biometrics-bits Carbon Accounting: A Practical Overview This article was first published in the "Biometrics Bits" column of the September 2020 issue of the Forestry Source. Measurements Make MarketsMeasurements make markets, but confusion around carbon accounting is
climate-finance The "RISE" Framework for Climate Finance SilviaTerra's "RISE" framework proposes four key properties of an effective forest carbon strategy: Real, Immediate, Scalable, and Efficient.
carbon "Story Map" Visualization of NCAPX We're excited to launch an interactive "story map" that shows how SilviaTerra's Natural Capital Exchange (NCAPX) efficiently increases the amount of carbon across the landscape over time. Check it out:
carbon SAF Forestry Source profiles SilviaTerra NCAPX The Society of American Foresters devoted its August issue of The Forestry Source to the topic of forest carbon. SilviaTerra's NCAPX was featured in an article that explored how our
carbon IEEE Spectrum profiles SilviaTerra Basemap The IEEE Spectrum magazine just profiled SilviaTerra's Basemap project. The article discusses how SilviaTerra's team of forest biometricians used machine learning techniques to analyze terabytes of satellite imagery on Microsoft
carbon Conservation Finance Network profiles SilviaTerra NCAPX The Conservation Finance Network just wrote an article titled "New Forest Carbon Offset Strategies Turn to Small Landowners for Big Impact" that profiled SilviaTerra's new Natural Capital Exchange (NCAPX). The
Dr. Nan Pond wins SAF Young Forester Leadership Award The Society of American Foresters has announced that Dr. Nan Pond, SilviaTerra's Chief Biometrics Officer, is the recipient of the annual SAF Young Forester Leadership Award. Nan is currently serving
carbon SilviaTerra's Guide to Forest Carbon Cut through the jargon and hype - SilviaTerra lays out a simple framework for evaluating forest carbon strategies: Real, Immediate, Scalable, Efficient (RISE)
precision-forestry Precision Forestry with SilviaTerra CEO Zack Parisa explains how SilviaTerra can help you harness the power of precision forestry. Complete your forest inventory projects on time, under budget, and above expectations with SilviaTerra Precision Forestry tools.
Welcoming Gordon Vermeer to the team! We're excited to welcome Gordon Vermeer to the SilviaTerra team as Chief Financial Officer. Gordon will also be leading financial and strategic planning for our Natural Capital Exchange (NCAPX), helping
biometrics-bits Making Gingrich Stocking Diagrams with a Free Open-Source Tool This article was first published in the March 2020 issue of the Forestry Source. As foresters, we rely on a variety of quantitative tools to support our work. From Excel templates for volume workups to sophisticated growth models, nearly every forestry organization uses some
remote-work SilviaTerra's Guide to Working Remotely SilviaTerra has been a fully remote company for the last 10 years. We would like to share some strategies that we use to make it work. Remember that, like any
engineering Managing Software Risk: Upgrading to Python 3 In the software industry, upgrades are inevitable. Like cars and homes and mobile phones, software ages and needs to be replaced, either in whole or in part. Old frameworks die
Welcoming Riaz Jahangir to the team! SilviaTerra is excited to welcome Riaz Jahangir, who will be joining the Developer Team. With big projects underway (like Version 2 of our Basemap Technology), Riaz’s extensive experience building
AI is Set to Revolutionize the Credits Market - World Energy SilviaTerra co-founder Max Nova recently wrote an article for World Energy magazine's "The Power of Trees" issue. In it, Max discusses how data-driven, market-based solutions can harness forests
My SilviaTerra Internship Experience Working at SilviaTerra as a Tech intern for the summer of 2019 was an amazing experience. As an intern, I was able to contribute directly to the team, research and
Introducing the forestsamplr package! SilviaTerra is pleased to announce the release of a public Git repository, ‘forestsamplr’. This repository, found here: https://github.com/SilviaTerra/forestsamplr is a public, collaborative R package containing code
biometrics-bits Adjusting Your Cruise Stats with Your Field Experience: A Rigorous Approach This article was first published in the April 2019 issue of the Forestry Source. In these Biometrics Bits articles, my colleagues and I spend a lot of time thinking about measurements, statistics, and computer simulations. But there’s another source of information that we
Use and utility of rasterized heatmaps - Part 2 In the first post in this blog series, we covered several ways that you can use a set of rasterized inventory heatmaps to visualize stand structure and delineate stands. In
Use and utility of rasterized heatmaps - Part 1 High-resolution heatmaps are a useful tool for field foresters, inventory managers, and landowners. They can be used for a wide variety of planning and management activities, including stand delineation, identification
Welcoming Nathan Rutenbeck to the team! SilviaTerra is excited to introduce the newest member of our Biometrics team, Nathan Rutenbeck. Nathan's a keen statistician and brings a wealth of Bayesian modelling experience to our team. His
biometrics-bits The Illusion of High Precision This article was first published in the December 2018 issue of the Forestry Source. In the October 2018 Biometrics Bits article, Zack Parisa and Max Nova discussed precision forestry and a framework for putting a dollar value on inventory precision. In this article, I’
2018 Joint Southern And Northeastern Mensurationists And IUFRO 4.01 Conference Members of our biometrics team spent the beginning of this week in Blacksburg, Virginia at an amazing joint meeting of the Southern and Northeastern Mensurationists organizations, as well as IUFRO
biometrics-bits The "Precision" in Precision Forestry This article was first published in the October 2018 issue of The Forestry Source. This summer, the McKinsey consulting firm published a report entitled "Precision forestry: A revolution in the woods." We eagerly read the report when it came out and several of our
SilviaTerra sponsors ForestSAT Our team was excited to sponsor the annual ForestSat Conference in College Park, MD. Along with our co-sponsor Microsoft, we opened up early access for industry, conservation, and academic partners
