Pablo Crespell Montero, a research fellow at the College of New Caledonia (CNC), is proving how drones can make the work safer, faster, and far more precise. Pablo explained that traditional forest surveying is limited by: * High labor demands * Safety risks in rugged terrain * Limited spatial coverage * Lower accuracy in complex environments Now, CNC uses orthophoto photogrammetry and LiDAR scanning to collect high‑resolution data for everything from forest inventories to assessing wildfire fue