Affiliation:
1. 1 Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra India
Abstract
Forest cover is a crucial part of the environment. It makes an essential contribution to the socio-economic and environmental welfare of the Nation. However, these forests are seriously threatened by deforestation, increased mining activity, population growth, uncontrolled urbanisation, a developing tendency of industrialisation, agricultural land purpose, shifting cultivation, effects on soil, water, and biodiversity, unsustainable forms of human activities and others. As a result, developing strategies to promote sustainable forest management, prevent desertification, prevent soil erosion, and halt environmental degradation is essential. Remote Sensing has enabled humans to observe and obtain information about the earth's surface with spatiotemporal changes. The Indian state of Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district is used as a study region. This study investigates forest canopy density and the spatiotemporal changes in forests. The geographical pattern of forest canopy density is displayed by several indices using data from Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 at 30 m spatial resolution. Try to make the study more relevant in the contemporary world. The research area's forest cover has changed through time, as shown by several multi-temporal data sets (1989 and 2019). The results revealed that between 1989 and 2019, forest canopy cover and forest density decreased. It indicated that over 30 years, 1045.51 sq. km of land had degraded. The amount of highly dense forest has decreased significantly over the research period, whereas the non-forest area has been gradually growing for the past 30 years.
Publisher
Enviro Research Publishers
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