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CONTENTS
‘CHAPTER ONE
Introduction’
1 Intreduction 001
12 _ Technology trends in forest resources assessment 005
13 Forest Cover and Recorded Forest Area (RFA) 008
“Uk __ National Forest Inventory (NFI) 009)
LS Special Features in ISFR 2021 009
1S __ Recent Initiatives of FSI on
17 India’s Forests vis-d-vis Forest Resources in the World O13
‘CHAPTER TWO
Forest Cover
2a
22
23
2a
25
26
Introduction
Objectives of the Nation-wide Forest Cover Mapping
Satelite Data and Period
Forest Cover
Forest Cover Assessment: Approach
Forest Cover Mapping Methodology
2.61 _Use of Collateral data to aid interpretation
262 Ground Truthing
263 Use of Mobile Application for ground truthing
26.4 Validation of Change Maps
265 Post Field Correction and Forest Cover
ayer Generation
26.6 Concurrent Quality check and
Quality Assurance (QC&aA)
Limitations of the Forest Cover Mapping
Forest Cover: 2021 Assessment
State/UT wise Forest Cover
Change in Forest Cover
Forest Cover inside and outside Recorded Forest
Brea ar Green Wash
BIA Recorded Forest Areas (RFA)
212 Green Wash (GW)
Change Matrix
Forest Cover in Hil Districts
Forest Cover in Tribal Districts
Forest Cover in the North Eastern States
Forest Caver in different altitude Zones
Forest Cover on different Slope Classes
‘Accuracy Assessment of Forest Cover
2181 Methodology
2182 Findings
Forest Cover in Major Mega Cities CHAPTER THREE
3 nteduetan oe
3.2 Status of Mangrove Cover Worldwide os
33 Conservaion of Mangroves 065
3a Status of Mangrove Cover ininda 066
3.5 Mangrove Cover (2021 Assessment) 067,
CHAPTER FOUR
[nsession of Forest Coverin Taw Reserves wd Le Conservation Wes of nda)
1 _ntedueton O78
‘42 Tiger Reserves of In 077
43 Forest Cover Assessment in Tiger Reserves of India 082
‘431 Methodology 082
43.2 Decadal Change in Forest Cover (ISFR 2011 to ISFR 2021) 085
44 Wetlands and their extent inside Tiger Reserves 090
45 _ Forest Types in Tiger Reserves 093
146 _ Forest Cover in Tiger Corridors 098
46. Decadal Change in Forest Cover (ISFR 2011 to ISFR 2021) 100
147 Assessment of Forest Cover in Lion Habitat Area of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS)
{and National Park (NP), Gujarat 108
‘4:21 Forest Cover Assessment and Decadal Assessment of Changes in Forest Cover 109
‘48 Forest Types Within Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary 70
‘49 Wetlands in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park Te
‘440 Conclusion Te
‘CHAPTER FIVE
[Foes tt
51_ Introduction 16
5.41 Glabal Scenario 16
‘512 _ Indien Scenario 1
5.2 _Role of FSI in Forest Fire Monitoring id
5.21 Near Real-Time Forest Fire Monitoring. ne
5.22 Large Forest Fire (LFF) Monitoring 128
523, Early-Warning Alert based on Forest Fire Danger Rating 133
524 FSI Van Agni Geo-portal 139
5.25. Identification of Fire Prone Forest Areas 100
5.26 Sharing of WMS and WFS Service ry
CHAPTER SIX
Te
61__ Introduction 148
62 Tree cover and Trees Outside Forest( TOF) us Methodology for tree cover estimation
631 _ Estimation of Tree Cover in Rural Areas 150
632 _ Estimation of Tree Cover in Urban Areas 152
State-wise estimates of Tree Cover 153
65 _ Trees Outside Forests 154
651 Extent of TOF 155
6.6 Conclusion 156
CHAPTER SEVEN
71 Introduction 160
22__ New National Forest Inventory (NFI) Design 162
221 Forest Inventory 162
222 Trees Outside Forest (TOF) Inventory 163
23 Data Processing 764
