About Anavaran Portal:
- It has been operational since 2024.
- It has been using satellite data and machine learning to enable Forest Survey of India to issue location alerts on the loss of forest cover to states every 15 days so that targeted field inspections can be carried out.
- Technology Used:
- The Anavaran alert system is based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform.
- It uses Sentinel-2 satellite images as input data.
- For continuous monitoring during cloudy and monsoon seasons, this is further integrated with Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data.
Key Facts about Forest Survey of India (FSI)
- It is a premier national organization under the union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
- Mandate: It is responsible for assessment and monitoring of the forest resources of the country regularly. In addition, it is also engaged in providing the services of training, research and extension.
- Established on June 1, 1981, the Forest Survey of India succeeded the "Preinvestment Survey of Forest Resources" (PISFR), a project initiated in 1965 by Government of India with the sponsorship of FAO and UNDP.
- It has been publishing the State of Forest Report on a biennial basis since 1987.
- State of Forest Report carries out an in-depth assessment of the forest and tree resources of the country based on interpretation of Remote Sensing satellite data and field based National Forest Inventory (NFI).
