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Datenportal Landesplanung Baden-Württemberg – Understanding Regional Development

A “Landesentwicklungsplan”, or state development plan, is the highest level in the hierarchy of German land-use planning. Since spatial planning and regional development affect our lives in many ways, relevant information on trends and existing regulations needs to be accessible and understandable for every citizen. The state development plan is… Read More
Moritz Bock
John Boudewijn
John Boudewijn
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz

SAGE + Forest Data Space + hale»connect = The Combo that Makes the Green Deal Data Space Work

In early May, I travelled to Oslo for the BVDA Data Week and the SAGE General Assembly. While the initial consolidation phase was not without its challenges, the project to build the Green Deal Data Space (GDDS) is now making good progress on several fronts. To… Read More
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz

SmartForest 2026: Highlights and Lessons Learned

The Lead-Up In March 2025, we organised the first SmartForest conference. We wanted to connect different professional domains within forestry, make digitalisation, AI and other innovations have practical impact, and to help build a strong digital ecosystem. That latter point is our DNA, as expressed in… Read More
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz
Ronald Killian
John Boudewijn
John Boudewijn

ProForest DSS: A probabilistic decision support system for adaptive forest management under climate change

Project Details Project run time: Jan 26 to Dec 29, 2026 Aim: Develop a user-friendly, spatially explicit, and probabilistic Decision Support System (DSS) Budget: CHF 400'000 Background Climate change is reshaping forests across Central Europe. Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, recurring storms, and large-scale disturbances such as bark beetle outbreaks are… Read More
Franziska Hochenegger
Franziska Hochenegger
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz