ITANAGAR, Aug 20: A team of Arunachal Forest officials from mobile squad WAC, Bhalukpong Range and GIS Cell PCCF office headquarters attended the training program at North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), Dept of Space, Govt of India, Meghalaya on the use of Remote Sensing, GIS and UAV technologies in monitoring of vegetation, large landscapes, forest fire, landslides, jhum cultivation, water bodies etc.
A comprehensive lecture on current satellite-based services in India was also presented from EDPO ISRO. The team of NESAC led by Dr. Rocky Pebam, Scientist SF also provided temporal change analysis in period of last 30 years of temperature, rainfall, vegetation cover, landslides, forest land encroachments in various parts of Arunachal, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya. Next day, the forest officials carried out field study of successful story of Carbon Trading and ecotourism of community based Mawphlang Sacred Forest and other eco-tourism centres in the state.

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