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:
1. Forest harvesting
2. Forest transportation
3. Forest Roads
4. Ergonomics
5. Forest mechanization
6. Flood and avalanche control
7. Forest road structures and bioengineering structures
8. Information Technologies in forestry (GIS, RS, Photogrammetry)
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 2023: “Forest Operations: A Tool for Forest Management”, 23-25 May 2023, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
FETEC 2022: “3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FOREST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES: Forest Transportation Solutions and IT Applications for Natural Disaster Management”, 28-29 November 2022, Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos), Baku, Azerbaijan.
FETEC 2019: “2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FOREST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES SYMPOSIUM: Human and Nature Oriented Forest Engineering”, 04-06 September 2019, Agricultural University of Tirana (UBT), Tirana, Albania.
FETEC 2016: “1st INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FOREST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES SYMPOSIUM: 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;
May 23 – 25, 2023
High Country Conference Center, Flagstaff, Arizona
https://eri.nau.edu/2023-cofe-conference
The 45th Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) meeting will be hosted by Northern Arizona University, USDA Forest Service and FETEC (Forest Engineering and Technologies) on 23-25 May 2023 in Flagstaff, Arizona. The conference aims to offer opportunities for sharing new initiatives, innovations, and technology development in forest operations and networking with researchers, practitioners, and shareholders from industry.
During the three-day meeting, you will have the opportunity to discuss the most recent scientific research and professional works about the following topics:
Full papers may be published in Conference Proceedings (non-refereed) and/or two refereed journals (International Journal of Forest Engineering and European Journal Forest Engineering).
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