ADD-TREES
AI-elevated Decision-support via Digital Twins for Restoring and Enhancing Ecosystem Services
A pioneering AI research project providing innovative technologies that will aid crucial decisions about land use change.
People:
Partners include:
DEFRA, MoD, National Trust, Network Rail, Forestry England, National Forest Company, Woodland Trust
Media links:
Webpage - Net-Zero Plus Programme
Technical approaches:
Digital Twins; Emulators; Modelling & simulation
Challenge areas:
Land-use, management & change; Biodiversity, ecosystems & nature; Climate & weather
ADD-TREES focusses on initiatives to create new woodlands and forests. It aims to feed directly into the UK Government Environment Act 2021 target of planting half a million hectares of new trees to increase carbon capture and other greenhouse gases as part of the UK’s strategy to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
Through four interlinked work packages, researchers at the University of Exeter and University College London will develop user-bespoke digital twins and co-create decision support tools directly with and for policy makers and large landholders.
Learn more about ADD-TREES and the Net Zero Plus Programme
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