Remote Sensing and GIS Application in Forest Conservation Planning

This book focuses on the challenges in conservation, management and protection of forests in India as well as other countries, using recently developed technologies. Various topics are discussed including remote sensing, GIS, land use land cover, forest conservation techniques, social economics effects, fire forecasting models and the effect of fire on natural resources, among others. The book provides multi-disciplinary overviews for academicians, administrators, policymakers and professionals involved in the diverse aspects of sustainable forest development, planning and management, and forecasting and extinguishing forest fires.

The book helps readers better understand the development of forests by planning and management in India and other countries, with the following focuses:

-       Forest area conservation in India and other countries

-       Advanced techniques for planning and conservation of forest cover

-       Forest conservation modeling using remote sensing and GIS techniques

-       Forest fire forecasting models used in remote sensing and GIS environments

Introduction to Remote sensing and GIS Application in Forest Conservation Planning.- Forest fire incidences and their GIS mapping in western Himalayas; district Kinnaur from 2000 to 2020, Himachal Pradesh, India.- The Existing Forest Policies and Practices of Forest Fire Management Control and Prevention.- Land Use Land Cover Analysis of Forests of Pakistan- Case Studies of Chitral-Northern Mountainous Areas and Sindh-Southern Low Land.- Forest Fire Detection through Google Earth Engine using Landsat – 8 Imagery: A Case Study from Panna District, Madhya Pradesh.- Optical remote sensing and geographic information system for assessing land cover change and forest management in Idanre forest reserve in Ondo state, Nigeria.- Integrative application of Landsat images and social surveys for assessing Land use/cover change and land surface temperature.- A comparative study of decadal changes in Land Use Land Cover pattern using geospatial data of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu.- Assessment of the last 50 years temporal changes in the two Lake using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques Ramsar sites of Rajasthan - Keoladeo National Park and Sambhar.- Interacting RS and GIS to GWPZ in urban development site suitability analysis of Kovilpatti Region, Southern Tamil Nadu, India.- Assessment of irrigation suitable land in Africa: A continental study based on geospatial multi-criteria decision analysis.- Drainage Basin Morphometry of Gandhamardan Hills in Western Odisha using Geographic Information System.- A review on current modelling techniques for predicting forest fires.- Forest cover change in Keonjhar district of Odisha, India using remote sensing: An exploration based on landscape metrics.- The Stories of Ailing Forest Reserves and Standpoints of Agrarian Landowners: Kumbo and Lambo Reserves in Perspectives.- Forest preventives, mitigation measures, strategies and challenges.- Technologies and Methods for Land Use and Land Cover: A Comprehensive Review.- Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Communities: Resilience, Adaptation, and Sustainable Development in Sindh, Pakistan.- An assessment of groundwater vulnerability using GIS techniques in the Srivaikundam region of Thoothukudi district, Southern Tamil Nadu, India.- Conclusions.

Dr. Kanak N. Moharir Ph.D. from Amravati University, she is working as Asst. Professor in remote sensing department at Banasthali Vidyapith. With more than 8 years of teaching and research experience, and published more than 45 research papers in various national and international journals and 15 research papers presented in national and international conferences with citations 2138. My research interests include remote sensing, watershed management, hydrology, land use and land cover, aquifer mapping, groundwater modeling, hydrogeology, geomorphology and geology. I worked as reviewers of Twelve journals. I worked as an editor on five books out of which four from Springer and one is from Taylor & Francis Group.

Dr. Chaitanya Baliram Pande completed his Ph.D. in environment science at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India, and an M.Sc. in geoinformatics at Amravati University in 2011. He has more than 13 years of teaching, research and industry experience. He is included in the 2% Stanford scientist list, 2024.  He is a reviewer for several scientific journals of international repute, and he is an editorial board member in the American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. He has published 120+ research papers, 2 textbooks, 10 edited books, 19 conference papers and 25+ book chapters. Altogether, they have received more than 4314 citations as per google scholar. His research interests include remote sensing, GIS, air pollution, Google Earth Engine, machine learning, watershed management, hydrogeology, hydrological modelling, drought monitoring, land use and land cover analysis, groundwater quality, urban planning, hydro-geochemistry, groundwater modelling, geology, hyperspectral remote sensing, and GIS applications in natural resources and watershed management, and environmental monitoring and assessment.