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Digital & geospatial solutionsRemote sensing · Field data · Web-GIS

Right information at the right time

We offer digital and geospatial solutions based on remote sensing for the forestry and agriculture sectors. We connect people and empower decision makers.

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  • Field to dashboardOne connected system, from survey to report.
  • Offline in the fieldMost tools collect data without a connection.
  • Open source WebGISResults on maps, updated as new data arrives.
20+
countries where our software is in use
4
continents
800+
land use projects delivered by Unique
20+
years of field expertise

01Applications

From the field to the dashboard

Our customized tools improve your data collection, analysis, monitoring and verification. Use them on their own or as one connected system.

  1. Digitize your field data

    Collect

    We find the right tool for data collection: customized apps, SMS-based solutions, drones or a combination of these. We specialize in smallholder surveys, forest inventories and land use management systems, even in remote areas.

    • Apps
    • SMS
    • Drones
    • GPS mapping
    • Offline

  2. Calculate your impact

    Analyze

    Our analysis tools calculate your key performance indicators, such as CO₂, forest loss and change, GHG emissions, the living income of a farm household or the volume of wood in your forest. We use remote sensing and the latest Earth observation data to detect land cover change.

    • Carbon
    • Remote sensing
    • Living income
    • Forest inventory

  3. Access your real-time data

    Monitor & Report

    We monitor and report through a web dashboard. Manage access rights, edit data and display information in the formats you need. An inbuilt WebGIS shows the data on maps, and updates happen automatically when new data arrives.

    • Web dashboard
    • WebGIS
    • Access rights
    • Automatic updates

Simplify your business,
improve your impact.

Test our apps, web dashboard, drone services and cutting-edge geospatial services. Together we find the best solution to digitize your land use project.

02Thematic areas

Where we work

Agriculture and forestry are complex sectors. Economic, environmental and social dimensions are equally important.

Forest inventory & management planning
From field inventory and data analysis to the reporting of results – at tree, stand or enterprise level.
Rural livelihoods
Farm household data, farmer registration, living income and nutrition scores – at household, village or regional level.
Carbon crediting & asset valuation
Spatially explicit activity data and state-of-the-art carbon analytics – at farm, enterprise or landscape level.

Our customers

  • Government organizationsData on land use and value chains to inform effective policies.
  • Financial institutionsOnline and offline solutions with benchmarking across forestry and land use.
  • NGOsMonitoring, evaluation and reporting workflows in a few clicks.
  • Private sectorSmart digital approaches for agriculture and forestry companies.

03Showcases

Digital solutions at work

A selection of projects in which our tools are used – from national forest inventories to carbon projects with smallholder farmers.

Selected projects Further project countries

FREIBURG Ethiopia Rwanda Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Germany Vanuatu
Two members of the inventory team record data on a tablet in the field

Kyrgyzstan

2019 – 2021 · State Agency of Environmental Protection and Forestry

National forest inventory

Mandated by the World Bank and in consortium with CAREC, we implement a digital solution for the second national forest inventory and build lasting capacities for a sustainable monitoring structure.

Project sheet PDF
Tropical forest in Vanuatu

Vanuatu

2019 – 2021 · Department of Forestry, Vanuatu

National forest monitoring

We conducted a national forest inventory with digital tools, developed the forest monitoring system for quantifying emission reductions under REDD+ and trained local teams.

Project sheet PDF
A project officer works with the web dashboard on a laptop

Rwanda

since 2020 · Livelihoods Venture

Smallholder carbon credits

Our digital tools enable the carbon certification of the Livelihoods-ARCOS project under the Verified Carbon Standard: 3.7 million trees for agroforestry, with fruit and wood production on smallholder land.

Project sheet PDF
A field worker records planting activity with an app in a mangrove area

Indonesia

since 2015 · Livelihoods Venture

Carbon coastal mangrove project

A management information system with web and mobile software for data collection, management and reporting supports the Yagasu Foundation in restoring mangroves on the coasts of Aceh and North Sumatra.

Ripening coffee cherries on a branch

Ethiopia

2019 – 2021 · Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU)

Restoration of coffee landscapes

In the Yayu UNESCO Biosphere Reserve we help the Hanns R. Neumann Foundation to monitor the implementation of good coffee agroforestry practices.

Project sheet PDF
Satellite image of a forest with bark beetle damage marked in red

Germany

ongoing

Monitoring bark beetle damage

High-resolution imagery at high temporal frequency lets us monitor bark beetle outbreaks in southern German forests – faster and more cost-efficient than searching on the ground.

Project sheet PDF

Publications

04We are Unique

Analytically sound, operationally focused,
forward-looking.

Behind our digital solutions stands the field expertise of unique land use – leading consultants for forestry and agriculture.

We serve private companies, non-governmental organizations, ministries, forest administrations, development banks and organizations for development cooperation.

We build the tools we need in our own projects – and make them available to our clients, from the first field survey to the final report.

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Aerial view of restored coastal vegetation on white sand dunes in Viet Nam, with field teams at work
Dune & mangrove restoration, Viet Nam

05Free trial

Try our software and get to know us

Get in touch and we provide you with free trials to find the right digital solution for you – from field surveys to monitoring and evaluation and beneficiary profiling.

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