Understanding the dynamics of Gautala Autramghat forest: A digital image classification approach

Gautala Autramghat Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected forest area of Aurangabad, Maharashtra state, India. It lies in the Ajanta hill ranges of the Western Ghats; it is administrated by Forest Authority of Aurangabad and Jargon District. In 1986, it was established as the wildlife sanctuary in an existing forest area. The forest area is southern tropical dry deciduous forest, with interspersed shrubs and grasslands. The study Forest ecosystem is very important due to its role in the global carbon cycle. This study highlights the potential of LISSIII sensor temporal data of the year 2003 and 2015 for monitoring the precious natural resource. The remote sensing techniques have been employed to study the dynamic nature of the natural resource and also focus on the changes that have occurred naturally or artificially in its current state.

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