national forest demarcation & bio-physical resource inventory project
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National Forest Demarcation & Bio-
Physical Resource Inventory Project
Vijay Datadin
GIS & Data Management Specialist
Banana Industry Trust/ Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry & Fisheries
The Saint Lucia Forestry Department has embarked on a process … new forest sector management plan.
National Forest Demarcation & Bio-
Physical Resource Inventory Project
Banana Industry Trust/ Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry & Fisheries
Important in the management plan will be redefining the department’s mission to conform to an ecosystem approach to the management of forest resources.
Prerequisites to plan formulation and implementation are delineation of the forest resource, and determining the quantity and quality/ nature/ characteristics of the biophysical resources.
National Forest Demarcation & Bio-
Physical Resource Inventory Project
Banana Industry Trust/ Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry & Fisheries
To plan what to do where, you’ve got to know where is what.
National Forest Demarcation & Bio-Physical Resource Inventory Project
Timber Inventory
Botanical Survey
Mammal Survey
Herpetological SurveyInsect Survey
Bird Survey
Land Survey
Managed with GIS
GIS TOR
Build GIS
Produce Maps
Link with Forest Management Information
System (Inventory)
Produce Maps
What is GIS?
Geographic Information System
Data-crunching power of a database
Communication ability of a map
Humans think spatially.
GIS works spatially.
What is GIS?
Since it is an Information System
Hardware – PCs, GPS
Software – ArcGIS; IDRISI, ERDAS, ILWIS
Dedicated personnel – it is a speciality
Institutionalised protocols/ procedures
What has the GIS been used for in this project?
Planning fieldwork
Rapid reporting and quality control
Final reports
Integration of surveys
Integration of other data
Analysis
Timber Inventory
Timber Inventory
Timber Inventory
Timber Inventory
Timber Inventory
Timber Inventory
Timber
Inventory
Fieldwork
FMIS
Spread-
sheet
GIS data
Analytical
Maps
Done by
SLFD
Planning Fieldwork
for other Surveys
Botanical Survey
Mammal Survey
Mammal
Survey
Mammal
Survey
Bird
Survey
Herpetological
Survey
Herpetological
Survey
Land (Boundary)
Survey
LandSat 7 ETM+
Imagery
integration in
the
GIS
30m resolution
Suitable for
Vegetation
Analysis Tropical conditions
Cloud cover
High biodiversity
LandSat 7 ETM+ Classification with Botanical Survey data
LandSat 7 ETM+ Classification with Botanical Survey data
LandSat 7 ETM+ Classification with Botanical Survey data
LandSat 7
ETM+
Classification
with Botanical
Survey data
Vegetation
Map
of
Saint Lucia
Management
Plan
Incorporate
archival data
with current
surveys
Produce
verifiable
metrics
Integration of high resolution IKONOS imagery
Integration of high resolution IKONOS imagery
National Forest Demarcation & Bio-
Physical Resource Inventory Project
Vijay Datadin
Banana Industry Trust/ Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry & Fisheries
GIS & Data Management [email protected]