The SWIFTT platform enhances decision-making in addressing spruce bark beetle outbreaks, wildfires, and windthrow.
The SWIFTT platform enhances decision-making in addressing spruce bark beetle outbreaks, wildfires, and windthrow.
PARIS, FRANCE, April 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — SWIFTT is an advanced forest management tool utilizing Copernicus Sentinel satellite data and machine learning. It aids foresters in detecting tree health changes, mapping forest dieback, coordinating sanitary cuts, assessing windthrow damage, and identifying wildfire risks and impacts.
Through SWIFTT, foresters can register forest parcels and request threat analyses. Machine learning models routinely examine multispectral satellite images for signs of risks like spruce bark beetle, windthrow, and wildfires. Alerts with threat type, severity, and details on threatened tree volume and hectarage help foresters prioritize interventions.
SWIFTT features threat mapping and geolocation for on-field use. Its mobile app directs foresters to affected areas, facilitating efficient inspections. Foresters can upload field data, refining models for better future predictions. After confirmation, they can effectively manage dead wood removal or sanitary cuts to mitigate damage and protect forests.
Commercialization of SWIFTT will be handled by Timbtrack. ‘SWIFTT is scalable and collaborative, aiding foresters, managers, and authorities across Europe. It helps combat threats, preserve biodiversity, and maintain resilient forests,’ states Quentin d’Huart, CEO at Timbtrack.
Learn more about SWIFTT at:
The SWIFTT Project
This project is a collaboration involving AXA Climate (FR), Da Vinci Labs (FR), Equitable Earth (FR), Leibniz University Hannover (DE), Rigas Mezi (LV), Space Research Institute of Ukraine (UA), University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT), and Timbtrack (BE). They developed the SWIFTT platform and its web and mobile apps, analyzing satellite imagery, enhancing AI models, and gathering precise forest data sets.
‘Coordinating this project with such a dedicated consortium has been remarkable. We’ve developed a cutting-edge platform using Copernicus data and AI to provide forestry professionals with timely, actionable tools. Our collaboration’s success is evident, and I am confident this will enhance forest protection in Europe,’ says Ariane Kaploun, Head of Nature-based Solutions at AXA Climate and SWIFTT’s project coordinator.
The consortium received a competitive Horizon Europe grant under the ‘EGNSS & Copernicus applications fostering the European Green Deal’ topic, managed by EUSPA, totaling €2.8M from the EUSPA/European Commission between 2022 and 2026.
Renan Picoreti Nakahara
Da Vinci Labs, on behalf of the SWIFTT consortium
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Horizon Europe’s SWIFTT project concludes with Copernicus-based forest management tool
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