Inventorying, Mapping and Monitoring of Mangroves

Prakash N. Mesta¹, Bharath Setturu^1,3, Subash Chandran M. D.¹, Rajan K.S³, T.V. Ramachandra^1,2*

¹Energy & Wetlends Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES], Indian Institute of Science,
²Center for Sustainable Technologies (astra), Indian Institute of Science,
³International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad [IIIT-H], India.
*Corresponding author: Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA, E-mail: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in.

Abstract

Introduction

Materials and Method

Results and Discussion

Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Honnavar Forest division; the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India; NRDMS division, the Ministry of Science and Technology Government of India for the financial assistance; Indian Institute of Science for providing infrastructure; National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC), Hyderabad for providing the satellite data.

Citation : Mesta PN, Setturu B, Subash Chandran MD, Rajan KS, Ramachandra TV (2014) Inventorying, Mapping and Monitoring of Mangroves
towards Sustainable Management of West Coast, India. J Geophys Remote Sensing 3: 130. doi:10.4172/2169-0049.1000130.

* Corresponding Author :
	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.		Tel : 91-80-23600985 / 22932506 / 22933099, Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in, Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy