Integration situation, problem diagnosis, and empowerment pathways of forestry artificial intelligence(AI) technology

JIANG Guobin

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Integration situation, problem diagnosis, and empowerment pathways of forestry artificial intelligence(AI) technology

  • JIANG Guobin
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【Objective】In view of the practical constraints of long production cycles, complex management objects, and multiple ecological and economic objectives in forestry, this study explores the underlying logic of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) technology with the entire forestry industry chain, aims to solve the problem of disconnect between technological R&D and industrial needs, and provides decision-making reference for cultivating new quality productive forces in forestry.【Method】Taking AI patents in China’s forestry sector over the past decade as the analytical object, combined with industry policy orientation and typical case studies, this paper systematically reviews the current status of smart forestry construction, with a focus on the application effectiveness of core AI technological achievements based on large models in germplasm innovation, resource monitoring, disaster prevention and control, and operation management.【Result】The R&D of forestry AI technology in China shows an active trend with a continuous increase in patent numbers; universities and research institutes are the main innovators with significant regional agglomeration; technical themes are mainly concentrated in branches such as forest disaster prevention and resource monitoring, forming a patent technology landscape centered on forestry safety and emergency response. The application of forestry AI presents a structural feature of strong in the middle and weak at both ends with technology supply highly concentrated in forest disaster prevention and resource monitoring, while penetration in front-end breeding and back-end processing is severely insufficient. Although generative AI technology, represented by large models, has achieved a closed loop of perception, decision-making, and execution in some application scenarios, it still faces three core bottlenecks: imbalanced technological efficacy coordination (emphasizing accuracy over ecology), inefficient cost-benefit transformation (high whole-life-cycle cost), and weak industrial ecosystem integration (strong R&D but weak implementation).【Conclusion】Given the complexity and long-term nature of forestry production and management, this study proposes empowerment pathways such as establishing a new “scenario-efficacy” dual‑driven R&D and evaluation mechanism, developing an adaptive and resilient forestry AI technology system, and building forestry industrial platforms as well as cross‑border integrated business models, so as to guide AI technology from single‑point applications to systemic empowerment and promote high‑quality development of smart forestry research and industry.

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smart forestry / artificial intelligence / patent technology / large models / industrial integration / new quality productive forces in forestry

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JIANG Guobin. Integration situation, problem diagnosis, and empowerment pathways of forestry artificial intelligence(AI) technology[J]. Journal of Nanjing Forestry University (Natural Sciences Edition). 0 https://doi.org/10.12302/j.issn.1000-2006.202601016

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