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- Assessment and Monitoring of Deforestation and Land-Use Changes (1976-2014) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Using Remote Sensing and GIS
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1 National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, IN
1 National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, IN
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Current Science, Vol 111, No 9 (2016), Pagination: 1492-1499Abstract
Andaman and Nicobar Islands are part of Indo- Burma and Sundaland global biodiversity hotspots. This study provides spatial information on forest types, deforestation and associated land-use changes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands during 1976 to 2014. Satellite remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS) techniques have been used to analyse forest cover changes, rate of deforestation and to map patterns of forest cover distribution in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Classified maps prepared for 1976, 1989, 1993, 2000, 2006 and 2014 indicate that the forest cover accounts for an area of 7086.1 (85.9%), 6969.2 (84.5%), 6941.1 (84.1%), 6934.6 (84.1%), 6617.8 (80.2%) and 6407.3 sq. km (77.7%) respectively. It was found that the area occupied by evergreen forests is very high, consisting of 3065.1 sq. km (32.2%) followed by semi-evergreen (1531.6 sq. km), moist deciduous (1133.4 sq. km) and mangrove forest (677.2 sq. km) in 2014. There is large-scale deforestation in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which has been estimated as 678.8 sq. km during the last four decades. The loss of forest cover is high in moist deciduous forests which has been estimated as 312.2 sq. km in Andaman Islands; whereas in Nicobar Islands, the highest loss was found in evergreen forests (244.6 sq. km). The rate of deforestation in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was high during 2000-2006 (0.78) indicating major influence of the tsunami of 26 December 2004. The annual rate of deforestation from 2006 to 2014 was 0.40. The geospatial analysis of areas of forest cover change provides baseline information for restoration and conservation planning.Keywords
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Deforestation, Forest, GIS, Remote Sensing, Land Use.Full Text
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- Monitoring of forest Fires from Space-ISRO's Initiative for near Real-Time Monitoring of the Recent forest Fires in Uttarakhand, India
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Chandra Shekhar Jha
1,
Rajashekar Gopalakrishnan
1,
Kiran Chand Thumaty
1,
Jayant Singhal
1,
C. Sudhakar Reddy
1,
Jyoti Singh
1,
S. Vazeed Pasha
1,
Suresh Middinti
1,
Mutyala Praveen
1,
Arul Raj Murugavel
1,
S. Yugandhar Reddy
1,
Mani Kumar Vedantam
1,
Anil Yadav
1,
G. Srinivasa Rao
1,
Gururao Diwakar Parsi
1,
Vinay Kumar Dadhwal
1
Affiliations
1 Forestry and Ecology Group, National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO), Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, IN
1 Forestry and Ecology Group, National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO), Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, IN
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Current Science, Vol 110, No 11 (2016), Pagination: 2057-2060Abstract
ecological, economic and social effects worldwide. Globally, forest fires are considered as one of the major drivers of climate change having deleterious impacts on the earth and environment as studies reveal their significance in producing large amounts of trace gases and aerosol particles, which play a pivotal role in tropospheric chemistry and climate.Full Text
- Nationwide Assessment of Forest Burnt Area in India Using Resourcesat-2 AWiFS Data
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C. Sudhakar Reddy
1,
C. S. Jha
1,
G. Manaswini
1,
V. V. L. Padma Alekhya
1,
S. Vazeed Pasha
1,
K. V. Satish
1,
P. G. Diwakar
1,
V. K. Dadhwal
1
Affiliations
1 National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, IN
1 National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, IN
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Current Science, Vol 112, No 07 (2017), Pagination: 1521-1532Abstract
This study provides application of Resourcesat-2 AWiFS satellite imagery for forest burnt area assessment in India. AWiFS datasets covering peak forest fire months of 2014 have been analysed. The total burnt area under vegetation cover (forest, scrub and grasslands) of India was estimated as 57,127.75 sq. km. In 2014, 7% of forest cover of India was affected by fires. Of the major forest types, dry deciduous forests are affected by the highest burnt area, followed by moist deciduous forests. Among the biogeographic zones, the highest forest burnt area was recorded in Deccan followed by North East and Western Ghats. The highest burnt area was recorded in Odisha followed by Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Manipur and Karnataka. Spatial analysis shows that 232 grid cells in India have a burnt area greater than 20 sq. km. The database generated would be useful in ecological damage assessment, fire risk modelling, carbon emissions accounting and biodiversity conservation.Keywords
AWiFS, Forest Fire, Forest Type, India, Remote Sensing.Full Text
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