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DOI	10.1007/s12524-020-01279-1
	Three Decades of Nationwide Forest Cover Mapping Using Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Data: A Success Story of Monitoring Forests for Conservation in India
	Ashutosh, Subhash; Roy, P. S.
通讯作者	Ashutosh, S (corresponding author), Forest Survey India, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF REMOTE SENSING
ISSN	0255-660X
EISSN	0974-3006
出版年	2021
卷号	49 期号:1 页码:61-70
英文摘要	India is a biodiversity-rich country. The panorama of Indian forests ranges from tropical evergreen rain forests in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Western Ghats, and the north-eastern States, to Dry Alpine Scrub high in the Himalayas in the north. On the other extreme, tropical dry deciduous and thorn forest is found in the deserts and dry areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat. The variety and distribution of forest vegetation are large, and India is one of the 17 mega biodiversity regions of the world. Forestry in India supports a sizeable non-wood forest product-based economy apart from timber and fuelwood. In forested landscapes people are integrated with forest and make living out of it. On the other hand urbanization and infrastructure development are putting considerable pressure on forests. These issues need effective and efficient forest monitoring system. Hence in late 1980s, India entrusted Forest Survey of India to evolve robust and scientific method of forest monitoring. Thus, India has taken an early lead in establishing a forest monitoring system. The history of forest cover mapping using satellite images in the country goes back to 1983 when National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA-now known as NRSC-ISRO) prepared the first-ever forest cover map of India. Later, Forest Survey of India has been mandated with the forest cover mapping of the country in the biennial cycle since 1987. Three decades of forest cover mapping on a regular basis have been a remarkable achievement in the field of natural resource monitoring. India's remote sensing-based periodic monitoring of forest cover, which is unique in the world, has played a major role in conservation and enhancement of forest cover of the country. Evolving with satellite data improvement and technological advancements, the methodology of forest cover mapping by FSI has seen significant changes over the years, wherein Indian remote sensing data, particularly the IRS 1C/1D LISS III data, have been the primary input in the time series mapping. This paper reviews the chronology and significance of this important forest monitoring programme of India.
英文关键词	Forest cover mapping Forest conservation Indian remote sensing
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000604474000003
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Remote Sensing
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Remote Sensing
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351020
作者单位	[Ashutosh, Subhash] Forest Survey India, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India; [Roy, P. S.] WRI India, Delhi, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ashutosh, Subhash,Roy, P. S.. Three Decades of Nationwide Forest Cover Mapping Using Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Data: A Success Story of Monitoring Forests for Conservation in India[J],2021,49(1):61-70.
APA	Ashutosh, Subhash,&Roy, P. S..(2021).Three Decades of Nationwide Forest Cover Mapping Using Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Data: A Success Story of Monitoring Forests for Conservation in India.JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF REMOTE SENSING,49(1),61-70.
MLA	Ashutosh, Subhash,et al."Three Decades of Nationwide Forest Cover Mapping Using Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Data: A Success Story of Monitoring Forests for Conservation in India".JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF REMOTE SENSING 49.1(2021):61-70.