Drone Tech Offered As Solution Beyond for Firefighting 

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Reforestation mitigates climate change and provides habitats for wildlife. The International Panel on Climate Change estimates that over the next three decades, the world needs to plant about one billion hectares of forest in order to keep global warming in check.  

Now drone technology can help revitalize forests, drastically reducing the high costs involved.

The technology developed by DroneSeed is only one example. Its drone reforestation platform is capable of planting seeds six times faster than a human. This translates to 40 acres worth of seed propagation daily. 

One of the challenges is reforesting after sizable wildfires — especially repeat fires. The technology provides a solution that is between tree-planters and helicopters. Drones keep the speed and boost the survival of seed affordably and at scale. Thousands of seed vessels are loaded at a time into their FAA heavy-lift certified drone swarms, each aircraft planting 3/4 of an acre per flight, or 57lbs.

Another technology is applied by the Canadian firm Flash Forest, which also advances drone reforestation for the recovery of forests damaged by wildfires. Their drones can plant 100,000 trees in a day. In comparison, human labor can plant around 1,500 trees per day, according to techcouver.com.

The company uses UAV hardware, aerial mapping software, automation, and biological seed-pod technology to reforest areas at a rapid pace bringing new levels of accuracy, precision and speed. 

The new possibility of rapid reforestation with inexpensive drone technology offers new opportunities in restoring forests across the world, concludes borgenmagazine.com.