Annexure - VII : LIST OF PROJECTS IDENTIFIED FOR FOREST/ENVIRONMENT REMOTE SENSING PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR 10TH PLAN CONSIDERATION

• Forests Density Stratification – improvement from 3 categories to 4/5. FSI effort

• Forest Type Mapping on 1:50,000 – to be taken up as National effort. This would be useful in a variety of Forestry and Environmental Applications

• Programmatic efforts for management of wildlife habitats and National Parks

• Specific R&D activities in Forestry and Environment which need to be defined for specific projects/programmes:
  • Carbon stock estimation based on land use change analysis
    
  • Forest fire monitoring
    
  • Bamboo cover mapping
    
  • Biodiversity assessment
    
  • Biomass estimation
    
  • Mangrove and coral reef health monitoring
    
  • Studies towards abatement of environmental pollution (land, water, air)

• NSDI, FSI – development and institutionalization through NSDI task Force

• Forest Working Plan using RS and GIS techniques. To be initiated in about 50 Forest Divisions

• Coordination framework to be worked out between State Forest Departments, FSI, ISRO/DOS and Universities for a larger awareness campaign

• Environmental databases for International Conventional and Protocols and planning various developmental activities.

• Systematic programme for EIA for all developmental projects (industries, mining, infrastructure, urbanization etc)

• Waste disposal sites – identification and monitoring

• Wetland biodiversity – assessment and monitoring

• Wetland monitoring

• Desertification – monitoring and assessment

• Hot-spots – defining, identification and monitoring

• Glaciers – mapping and monitoring

• Coastal Zone – monitoring and management Plans

• Training and capacity building in forestry and environment sector