Foresting Tomorrow #31 | Special Guests: Louise F. Kofoed-Dam & Kristoffer Sparre from EcoTree
In this special episode, we sit down with Louise Frederikke Kofoed-Dam and Kristoffer Sparre from EcoTree—a company on a mission to make forestry accessible, investable, and nature-positive.They take us behind the scenes of their European projects, from restoring gravel pits in Denmark to reforesting fire-damaged land in France. We explore how they blend selective harvesting with biodiversity goals, why they guarantee forest protection for 100 years, and how they’ve built a carbon credit system certified by Bureau Veritas.We also unpack the impact of EU regulations like CSRD and EUDR, the challenges of acquiring land across different countries, and how EcoTree’s long-term model could reshape the way companies engage with nature restoration.From spreadsheets and soil samples to nesting boxes and oak trees that live for 199 years—this episode has it all.Foresting Tomorrow is a weekly podcast hosted by Jens Isbak, Rasmus Pedersen, and Benjamin Lauridsen.
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Foresting Tomorrow #30 | Super wood, driverless timber trucks, and the EUDR risk list
In this episode, we start with a breakthrough in wood-based materials: a new “super wood” that’s stronger than steel and ready for production. Made from compressed wood fibres, it promises to replace tropical hardwoods and even compete with concrete and steel in buildings—without cutting down endangered forests.From there, we head into Canada’s remote forests, where self-driving timber trucks have just passed their first field trials. Using a leader-follower approach, these autonomous trucks could help solve labour shortages while safely navigating harsh terrain.And finally, we zoom in on the EU’s upcoming deforestation rules, as new reports suggest only four countries—Belarus, Russia, Myanmar, and North Korea—will be labelled as “high risk.” But why are countries like Brazil and Indonesia not on the list?A packed episode covering engineered wood, automated hauling, and environmental regulation.Foresting Tomorrow is a weekly podcast hosted by Jens Isbak, Rasmus Pedersen, and Benjamin Lauridsen.
In this episode, we kick things off with a jaw-dropping feat of timber engineering: Sweden is building a 400-meter wooden suspension bridge—its longest yet—proving once again that wood can do more than hold up a bookshelf.From there, we fly into Canada, where indigenous-led organisations and AI-powered drone swarms are teaming up to fight wildfires in remote and dangerous areas. These heavy-lift drones scoop water from nearby lakes and drop it with surgical precision—even at night.And finally, we drop into virtual reality—literally. In Australia, students are stepping into the forest through VR headsets, getting a 360-degree taste of forest management and timber harvesting, all before they’ve even chosen a career path.A packed episode covering bridges, bots, and budding foresters.Foresting Tomorrow is a weekly podcast hosted by Jens Isbak, Rasmus Pedersen, and Benjamin Lauridsen.
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Foresting Tomorrow #28 | Papal caskets, space brollies, and forest certification
In this episode, we open with a papal plot twist: Pope Francis chose an untreated cypress coffin, crafted in secret by Vatican carpenters, as his final act of simplicity and stewardship. A symbolic gesture—or a quiet call to action on forest values?From there, we launch into orbit to unpack the European Space Agency’s new “space brolly”—a 12-metre radar satellite designed to scan 1.5 trillion trees and weigh the world’s forests in 3D.Back on Earth, we explore what this kind of satellite tech could mean for certification, deforestation monitoring, and carbon markets—and ask the hard question: will any of it reach forest managers in the real world?Foresting Tomorrow is a weekly podcast hosted by Jens Isbak, Rasmus Pedersen, and Benjamin Lauridsen.
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Foresting Tomorrow #27 | Craft, crime, canopy, and cloning
In this episode, we kick off with a handcrafted bike made of nine tree species and Kevlar—because why not ride wood through mountain passes? From there, we launch into orbit to explore how NASA is using laser tech from the International Space Station to map forest health and canopy height.We then drop back to Earth and dive into a troubling report on how illegal Amazon timber is still flooding markets in the EU and US—just as EUDR enforcement looms.And finally, we look at how Finnish robotics and AI are reshaping seedling production in New Zealand’s commercial forestry—because cloning elite trees now comes with machine vision.A packed episode covering craft, crime, canopy, and cloning.Foresting Tomorrow is a weekly podcast hosted by Jens Isbak, Rasmus Pedersen, and Benjamin Lauridsen.
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