Forests have always been considered as the most important renewable resources and have a significant role in preserving an environment that is suitable for human life. In the past 60 years, forest management practices in many countries were driven mainly economics; measuring forest growth and volume, calculating allowable cut and maximizing timber harvest or profit. On the other hand, the Geographical Information System (GIS) is an important technology that is used in public policy-making for forest and environmental planning and decision-making over a few decades of years. GIS along with other various related technologies help foresters to keep the record, analyze the situation and decision making. If we talk about the present condition, with much improved computer programs and modern technologies, GIS is becoming more popular for overall resource management. UIZ provides, the best Gis in Forest management service

GIS in Forest Management

In terms of forest management, GIS is a good tool as it answers the questions that help foresters in forest management activates like location, condition, trends, patterns and modelling. Apart from that the major areas where the use of GIS can be really useful in terms of forest management are in forest resource assessment and monitoring, forest protection, forest harvesting, forest rehabilitation, conservation and biodiversity, climate change, spatial databases for forest management, preparation of the working plan, wildlife habitat conservation, soil and watershed conservation and so on. The use of GIS in forest management is significant through which forestry sectors can maximize their benefits.

Apart from all the advantages, one can get form GIS in forest management, there are some limitations too. The use and application of GIS can be triggered by weak forest inventory and related data gathering systems which includes the building of digital spatial databases although it is a data-dependent system. Furthermore, GIS in forest management is only a means to identify and solve problems for which it needs proper planning and basic resources so the one can realize its potential value.

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