The Karnataka
State Remote Sensing Application Centre (KSRSAC) has completed a project
"Standardisation of geospatial database of Karnataka forest department,"
that has been able to identify divisions that are prone to forest fire
during summer.
The
project, which took about two years to complete, covers 40,000 sq km
of forest area in Karnataka with an open forest area of 10,835 sq km
and 26,156 sq km of dense forest, 37 territorial divisions and 10 wildlife
divisions. It has used Indian Remote Sensing Satellite 1-C and 1-D for
the spatial mapping
The
spatial images have identified the extent of dry deciduous, scrub vegetation,
evergreen, semi-evergreen forests and grasslands. The mapping comprises
identification of fire risk zonation wherein pockets prone to forest
fire during summer are indicated on the maps.
These
include the wildlife divisions of Nagarahole and Bandipur — dry deciduous
forest; Muthodi — deciduous, semi-evergreen forest which has bamboo;
Chikmagalur division with Bababudangiri where high grasslands are vulnerable
to fire; Shimoga division, Anandpura area which has teak plantations,
Bhadravathi and Haliyal divisions with teak and bamboo plantations.
The
agency has used the services of US satellite Modis to capture real-time
forest fire data. Modis has on board NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites
which have thermal censors that give out alerts based on rising temperature
of the area.
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