The closing conference on 13 May 2026 in Carnoules (France) combined presentations, live demonstrations, and open discussion. In the afternoon, the event moved from the meeting room into the forest itself.

Digital Tools Making Forest Value Visible

The day opened with a live Mentimeter question: “What ecosystem service comes to mind first?” Most answers pointed to carbon sequestration. It was a clear sign that forest professionals understand the value of their forests. DigiMedFor tools help make that value visible through data.

Trestima Oy from Finland presented its mobile forest inventory app, now adapted to Mediterranean forests and species. In practice, the team showed that 38 Pinus pinaster trees could be inventoried in just three hours. A full digital twin of 20 hectares can be created in one day. The app records georeferenced coordinates for every tree and automatically calculates carbon storage in CO₂ equivalents. It also works offline and is available in Italian, Greek, and Ukrainian.

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) from Italy presented the picture-based timber tracking app. This mobile tool allows carriers to photograph and record each stage of the wood journey, from the forest to the sawmill. Each record is time-stamped, geolocated, and uploaded automatically. The current version is still in alpha, but it is already fully functional. Combined with RFID tags and blockchain traceability, it creates a continuous digital record from tree to product and directly supports EUDR compliance.

Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales (CREAF) from Spain introduced the AI-powered Ecosystem Services Platform. This tool helps forest managers search and compare ecosystem service assessment methods in one place. Users can filter tools by service type and level of expertise. The platform makes it easier to understand and communicate the value of forests, from carbon capture to water regulation, to certifiers, investors, and policymakers.

Live field demonstrations

In the afternoon, the event moved to Domaine de la Portanière for live field demonstrations. Participants saw drone-based inventory, wood quality assessment using a non-destructive quality index for Douglas fir, and on-site carbon sequestration measurement led by CREAF and Forêt Modèle de Provence. The forest was not just the setting. It was the focus.

Adapting digital tools to different Mediterranean forest types is still a real challenge. Algorithms trained in Provence cannot be transferred automatically to Tunisia or Croatia. Not all field operators embraced the new tools right away. What ultimately mattered was not the interface or the extra features, but whether the tools worked reliably in the field.

Forest management tools ready to help

The project has delivered 16 Key Exploitable Results. Several tools are already live or moving into active use. The traceability platform is being tested. The Ecosystem Services Platform is moving into deployment. The exploitation phase will continue until May 2030.

These results are brought together in the DigiMedFor Glossy Report, a practical guide for everyone working with Mediterranean forests. It presents the project’s main tools and solutions in a clear and accessible way, including AI-driven inventory, timber traceability, EUDR readiness, early tree stress detection, and Payment for Ecosystem Services schemes.

The Mediterranean region is changing 20% faster than the global average. This report shows which tools are already available to respond. Download the Glossy Report: https://digimedfor.eu/the-digimedfor-glossy-report/

Learn more about DigiMedFor project: www.digimedfor.eu