This annual e-book in Figures analyses complex issues pertaining to the country’s environment and development. In today's world where information is available from so many sources that we end up not making any sense of the happenings, this report gives you compelling data stories that are credible and easy to …
The Himalayan region is dotted with hundreds of lakes from low elevation to the high elevations. Many of the lakes of Himalaya are fresh water ones, with or without inflow and out flow. The Himalayan lakes show varying chemistry in terms of solutes, bio-geochemistry, and mineralogy vis-à-vis eco-hydrology of the …
Forest based industry and business is not only important for the economic development of the country. It also provides employment to rural people living near or inside the forest. The aim of present study was to identify districts in Orissa having potential for forest based, industrial development, considering vegetation, socio …
MODIS hotspot data from NASA have now become a standard means of evaluating vegetation fires worldwide. Remote sensing is the most effective tool for large countries like Russia because it is hard to obtain exact, detailed forest fire data. Accumulated MODIS hotspot data of the nine years from 2002 to …
In 1996, the National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) began using NOAA-AVHRR data for fire monitoring in Mongolia. It expanded its detection technology with the addition of TERRA and AQUA MODIS data, giving it a spatial resolution of 250 m as of 2008, and developed a related methodology and technology for …
Biomass burning is an essential part of slash-and-burn (S&B;) agriculture, which is widely practiced as an important food production system in the tropical mountains of southeast Asia.S&B; agriculture used to be sustainable and carbon neutral; CO2 emissions by biomass burning were balanced with photosynthetic biomass growth and land use was …
Biomass burning is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions, most importantly carbon dioxide (CO2). In this study, we used burnt area estimates derived from the L3JRC product to estimate the CO2 emissions from forests. The results suggested than an average of 2,414 sq.kms is burnt annually.
Fire plays important role in shaping ecosystem structure and function. Depending upon the complex effects of fire, it can have either beneficial or harmful effects. In this article, we briefly review the potential of satellite remote sensing data for mapping and monitoring vegetation fires.
Rain is the only source of water on the earth and for conserving this precious resource, the base is the land. Shortage of rainfall coupled with its erratic distribution during rainy season causes severe water deficit conditions resulting in various intensities of droughts. Drought varies in different parts of the …
Remote sensing plays an important role to discriminate and delineate snow and ice cover in a glacial terrain which are used to estimate the snow melt run-off and also assist in environmental studies. The study area, Manasarovar Lake and the surrounding Himalayan region is the major source of water for …
In many Caribbean countries a lack of established good practice methods means that engineers and planners are often unable to plan for and mitigate floods effectively. In most Caribbean states rainfall intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves are not readily available. This is a result of the limited quantity of short-duration rainfall data …
The objective of this baseline document is to develop a common understanding and shared knowledge about the various methods and technologies to conduct HRVA (Hazard Risk & Vulnerabilty Assessment) at different levels of governance.
Some scientists have argued from observations that global warming will alter clouds in ways that will largely counter warming by greenhouse gases. But the overwhelming majority of climate scientists sides with the models, which show clouds changing in ways that amplify warming, not dampen it. Whom to believe? To help …
P. Venugopal Initiative to tackle encroachment effectively Bid to remove boundary-related confusions Project likely to take up to 3 years for completion THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Forest Department is working on a major programme to have the boundaries of all the protected areas in the State fixed using global positioning system …
Against a backdrop of global economic uncertainty, this issue of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture highlights the major role and challenges facing fisheries and aquaculture worldwide. With a steadily rising demand for fish and fish products, the supply of fish as human food hit a record high in …
Industrialisation plays vital role in the overall development and progress of any region. Along with the development, on the same time, it has the adverse impact on environment such as air pollution, water pollution and many others.Wardha basin of Chandrapur district (M.S) has abounded with ample high quality coal minerals. …
The Apodi estuarine located in the north coast of Rio Grande do Norte State; it is a typical and key valley region with apparent upland ecosystem vulnerability and sensitivity. In order to analyze natural and ecoenvironmental vulnerability, remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) technologies are adopted and an …
With accurate estimation of crop acreage, yield and productivity becoming increasingly important for sound policy interventions, a high-powered committee, headed by agricultural economist A Vaidyanathan, has recommended use of remote sensing technique for determining land use, crop area and yield estimates.
New Delhi: Farmers would soon get to know soil moisture content of their agricultural land which would help them in timely watering their crop through use of mobile phone. Due to a innovative technical device developed by Kondamudi Swarna Rekha, an engineer from Andhra Pradesh, the multi functional wireless remote …
The rising temperature of the world's oceans has become a major threat to coral reefs globally as the severity and frequency of mass coral bleaching and mortality events increase. In 2005, high ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean resulted in the most severe bleaching event ever recorded in …
