The RESONATE Project: Advancing Climate‑Resilient Forestry in the North

Background

RESONATE (Remote Sensing-based Tools and Methods for Climate-Resilient Forests Management) is a cross-border initiative funded by Interreg Aurora and the European Union, running from 2025–2027.

The project brings together partners from Finnish Lapland and Norrbotten, Sweden, to strengthen climate resilience within forestry across the Aurora region. The collaboration includes the University of Eastern Finland, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), and Luleå University of Technology.

Challenge

Climate change is increasing pressure on northern forests, including rising tree mortality linked to drought, pests, storms, and changing seasonal patterns.

RESONATE aims to give forest managers modern, data-driven tools to better understand these changes and respond proactively.

Solution

At the core of RESONATE is the development of a remote‑sensing‑based method for detecting tree mortality with high accuracy. Arbonaut is leading the development of remote sensing workflows and AI-based detection models that will power the full RESONATE system.

The project focuses on combining:

  • High-resolution remote sensing data
  • AI and deep learning techniques
  • Cross-border forest datasets from Sweden and Finland

By mapping this information at scale, RESONATE will give forest owners and authorities an early-warning system for ecological risks.

The project lays out the groundwork for a modern, AI-powered forest-monitoring infrastructure that helps northern Europe adapt to a rapidly changing climate.

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