24 Results 165
7241 State/UT wise Growing Stock 165
7h2 Growing Stock of top ten species in Forests and TOF 167
25 _ Conclusion 168
CHAPTER EIGHT
81 Introdvton vs
82 _sanping dein 6
83 Data collection 76
831 _ Forest ventory 6
83.2 Bamboo Cump Anaya for ump forming Banboos 6
83.3” Bamboo Enumeration and Analysis fer Non ump Forning Broo 7
83.4 Bamboo Weight 7
835 Bamboo Asesse ram TOF ventory 1
Ea Data Processing or Assessment of Bamboo 7
At Bamboo Assesment rom Forest Invenio ve
aS _ Rese ve
CHAPTER NINE
[arbonstoccnndas Forests
31 _Intodvton 788
22 Forest Carbon Estination of nda 190
93 _ Methodology fr Fret carbon Extnatin 180
931 _stratfcaton of Forest rea 1
932 Forest ype Mapping 1
933 Esnaton of Blmassand Carbon n diferent poole wee
234” Synthesing Data forNaloal Carbon Estination Be
Ba Resls Be 9.41 Forest Carbon Stock under different Carbon pools and change 194
wusct previous assessment
‘9.h.2 Forest Carbon Stack of States and UTS 195
‘9.4.3 Carbon stock in different carbon pools under different forest types and density 197
‘9.4.46 Carbon stock in different forest types under different pools 200
95 Conclusion 201
CHAPTER TEN
‘Above Ground Biomass Estimation using SAR Data
104 Introduction 206
1011 Objectives of the Assessment 207
102 Forest Biomass 207
10.21 Importance of Estimating Above Ground Biomass 208
10.2.2 Different Methods for Above Ground Biomass Estimation 208
703 Data Used 208
10.3.1 _ALOS PALSAR-2 Data 210
10.32 Field Inventory Data am
10.3.3 Forest Cover Map, 2019 212
10.3.4 Forest Type Map, 2020 23
10.4 Methodology 2B
10.41 _Pre-processing of Data 2B
10.4.2 Statistical Analysis 24
10.4.3 Multi-Linear Regression (MLR) Technique 24
10.4.4 Masking of Forest Cover Areas 24
10.5 Results and Analysis 215
1051 State wise area of Above Ground Biomass of India 28
105.2 Comparison of AGB with Forest Cover Map 29
105.3 Key findings of the study 220
10.6 Limitations 221
30.7 Conclusion 221
CHAPTER ELEVEN
‘Mapping of Climate Change Hotspots in indian Forests
111 Introduction 226
TL2_Importance of the study under Indian Scenario 27
113 _ Objective of the study 228
This Methodology 228
TL4l_ Model Selection 228
42 _Data Acquisition
43 _ Selection of Climatic Hotspots
ThA Categorization of Climatic Hotspots
Mapping of Hotspots
Results and Discussion
1151 _Salient Findings
Conclusion (CHAPTER TWELVE
New Initiatives
721 _ Introduction 248
122 _Trees Outside Forest Resources in India 208
123 India's Nationally Determined Contribution of creating an additional carbon sink 208
of 25 to 3 billion tonnes of CO, eq through additional forest and tree cover:
Possibilities, scale and costs for formulating strategy
12.4 Variability in forests and optimum sample size for estimation of growing stock 250
in different districts of the country: a ready reckoner for working plan
preparation or any other forest resource assessment exercise
125 Anew grid based algorithm for detecting locations of change in forest 231
vegetation in a pin-pointed manner over large landscapes
12.6 Rapid assessment of fire affected forest areas in the country based on 252
MODIS-detections following a sampling approach
12.7 Handbook of Index Maps of India for Indian Remote Sensing (IRS2) 252
Satellite LISS-IIl and SOI Topographic Sheets
(CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Forest and Tree Resources in States and Union Territories
131 Andhra Pradesh 257
132 Arunachal Pradesh 265
133 Assam 273
