Forestry
Forestry in India is a major environmental resource and a significant rural industry. The country needs effective and robust forest resource management for the health of the environment, to preserve biodiversity, protect the forest economy and meet the resource needs of the nation in a sustainable way. Effective monitoring and safeguarding forest resources is key to achieving this objective. Scientific management of forests with technology like geospatial technology is revolutionising forest resources assessment, monitoring and management, proving to be a solution that is cost effective, time saving and importantly, effective. Focus Areas:
- Digitising forest boundaries
- Monitoring deforestation and degradation of forests
- Assessment of changes to forest cover at local and country levels
- Monitoring illegal logging activities
- Monitoring, mitigating and planning relief efforts in forest fires
- Better environmental governance
- Planning, implementation, and real time monitoring of various schemes and programmes
- Monitoring of carbon stock of Indian forests
- Monitoring and evaluation of compensatory afforestation activities
Speakers
Dr Anmol Kumar
Director General Forest Survey of India
Vinod Kumar
Director, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
Ajit Pattnaik
Director, Odisha Forestry Sector Development ProjectBio | Abstract
Engr. Motaleb Hossain Sarker
Director Ecology (Ecology, Forestry and Biodiversity) Division, Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services, Bangladesh
G Rajshekar
Scientist "SF", Forestry Division, National Remote Sensing Centre
Prakash Mathema
Director General, Department of Forest Research and Survey, Nepal
Dr Sandeep Tripathi
CEO, Odisha Space Applications Centre
Shailesh Shankar
Manager - Sales Engineering (Asia Pacific), DigitalGlobeBio | Abstract
