FOREST CARBON MONITORING

Essential to achieving hith-quality forest carbon projects

Our services aim to generate highly detailed forest biomass maps, based on robust ground-level forest monitoring networks.


We address and zone project areas using high-resolution Sentinel-2 satellite data with a 10-meter spatial resolution.

Using AI and machine learning, we have stratified the project areas into subareas to systematically estimate the distribution of sample plot networks.

Our forest monitoring plans for ground plots have the highest sample intensity, aiming to achieve margin of error measurements of less than 5% within the project’s areas.

Our drone, eBeeX, equipped with ARIA sensors, allows us to scan the forest canopy in three dimensions with a range accuracy of 2 centimeters.

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OUR APPROACH

To analyze historical forest cover, we use Sentinel-2 satellite images from the European Copernicus program with a 10-meter spatial resolution. We analyze images from different seasons to detect positive or negative changes in forest stands over the past 10 years.

We utilize the sample plot size and layout method of the national forest inventories of each country where we work.

PROJECT AREA ZONING

PROJECT AREA ZONING

PROJECT AREA STRATIFICATION

PROJECT AREA STRATIFICATION

CARBON EMISSIONS AND REMOVALS ESTIMATION

CARBON EMISSIONS AND REMOVALS ESTIMATION

PLOT'S SAMPLE-BASED

CARBON MEASUREMENTS

ON THE GROUND

Ground-based carbon sampling plots allow us to collect critical information for each forest stratum, such as forest structure, diversity, plant species distribution, canopy condition, the presence of seed trees and old trees, and soil characteristics.

Using this ground-collected information, we generate indicators linked to drone-captured images processed in the cloud. This results in a carbon estimation map, providing accurate information on carbon stocks and potential carbon emission and removal fluxes for each stratum.

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DRONE-BASED FOREST

MONITORING

Our eBeeX drone, equipped with ARIA sensors and linked to a GPS/GNSS station in RTK/PPK mode, allows us to scan the forest canopy with a range of accuracy of 2 centimeters. This enables us to generate precise aboveground biomass information in three-dimensional structures. The data is integrated with information collected on the ground, refined by specific algorithms, and finally systematized for widespread replication across the entire project area.

QD-Sustainability is a firm specializing in consulting and developing nature-based projects in forests threatened with extinction, as well as corporate responsibility initiatives that enable companies to meet their national and global net-zero emissions targets.

Contact Us

Give us a call or send us an email at
contact@qd-sustainability.com

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