DG Forests visits FSI

Dehradun, May 15

Director General of Forests Dr SS Negi visited the Forest Survey of India (FSI) here yesterday and reviewed the activities of the organisation.

FSI Director General Saibal Dasgupta apprised Dr Negi of various activities being undertaken by the FSI included forest fire pre-warning alert system, high resolution satellite data for precise monitoring of forest resources on the ground.

A presentation on newly developed e-green watch for the compensatory afforestration authority monitoring and decision support system for forest clearance activities was given.

Negi visited laboratories established for forest cover mapping, e-green watch, high resolution data processing, forest type mapping, inventory, forest fire monitoring cell of the entire country and data centre.—TNS