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A new Cork-based firm has developed the technology to monitor and measure tree growth, for factory forests

HOW DO you measure a tree? It might seem like a random question, but getting more accurate information about woodland resources could transform forest management, giving both profits and the environment a boost in the process. That’s according to Enda Keane, chief executive of Cork-based TreeMetrics, which has developed a new technology to literally see the wood from the trees: a laser-based system scans the trees, then software analyses the data to simulate and optimise how the resources could be used.