FOREST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES (FETEC) PLATFORM
Innovative and Modern Approaches to Sustainable Forestry Objectives
"Forest Engineering and Technologies (FETEC) Platform" is a not-for-profit technical association founded in 2012 to strengthen the cooperation and improve communication among scientists and researchers who work under Forest Engineering Department and conduct their both educational and research-development activities in the subjects of forest harvesting, forest transportation, ergonomics, forest mechanization, forest roads, flood and avalanche control, forest road structures and bioengineering structures, and Information Technologies (ITs) in forestry.
FETC Platform aims to ensure sustainability of forest resources and multi-purpose management techniques considering appropriate production and utilization methods by using technical forestry methods, ITs, and scientific decision support systems for solving complex problems related with forestry and environment in regional, national, and global scales, and then to implement those solutions by collaborating with main stakeholders in the sector. To achieve these goals, annual-meetings have been organized by different host institutions.
The Platform conduct their studies under following work groups, considering main subjects listed above:
- Forest harvesting and primary transportation
- Forest roads and secondary transportation
- Biomass supply chain and optimization
- Mechanization in forestry
- Work knowledge and ergonomics in forestry
- Ecosystem-based forest operations
- Flood and avalanche control
- Road structures and biotechnical structures
- Precision forestry
- Information technologies in forestry
- GIS and remote sensing technologies in forestry
- Intelligent systems and robotics in forestry
- Decision support systems and modeling in forestry
FETC Platform publishes a semi-annual peer-reviewed open access journal: European Journal of Forest Engineering (EJFE). EJFE is an international scientific journal that aims to publish pure and applied researches in the field of forest engineering and technologies. EJFE is dedicated to provide an international forum for presenting high quality empirical and theoretical articles concerning technical, economic, and social aspects of forest engineering and technologies.
It is highly anticipated that the partnership of platform members on recently initiated or completed research projects, scientific publications, and graduate thesis in the main subjects of the Platform will improve cooperation and accelerate the collaborative projects among the members of the platform.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FETEC 2024: “Forest Operation Technologies and Systems for Small-Scale Forestry Applications”, 16-18 September 2024, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COFE-FETEC 2023: “Forest Operations: A Tool for Forest Management”, 23-25 May 2023, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FETEC 2022: "Forest Transportation Solutions and IT Applications for Natural Disaster Management", 28-29 November 2022, Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos), Baku, Azerbaijan.
2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FETEC 2019: "Human and Nature Oriented Forest Engineering”, 04-06 September 2019, Agricultural University of Tirana (UBT), Tirana, Albania.
1st INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FETEC 2016: "Forest Harvesting and Roading in Environmentally Sensitive Areas”, 02-04 June 2016, Bursa Technical Üniversitesi, Faculty of Foretsry, Forest Engineering Department, Bursa.
European Journal of Forest Engineering
FETC Platform publishes a semi-annual peer-reviewed open access journal: “European Journal of Forest Engineering (EJFE)”. EJFE is an international scientific journal that aims to publish pure and applied researches in the field of forest engineering and technologies. EJFE is dedicated to provide an international forum for presenting high quality empirical and theoretical articles concerning technical, economic, and social aspects of forest engineering and technologies.
The accepted articles are published online in EJFE without any fee being charged. The journal offers original research articles and subject reviews addressing the following of main topics;
- Forest harvesting and transportation
- Forest road planning and construction
- Best management practices to protect soil and water resources
- Sustainable management of multi-use natural resources
- Small-scale forest operations
- Engineering economics, cost estimation
- Ergonomics, training, safety
- Engineering solutions for natural disasters
- Precision forestry and IT applications in forestry activities
2025 Events
- International Conference of KSFE-FETEC 2025 will be held by Korean Society of Forest Engineering (KSFE) in 23-25 June in Seoul, S.Korea.
- COFE 2025 will be orginized by West Virginia University in September 15-17 in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
- FORMEC 2025 will be held by by the University of Eastern Finland, the Natural Resources Institute Finland, the University of Helsinki and Metsäteho Oy in June 9–13 in Joensuu, Finland.
Forest Engineering and Technologies Related Organizations in the World
COFE (Council on Forest Engineering)
FORMEC (Forestry Mechanization)
Forest Engineering and Technologies (FETEC) Platform Contact Person
Prof.Dr. Abdullah E. Akay
Bursa Technical University
Faculty of Forestry 16310 Bursa, Turkiye
Tel: +90-224-3003426
E-mail: abdullah.akay@btu.edu.tr