NESAC Conducted a one-day orientation program on 17th March, 2025 for a group of 50 NDRF personnel on Forest fire prevention and mitigation. During the program a facility visit was arranged at NESAC with special focus on NavIC System, Drone-based monitoring and NERDRR facility. Dr Kasturi Chakraborty, Head, Forestry and Ecology Division and Focal Scientist, Forest Fire Disaster under NERDRR gave a detailed presentation on Remote Sensing-based Forest Fire monitoring.
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A customised two weeks course for the Indo German Development Cooperation funded project “Climate Resilience of Forest Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Adaptive Capacities of Forest Dependent Communities in Tripura” (CFEFLAT) supported by the Tripura Forest Department was organised during 21st April 2025 to 02nd May 2025 by the Forestry & Ecology Division. Twelve officials participated as the first batch of the training programme. The training focussed on the introductory lectures on basics concepts of remote sensing, GIS, image interpretations, map projections and digital image processing with emphasis on hands-on exercises on different aspects of forest cover and land use mapping.