Archive | Forest

The forest, "if properly managed, can enrich human life in variety of ways both material and psychological. Poorly managed they can be a source of disruption of the Environment of an entire region". These sources of disruption, which man created unknowingly in the past, resulted in the extinction of many well developed and flourishing civilizations. F. Engels (1947) is of [...]

India's forest areas have been decreasing rapidly, and a system of continuous operational monitoring is necessary. Coloured infrared aerial photography helps assess the annual occurrence of losses, especially in the less accessible areas. Thermal scanners can detect fire. It is through remote sensing that the actual forest covers of India was known through findings of satellite data analysis as highlighted [...]