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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">global-journal-of-research-in-engineering-j-general-engineering</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Global Journal of Research in Engineering - J: General Engineering</journal-title>
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<issn publication-format="print">0975-5861</issn>
<issn publication-format="electronic">2249-4596</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-title>Forest Mapping By Using GIS &amp; RS Techniques</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>RIZWAN</surname><given-names>MUHAMMAD ASIM</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1" />
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<aff id="aff1">PAKISTAN, UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB</aff>
<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2012-01-14">
<day>14</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2012</year>
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<volume>11</volume>
<issue>J7</issue>
<fpage>33</fpage>
<lpage>38</lpage>
<abstract><p>Forests have important and vital global ecological as well as socio-economic resources and they require a sustainable management. An attempt has been made in this research to monitor, record data as well as to have a systematic understanding of the forest map development and to map the existing forest coverage in context of cost effectiveness and time consumption. The aim of this study has, to map the existing forest, to identify unutilized land, to develop a plan to increase the existing forest coverage and carry out the related analysis. For this purpose, RS and GIS data have been compiled within the ERDAS and ArcGIS environments. The data acquired from Punjab Forest Department has been standardized and joined to spatial datasets produced to go for micro-level forest mapping, monitoring up gradation and plan development. It has been concluded that with the help of RS and GIS techniques one can perform spatial analysis and capable of highlighting issues and problems for planning, monitoring and management of forest system.</p></abstract>
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<kwd>ecological</kwd>
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<kwd>sustainable</kwd>
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<p>Forests have  important and  vital global  ecological  as  well  as  socio-economic  resources   and  they  require  a  sustainable management.   An attempt has been made  in  this  research  to   monitor,  record  data  as  well  as  to  have  a  systematic understanding of the forest map development  and  to  map  the  existing  forest  coverage  in  context  of  cost  effectiveness  and  time  consumption.   The  aim  of  this  study  has,  to map  the  existing  forest,  to  identify unutilized  land,  to develop  a  plan   to  increase  the  existing  forest  coverage  and carry out  the  related  analysis.  For  this purpose, RS   and GIS data  have  been  compiled  within  the  ERDAS  and  ArcGIS environments.  The  data  acquired   from  Punjab  Forest Department  has  been  standardized  and  joined  to  spatial datasets  produced  to   go  for  micro-level  forest  mapping, monitoring  up  gradation  and  plan  development.  It  has  been  concluded  that with  the  help  of RS  and GIS  techniques  one can  perform  spatial  analysis  and   capable  of  highlighting issues  and  problems  for  planning,  monitoring  and management of forest  system.</p>
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