Essays on Forest

Temperate climatic regions (Hogarth 2015). These warm, temperate mangrove stands typically contain fewer species (sometimes only a single species) than stands in the tropics (Hogarth 2015). The complex prop-roots and pneumatophores of mangrove trees form a solid substrate within the intertidal and subtidal zones in…

The total forest and tree cover of the India is 794,245 sq km (79.42 million ha) which is 24.16% of its total geographical area. The total forest cover of India is far below the national goal i.e. 33% as per National Forest Policy, 1988 (FSI,…

A forest is a substantial zone ruled by trees. Many more exact meanings of forest are utilized all through the world, fusing elements, for example, tree thickness, tree stature, arrive utilize, lawful standing and environmental function. As indicated by the broadly used Nourishment and Horticulture…

The sustainable management of forests for multiple uses requires fine-scale resource information for a range of attributes. Remotely sensed imagery, if appropriately interpreted, can provide detailed, quantitative data for deriving forest information. This paper describes the tree identification and delineation algorithm (TIDA), an image analysis…

Forests offer extensive advantages to human life, contributing to its well being and prosperity in a variety of ways. Being an essential source of wood stock, they help in countering poverty, ensuring food security, and providing satisfactory livelihoods. Additionally, they offer favorable mid-term green growth…

CLIMATE CHANGE V/S FOREST DISEASES The weather and climate have strong influence on Forest tree diseases The disease incidence, severity and distribution are directly related with fungi, bacteria, viruses and other microorganism infections.The drought or typhoons being extreme weather conditions can destroy large number of…

Forest fire is a complex biophysical process with numerous direct and indirect effects on the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the biosphere. Moreover, in some fire-prone environment, fire disturbance is an essential part of maintaining the ecosystem (Verma and Jayakumar 2015, 2018). Fire is a key…