134 _Bihar 281
135 Chhattisgarh 281
13.6 Delhi 298
137 Goa 307
13.8 Gujarat 35
139. Haryana 325
1310 Himachal Pradesh 333
1311 Jharkhand 343
1312 Karnataka 351
1313 Kerala 358
1314 Madhya Pradesh 367
13.15
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura 13.27 Uttar Pradesh 478
13.28 Uttarakhand 491
13.29 West Bengal 501
73.30 Andaman & Nicobar Islands sn
13.31 Chandigarh 519
13.32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Div 527
13.33 Jammu & Kashmir 535
13.34 Ladakh 543
13.35 Lakshadweep 551
13.36 Puducherry 357
REFERENCES 564
Annexure | Period of FCC/data Used For ISFR - 2021 567
‘Annexure Volume Equations 568
Annexure IA Estimated number of trees by species and diameter class in Forest at Countrylevel 579)
‘Annexure Il Estimated volume by species and diameter class in Forest at Country level 580
Annexure ll Estimated number of trees by species and diameter class in TOF at Country level___581
‘Annexure Il Estimated volume by species and diameter class in TOF at Country level 582
‘Annexure IV State/UT wise Standard Error for Growing Stock & Tree Cover 583
CONTRIBUTORS 584 LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 11 Forest Cover and Recorded Forest Area
Figure 2a Pictorial depiction of different Forest Cover classes and Scrub
Figure 22 ‘Schematic diagram of the broad approach followed in Forest Cover Mapping (FCM)
Figure 23 Forest Cover Mapping Manual
Figure 2.4 Forest Cover Mapping Methodology
Figure 2.5 Ilustration of change polygons
Figure 2.6 Ilustration of change polygons using Collateral data
Figure 27 ‘Map showing Ground Truth Locations of Forest Cover Mapping
Figure 2.8 Field Data Collection Application for Ground Truth
Figure 2.9 ‘Mobile based Web GIS system for FCM Ground Truthing Change Points Data Collection
Figure210___Pie-chart showing Forest Cover of India
Figure2m1 Forest Cover Map of India 2021
Figure 212 Increase in Forest Caver due to Agroforestry plantation in Hoshiarpur District, Punjab
Figure213 Increase in Forest Cover due to Afforestation near Luni River in Nagaur District,
Rajasthan
Figure 214 Decrease in Forest Cover due to Construction of Solar panel in Port Blair (South
Andaman district)
Figure 215 Decrease in Forest Cover due to construction of Dam in Jhalawar district, Rajasthan
Figure 216 _ Forest Cover between ISFR 2011 & ISFR 2021 in Mega Cities
Figure 2.17 ___ Map showing Location of Mega Cities
Figure 2.18 Map showing Forest Cover in Ahmedabad
Figure 2.19 Map showing Forest Cover in Bengaluru
Figure2.20 Map showing Forest Cover in Chennai
Figure2.21 Map showing Forest Cover in Delhi
Figure2.22 Map showing Forest Cover in Hyderabad
Figure2.23 Map showing Forest Cover in Kolkata
Figure2.2% Map showing Forest Cover in Mumbai
Figure 31 Pie Chart showing Mangrove Cover in different States and UTs
Figure 32 Photos showing Mangrove Forest Ecosystem
Figure 41 Tiger Reserves and Tiger Corridors of India
Figure 42 Top Five Tiger Reserves in terms of Forest Cover as % of the Area of the Tiger Reserve
Figure 43 Forest Cover in Tiger Reserves of India in 2011 and 2027
Figure 44 Photograph showing Anogeissus pendula forest in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve,
Rajasthan
Figure 45 Forest Cover Map (2021) of Gir National Park and wildlife Sanctuary
Figure 46 Forest Type Map (2020) of Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary
Figure 51 Pixel based analysis and dissemination of Forest Fire alerts
