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How often do we realize that forests are vital to existence of life on the planet? Forest products have become inseparable part of our day-today lives. Providing us with shelter, livelihoods, water, food and energy security, forests are home to 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.
The agriculture industry is known to operate in the most volatile environment. Despite the volatility, agriculture continues to be one of the largest employment generating sectors in India.
Wildlife Institute of India is dedicated to achieving ecological security for the country. Since inception, we have been working towards building up scientific knowledge on biodiversity resources, training personnel at various levels for conservation and management of wildlife, and carry out research relevant to management.
In the last few years, there has been a phenomenal growth and rise in the adoption of GIS across sectors. Integrating it with other emerging technologies such as IoT, ML, AI, etc. - the importance of GIS will grow exponentially in the near future.
The accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel use, deforestation, and other anthropogenic sources is changing the global climate.
The application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has transformed almost every field in the engineering, natural and social sciences, offering accurate, efficient, reproducible methods for collecting, viewing, and analyzing spatial data.
