Rapid tree-planting through the use of remote sensing and unmanned vehicle planting technologies for large scale reforestation

Projektinformationen

BioCarbon

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 711392

DOI

10.3030/711392

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 17 November 2015

Startdatum 1 Dezember 2015

Enddatum 31 März 2016

Finanziert unter

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Gesamtkosten

€ 71 429,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 50 000,00

Koordiniert durch

BIOCARBON ENGINEERING LTD
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BioCarbon (Rapid tree-planting through the use of remote sensing and unmanned vehicle planting technologies for large scale reforestation)

Berichtszeitraum: 2015-12-01 bis 2016-03-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

Within the project, BioCarbon Engineering investigated both the technical and business feasibility of their UAV-based planting technology and identified the key activities to have a commercially available solution.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

BioCarbon Engineering spoke with many different partners and suppliers with the goal of building up a supply chain and testing its validity. We contacted and secured all of the organisations to get involved for the design and engineering activities. We also identified the sites for the field trials. We outlined an IP management strategy and a communication strategy.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

BioCarbon Engineering propose a low cost fully automated planting system for use by forestry organisations, plantations, and restoration projects to enable industrial scale reforestation and land restoration. The system operates more efficiently than conventional methods, planting trees faster and cheaper. It is also more effective, as the flying UAV can plant in areas that cannot be easily accessed by land-based planting methods. The societal impacts involve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and counteracting the impact of worldwide deforestation.

BCE Planting UAV

Mapping UAV