Figure 52 Work Flow of Near Real-Time Forest Fire Monitoring
Figure 53 ‘Map showing MODIS based hot spots detected during 2020-21 Forest Fire season
Figure 5.4 ‘Map showing SNPP-VIIRS based hot spots detected during 2020-21 Forest Fire season
Figure 5.5 ‘Comparative graph showing month-wise number of detections by MODIS and
SNPP-VIIRS during the mentioned forest fire season Figure 5.6
User subscription across different levels of Administrative hierarchy
Figures? Candidate Large Forest Fire
Figure 5.8 ‘Map showing Large Forest Fire detections based on the number of active day of LFF
Figure 5.9 ‘Tracking of Large Forest Fire Event in Gobardaha-1 in the State of Bihar
Figure5i0 Weekly Early Warning Alerts disseminated in the fire season Nov 2020 - Jun 2021
Figures FSI Van Agni Geo-portal
Figure 512 Map showing forest areas under different fire prone classes
Figure 61 Linear young plantation along road
Figure 62 Block plantation
Figure 63 Relationship between the TOF and Tree Cover
Figure 6.4 ‘Schematic (Flow) chart of the methodology of TOF
Figure 65 TOF inventory - Scattered stratum
Figure 6.6 Trees along canal
Figure 6.7 ‘Trees in urban setting
Figure 7 Recording field observations during forest inventory
Figure 72 Measurement of crown diameter during forest inventory
Figure 23 Map of India showing NFI grids of 5km x Skm
Figure 2 Plot configuration of NFI
Figure 25 Growing Stock of Forest & TOF
Figure 26 Percentage volume of top ten species in forest
Figure 27 Percentage volume of top ten species in TOF
Figure 28 ‘Map showing sample plots of NFI during 2016-2020,
Figure 81 Bamboo Forest of North-eastern India Phyllostachys mannii
Figure 82 ‘Top ten States in terms of bamboo bearing area (%)
Figure 83 ‘Top ten States in terms of bamboo culms (%)
Figure 84 ‘Top ten States in terms of bamboo bearing weight (%)
Figure 91 ‘Schematic diagram showing methodology of forest carbon assessment
Figure 92 ‘Stock difference & Gain Loss methods for determining change in forest carbon stock
Figure 93 Forest Carbon Stock in different pools (in million tonnes)
Figure 9.4 Forest Carbon Stock indifferent pools (34)
Figure 95 Density wise Carbon Stock per ha in different pools
Figure 9.6 Forest Type wise Carbon Stock per ha
Figure 10.1 __Types of Forest Biomass
Figure 10.2 ___ Penetration capability af RADAR (Microwave) Data
Figure 10.3__ALOS PALSAR-2 False Colour Composite of pan-India
Figure 10.4 Distribution of inventory Data in India
Figure 105 ___ Flowchart of the methodology used for AGB Estimation
Figure 10.6 _ Pie chart showing class-wise distribution of AGB in India
Figure 10.7 __Above Ground Biomass Map of India
Figure 10.8 Above Ground Biomass Uncertainty Map of India
Figure 10.9 Comparison between Above Ground Biomass and Forest Cover Map
Figure 10.10 Trend of average AGB over each Forest Cover density classes Figure 1001 __ Comparison bet
jeen Reference AGB and Estimated AGB per AGB classes
Figure 114 Global Surface Temperature Anomalies
Figure 11.2 __ Schema adopted to classify Climate Change Hotspots
Figure 113.__Climate Change Hotspot in 2030 in terms of combined temperature rise and
precipitation change for RCP 4.5 (resolution:tkm x 1km)
Figure 1.4 Climate Change Hotspot in 2030 in terms of combined temperature rise and
precipitation change for RCP 8.5 (Resolution:tkm x 1km)
Figure 115 Climate Change Hotspot in 2050 in terms of combined temperature rise and
