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Accelerating Smart Forestry by Managing Forests and Agricultural Forests via Satellites
Korea Forest Service Announces Basic Plan for Forest Satellite Development and Operation
Provision of rapid and accurate information and establishment of forest satellite governance
Smart forestry, which utilizes satellites to accumulate forest and agricultural data and responds to climate change and disasters based on this data, is being promoted in earnest.
The Korea Forest Service prepared a basic plan for the development and operation of a forest satellite on March 3 to realize smart forestry that provides rapid and accurate information on forest spaces.
In line with the vision of realizing smart forests and forestry based on broader, faster, and more accurate remote sensing, it consists of three strategic goals—rapid response to forest disasters, provision of accurate forest information, and strengthening of inclusive international cooperation—four core strategies, and 11 detailed implementation tasks.
▲ The Korea Forest Service has prepared a basic plan for the development and operation of a forest satellite. <Image = Korea Forest Service>
This satellite system is designed for observing forests and farmland and features performance capabilities distinct from previous ones, with a resolution of 5m and an observation width of approximately 120km.
Considering the characteristics of agricultural and forestry satellite development, we will strengthen collaboration with the Rural Development Administration and successfully develop the agricultural and forestry satellite as the second phase of the next-generation medium-sized satellite project.
Secure basic technologies such as calibration and verification to utilize satellite information, and establish forest policies and public services regarding climate change response, forest disasters, and management.
In addition, in conjunction with the 2023 satellite launch, satellite information observed from space on the groundIt establishes personnel and utilization systems for receiving and managing data, and provides a legal basis for the efficient utilization of forest data accumulated by forest satellites, while simultaneously strengthening sustainable forest management and international cooperation.
▲ A remote sensing-based smart forestry system is being realized from a human-centered forest management approach.
Park Jong-ho, Minister of the Korea Forest Service, stated, “Now that detailed annual master plans for the development of the agricultural and forestry satellite have been established, we will do our utmost to move away from existing human-centered forest management methods and build a smart forestry system based on remote sensing.”
Provision of rapid and accurate information and establishment of forest satellite governance
Smart forestry, which utilizes satellites to accumulate forest and agricultural data and responds to climate change and disasters based on this data, is being promoted in earnest.
The Korea Forest Service prepared a basic plan for the development and operation of a forest satellite on March 3 to realize smart forestry that provides rapid and accurate information on forest spaces.
In line with the vision of realizing smart forests and forestry based on broader, faster, and more accurate remote sensing, it consists of three strategic goals—rapid response to forest disasters, provision of accurate forest information, and strengthening of inclusive international cooperation—four core strategies, and 11 detailed implementation tasks.

▲ The Korea Forest Service has prepared a basic plan for the development and operation of a forest satellite. <Image = Korea Forest Service>
This satellite system is designed for observing forests and farmland and features performance capabilities distinct from previous ones, with a resolution of 5m and an observation width of approximately 120km.
Considering the characteristics of agricultural and forestry satellite development, we will strengthen collaboration with the Rural Development Administration and successfully develop the agricultural and forestry satellite as the second phase of the next-generation medium-sized satellite project.
Secure basic technologies such as calibration and verification to utilize satellite information, and establish forest policies and public services regarding climate change response, forest disasters, and management.
In addition, in conjunction with the 2023 satellite launch, satellite information observed from space on the groundIt establishes personnel and utilization systems for receiving and managing data, and provides a legal basis for the efficient utilization of forest data accumulated by forest satellites, while simultaneously strengthening sustainable forest management and international cooperation.

▲ A remote sensing-based smart forestry system is being realized from a human-centered forest management approach.
Park Jong-ho, Minister of the Korea Forest Service, stated, “Now that detailed annual master plans for the development of the agricultural and forestry satellite have been established, we will do our utmost to move away from existing human-centered forest management methods and build a smart forestry system based on remote sensing.”
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