Bioresource Inventory Using Remote Sensing for Regional Energy Planning

Ramachandra. T.V., Vijaya Prasad. B.K. and Samapika Padhy
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

Abstract

Introduction

Objectives

Study Area: Kolar District

Methodology

Biomass Resources Assessment

Literature Review

Results and Discussion

Status of Bioresource

Status of Bioresource Availability and Demand for Kolar District :

The ratio of bioresource availability and demand gives an idea of level of bioresource in a region. The availabilty to demand ratio ranges from 0.11 (Kolar) to 0.73 (Srinivasapura), fuelwood demand is taken as 1.3 kg/person/day. The ratio being less than one indicates that there is bio resource scarcity. Talukwise bioresource status is given in Fig 3.

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