precipitation change for RCP 4.5 (Resolution: tkm x 1km)
Figure 1.6 Climate Change Hotspot in 2050 in terms of combined temperature rise and
precipitation change for RCP 8&5 (Resolution:tkm x km)
Figure 1.7__Climate Change Hotspot in 2085 in terms of combined temperature rise and
precipitation change for RCP 4.5 (Resolution:tkm x 1km)
Figure 1.8 Climate Change Hotspot in 2085 in terms of combined temperature rise and
precipitation change for RCP 8.5 (Resolution:tkm x km)
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Box 11 __ India's NDC (Climate Change Contributions) Chapter 1
Box 4.1 Forest Cover Analysis in Nagarjunasagar Sri Venkateswara NP Chapter 4
Tiger Corridor Andhra Pradesh
Box 42 _ Economic Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India Chapter 4
Box5.1 _ Monitoring Large Forest fire in Dzukou Valley (Manipur-Nagaland) Chapter 5
Box 5.2 _ Initiatives by National Disaster Management Authority on Forest Fire Chapter 5 LIST OF TABLES
Table 1]____ Forest Cover Mapping over the Years
Table 12 Recorded Forest Areas (RFAs) in States and UTS
Table 13 (a) Top ten countries for forest area (2020)
Table 13 (b) _ Top ten countries for average annual net gain in forest area (2010-2020)
Table 13 (©) _Top ten countries for volume of forest growing stock (2020)
Table 21 __ Specifications of LISS-II| Data from Resourcesat-2
Table22 Forest Cover classified in terms of canopy density classes
Table23 Forest Cover of India
Table 24 Forest Cover in the States/UTs in India
Table25 Change in Forest Cover of States/UTs between 2079 and 2021 Assessments
Table2.6 Forest Cover Inside and Outside Recorded Forest/Green Wash area
Table 2.7 Forest Cover change matrix for India between 2019 and 2021 Assessments
Table2.8 State wise summary of Forest Cover in Hill districts
Table 2.9 Abstract of Forest Cover Inside and Outside Recorded Forest/Green
‘Wash area in Tribal districts
Table 2.10 Forest Cover in North Eastern States
Table 2.1 __ Forest Cover in Altitude Zones
Table 212 Forest Cover on different Slope Classes
Table 213 Error Matrix for Forest Cover Classes
Table 214 Error Matrix for Forest and Non-Forest Classes
Table 215 __ Forest cover in Major Mega Cities (ISFR 2021)
Table 216 Decadal change in Forest Cover in Major Mega Cities between ISFR 2071 and ISFR 2021
Table 31 Mangrove Cover Assessment in States/UTs from 1987-2019
Table 32 ___ Mangrove Caver Assessment 2021
Table33 District Wise Mangrove Cover
Table 41 __Estimated number of Tigers in Tiger Reserves in India as per Tiger Census, 2018
Table 42 Estimated individval Density of Prey species (per sq km)
Table 43 Forest cover in Tiger Reserves (2021)
Table 4. Forest Cover of Tiger Reserves (2021 Assessment)
Table 45 Change in Forest Cover of Tiger Reserves between 2011 and 2021 Assessment
Table 4.6 Wetlands within Tiger Reserves
Table 47 Forest Type Groups in Tiger Reserves
Table 4.8 Forest Cover in Tiger Corridors
Table 4.9 Forest Cover in Tiger Corridors (ISFR 2021)
Table 410 Change in Forest Cover af Tiger Corridors of India between 2011 and 2021 Assessment
Table 411 Forest Cover in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park as per ISFR 2017
Table 412 Forest Cover in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park as per ISFR 2021
Table 413 __ Forest Types in Gir National Park and WLS
Table 414 Wetlands in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park.
