Last updated: 23.8.2025
This project expanded Avoin Map´s usability by adding the first machine learning algorithm on forests.
Avoin´s first machine learning model predicts forest biomass and carbon using ESA Copernicus satellite data. The web map service turns the Finnish Forest Centre’s open forest data into actionable insights based on modelling powered by the Forest Service Arvometsä. The resulting free web service and a biomass algorithm acts as a digital decision support for forest owners and policymakers.
Avoin Map´s forestry tool supports forest owners and policymakers with insights about the Finnish forests’ current carbon stock and future development scenarios under baseline and sustainable forest management scenarios. For the service, optimisation between economics and ecosystem services in forest owner decision-making has been researched in collaboration with the University of Helsinki.
Status and news
In 2022-2023, the forest algorithm was taken further by Dr. Andrea Nacetti, and over 900 participants in the Biomassters data challenge by DrivenData, sponsored by Mathworks.
A new globally expanded open-source community algorithm is expected in 2026 in connection with Avoin’s and ReInventEducation’s SDG Challenge project, funded by EIT Manufacturing – Deep Tech Talent Initiative.
Expect to see new forest projects from us for global scaling to support sustainable forestry and international reporting with trailblazing open-source methods.
Illustration: Linda Mandell, Avoin
