On May 16th , Carlos Fonseca (CTO of CoLAB ForestWISE), José Luis Carvalho (NAVIGATOR), João Gaspar (REN), Inês Frazão and José Frazão (FRAVIZEL) and Maria Emília Silva (UTAD) were present on the program “Sociedade Civil” on RTP 2, where strategies for the valorization of national forests, such as the mobilizing project rePLANT, were discussed. The use of robotics in forest cleaning, remote sensing technology, were some of the strategies mentioned.