Table 5.1 __Evolution of FSI Forest Fire Alerts System
Table 52 Comparison between the two sensors viz, MODIS and SNPP-VIIRS
Table 53 Details of levels of customization in Forest Fire Alerts xxvii
Table 5.4 Number of Forest Fire detected by FSI using MODIS and SNPP-VIIRS Sensors
(This includes large, continuous and repeated Forest Fire) for fire season 2019-20 and 2020-21
TableSS Top ten States according to number of Forest Fire detected by FSI using SNPP-VIIRS
Sensors (This includes large, continuous and regeated Forest Fire)
Table5.6 Top 20 districts according to number of Forest Fire detected by FSI using SNPP-VIRS.
Sensors (This includes large, continuous and repeated Forest Fire)
Table 5:7 ___State-wise SMS subscription at different administrative levels,
TableS.8 —__State-wise number of large Forest Fire events detected during fire season 2020-21
(Nov 2020 to june 2021)
Table5.9 Forest Cover in different fire prone classes
Table 510 Forest Caver of States & UTS under different fire prone classes
Table 61 __State/UT wise estimates of Tree Cover
Table 62 __ State wise extent of TOF
Table 71 ___State/UT wise Growing Stock
Table 722 Growing Stock in Forest for top ten species in the country
Table 73 Growing Stock in TOF for top ten species in the country
Table 81 __ Number of culms at country level by Age and Soundness in Recorded Forest Area
Table 82 Equivalent Green Weight of Bamboo at country level by Age and Soundness in Recorded
Forest Area
Table 83 __State/UT wise distribution of Bamboo area in Recorded Forest Area
Table && —_State/UT wise bamboo bearing area under different classes in Recorded Forest Area
Table 85 State-wise number of estimated culms by Soundness in Recorded Forest Area
Table 86 —_State-wise Equivalent Green Weight by Soundness of culms in Recorded Forest Area
Table 9:1 Forest Carbon Stock under different pools and changes wrt previous assessment
Table9.2 Forest Carbon Stock in States & UTS in different carbon pools with stock in tonnes per ha
given in parentheses
Table9.3 Forest Type and Density Wise Carbon Stock in different carbon pools with per ha stock in
‘tonnes in parentheses
Table 9.4 Forest Type wise Carban Stock at the National level in different carbon pools with per ha
stock given in tonnes in parenthesis
Table 101__ Different bands of Microwave data
Table 10.2 Detailed specifications of ALOS PALSAR-2
Table 103 __Zone-wise distribution of Inventory data
Table 10.4 Class-wise distribution of Above Ground Biomass in India
Table 10.5 Above Ground Biomass in the States/UTs in India
Table 111 Forest Cover area (sq km) under Hotspots in 2030/2050/2085 with RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5
models
Table 1.2 Projected Climate Change (temperature and precipitation combined) exposure Hotspot
area in Forest Ecosystem in India
Table 1.3__State wise distribution of Hotspots (sq km) in 2030 under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios
Table 11.4 State wise distribution of Hotspots (sq km) in 2050 under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios
Table 115 __State wise distribution of Hotspots (sq km) in 2085 under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AFOLU ‘Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use
ae Above Ground Biomass
ALOS Advanced Land Observing Satellite
AWiFS ‘Advanced Wide Field Sensor
Bea Below Ground Biomass
BEF Blomass Expansion Factor
BUR Biennial Update Reports
aD Convention on Biological Diversity
MiP Coupled Model inter-comparison Project
NFA Culturable Non-Forest Area
cNN Convolutional Neural Network (model)
©, Carbon Dioxide
Co, eq Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
cop. Conference of the Parties
DBH Diameter at Breast Height
DEM Digital Elevation Model
DF Dense Forest
DIP Digital image Processing
DN Digital Number
Dom Dead Organic Matter
FAQ ‘The Food & Agriculture Organization of United Nations
Fee False Colour Composite
Foe Forest Development Corporation
FPC Forest Protection Committee
FRL Forest Reference Level
FSI Forest Survey of India
Fw Fire Weather index
Geographic Area
Ground Control Point
Global Forest Resource Assessment
Green House Gas
Geographical information System
Good Practices Guidance
Global Precipitation Measurement
