From logs to living forests
Forest decision-making increasingly depends on accurate, transparent, and comparable data. Yet growing forest inventories are still often slow, manual, subjective, and difficult to standardize across regions and use cases.
After establishing itself as a global precision solution for log and lumber measurement, Timbeter is expanding its proven digital measurement technology to growing forests. Timbeter Forest applies the same data-driven approach to standing trees, enabling credible forest data for sustainable management, carbon accounting, nature conservation, academic, and forest investment purposes.
What is Timbeter Forest?
Timbeter Forest is a digital tool for effective measurement of key growing forest metrics in the field, including diameter at breast height (DBH), trees per hectare, basal area, volume, and carbon stock. Biodiversity indicators are planned as part of future development.
Measurements are conducted using a Timbeter tablet equipped with a stereometric camera enabling 3D assessment of standing trees. As the user walks along a straight trajectory through a sample forest plot, video is recorded and processed by Timbeter’s AI. Moving through the stand allows trees that are partially hidden behind others to become visible - an important advantage over static 360-degree measurements in real forest conditions. Compared to manual fieldwork, the video-based 3D measurement captures more trees at once, increasing sample size and accuracy.
Remote sensing data is also integrated to complement field measurements, for example by enabling canopy height detection. Each measurement includes geocoordinates and timestamps, ensuring traceability and supporting audit-ready forest data.
Building and validating with the sector
With the support of Estonian Environmental Investment Centre (KIK) Timbeter Forest prototype is currently in an active piloting phase. 50 devices are being tested by customers and partners in natural forests and plantations across Poland, Spain, Estonia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, South Africa, and Laos. These pilots provide continuous feedback that directly shapes our further development.
In parallel, we are conducting discovery interviews with potential user segments to validate real needs and identify where digital forest measurement creates the most value. This approach is further strengthened by Timbeter’s selection into Enterprise Estonia’s Top Innovators Programme 2025–2026, recognzing our innovation potential and supporting the build-out of systematic, scalable innovation culture across the company.
Enabling credible forest insights for professional and sustainable outcomes
Timbeter Forest is a neutral, technology-based measurement solution that supports transparent and objective forest inventories. It can be used by forestry professionals and taxators as a decision-support and verification tool in fieldwork and valuation. It is equally intended for individual forest owners, investors, carbon market actors, conservation organizations, and academia seeking independent, verifiable forest measurements.
By providing consistent and traceable measurements, the solution supports independent verification of forest data and improves comparability across regions and projects. This is an increasingly important requirement for sustainable forest management and forest-based carbon initiatives.
Environmental and social benefits are equally important. Accurate forest data supports sustainable harvest planning and long-term forest resilience. Transparent carbon and volume estimates strengthen trust in climate and nature projects. Digital fieldwork reduces manual effort and time while making high-quality forest data more accessible across regions.
Looking ahead
The Timbeter Forest prototype marks a natural next step in Timbeter’s mission: making forest data more accurate, transparent, and accessible. Once market-ready, it will enable faster, smarter decisions based on credible forest data at scale.
We are actively inviting partners interested in piloting or collaborating to shape the future of digital forest measurement. Get in touch to learn more.
