are the Baden-Wonsumer Protection(MLR), Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-W
Interactive Video Presents the Project
The EDE 4.0 project is presented by the third video of the interactive series ?Do things with AI?.
*Please turn on CC for English subtitles while watching the video.
- More details on EDE website:http://ede4.0.edi.gmbh/de/
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- Original link of Article:https://www.kit.edu/kit/pi_2021_020_mit-ki-waelder-schuetzen-und-bewirtschaften.php
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Datum: 29.04.2021 - 04:31 Uhr
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