Global Positioning System
Green Wash
Horizontal-Horizontal (Polarization)
Hyper Text Transfer Protocal
Horizontal-Vertical (Polarization)
India Meteorological Department INC Initial National Communication
ce Intergavernmental Panel for Climate Change
ipPU Industrial Processes and Product Use
1ROP Integrated Rural Development Programme
IRs Indian Remote Sensing (Satellite)
SFR India State of Forest Report
ISRO Indian Space Research Organization
Wen International Union for Conservation of Nature
xn Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
iFM Joint Forest Management
Lipar Light Detection and Ranging
uss Linear Imaging Self-scanning Sensor
ist Land Surface Temperature
Luwucr Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry
MDF Moderately Dense Forest
opis Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Mss Multi Spectral Scanner
NAEB National Afforestation and Eco-development Board
NATCOM National Communication to UNFCCC
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
noc Nationally Determined Contributions
Novi Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NOMA National Disaster Management Authority
NE Non-Forest|
NEMS National Forest Monitoring System
NP National Park
NRSC National Remote Sensing Centre
Nso National Statistical Office
NTcA Natianal Tiger Conservation Authority
NTFP. Non-Timber Forest Products
NWoB National Wasteland Development Board
oF Open Forest
PA Protected Area
PALSAR Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
PAN Pan-Chromatic
PF Protected Forest
PISFR Pre-Investment Survey of Forest Resources
PoP Permanent Observation Plots
RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
ReP Representative Concentration Pathway
REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus
RF Reserved Forest RFA Recorded Forest Area
Rel Registrar General of India
SAC ‘space Application Centre
SAR Synthetic Aperture RADAR
506 Sustainable Development Goals
FD State Forest Department
SFR State of Forest Report
SNC Second National Communication
SNPP-VIRS - Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership - Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
soc Soll organic carbon
501 Survey of India
som Soil organic matter
SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
TAC Technical Advisory Committee
Te Tree Cover
™ Thematic Mapper
TOF Trees Outside Forests
TR Tiger Reserve
UFS Urban Frame Survey
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UN-REDD United Nations Reduced Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation
ur, Union Territory
vor Very Dense Forest
vere Village Forest Protection Committee
vars Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
Vol.
Volume
WcRP
World Climate Research Programme
Web Feature Service
Wildlife Institute of india
Wildlife Sanctuary
World Meteorological Organization
Web Map Service
‘Working Plan
Wildlife Protection Act
World wildlife Fund GLOSSARY
‘Above-ground biomass
‘The AGB carbon pool consists of all ving vegetation above the soil, inclusive
of stems, stumps, branches, bark, seeds and foliage.
‘Activity / Flux ‘One of the main approaches to emissions accounting by estimating the net
balance of additions to and removals from, a carbon pool.
‘Adaptation Adjustment in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment.
‘Allometric Equation
Allometric equations are the best fitted regression models, used to estimate
the biomass or volume of aboveground tree components based on diameter
at breast height (DBH) and height data.
Asiatic Lion The Asiatic Lion (also known as the Persian Lion or Indian Lion) is a member
of the Panthera leo leo subspecies that is restricted to India,
Backscatter Backscatter is the reflection of waves, particles, or signals back to the
direction from which they came,
Base ‘A specification or product that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon,
that thereafter serves as the basis for further development.
Bamboo Pure: 200 and more clump/ha for clump forming bamboo or 12000 and more
‘culms /ha for non-clump forming Dense: 51 to 200 clump / ha for clump
forming or 3001 to 12000 culms / ha for non-clump forming Scattered: 1 to 50
clump /ha for clump forming or 1 to 3000 culms /ha for non-