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Forest Fires in Andhra Pradesh ANDHRA PRADESH STATE OF FOREST REPORT 2013 Andhra Pradesh Forest Department Government of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad (i) Andhra Pradesh State of Forest Report - 2013 Copyright@ AP forest department, Hyderbad. AP Forest Department Aranya Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 004 Tel : 040-23231487, Fax: 040-23240541 Website: www.forest.ap.nic.in www.apforest.org www.apfdgis.com www.apforest.gov.in www.apforestgeoportal.org E-mail: [email protected] July - 2013 700 Copies Designed and Printed at VAMSI ART PRINTERS PVT. LTD., 11-6-872, Red Hills, Lakdi-ka-pool, Hyderabad - 500 004. Ph: 040 - 23311858, Mob: 9866022137, E-mail: [email protected] ( )ii Government of Andhra Pradesh Sri N. KIRAN KUMAR REDDY Hon’ble Chief Minister of A.P. MESSAGE It gives me immense pleasure to learn that Andhra Pradesh Forest Department is bringing out its Annual State Forest Report 2013 showing changes of forest cover between 2010 and 2011. It is encouraging to note that Andhra Pradesh Forest Department brings out this report annually using modern technology. Forests play an important role in developing the livelihood of rural community particularly tribals. It also helps in maintaining ecological balance, reduction of soil erosion and maintains atmospheric equilibrium. There is Global concern now to protect and expand our green cover as our existence is threatened due to climate change, Global warming and depletion of Ozone layers etc., I hope this work showing loss and gain of forest cover in various geographical units and information on forest fire etc., shall go a long way in proper planning and management of our forest resources. I congratulate the PCCF (HoFF) and his team who achieved this difficult task. 09-07-2013 HYDERABAD (N. KIRAN KUMAR REDDY) ( )iii Government of Andhra Pradesh Room No. 326, 2nd Floor, ‘D’ Block, A.P. Secretariat. Phones : 040 -23450533 (O) 040 - 23379747(R) Sri Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju Hon’ble Minister of Forests, Environment Science & Technology MESSAGE Andhra Pradesh is the fourth biggest State in India with about 63,814 Sq. Kms of notified forests. There are 2 Tiger Reserves, 6 National Parks and 21 Sanctuaries in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Moreover there are about 8000 Vana Samrakshana Samithies in the State for Protection and improvement of our Forests. Several crores of rupees are spent under various schemes like CAMPA, CAMPA - NPV, FDA, 13th Finance Commission, NREGS to protect and improve the forests. It is therefore vital to see how the forest cover is changing Division wise in the State with location and area specific information. I am happy that State of Forest Report 2013 gives us the details of Forest Cover change using Satellite images of 2010 & 2011 to act as an impetus for taking up further improvements depending on the depletion of Forest cover. Very hard work is done by the IT wing of the Department under the guidance of PCCF (HoFF) to bring out this informative report. I hope this annual report which is the 4th of its kind shall help one and all in the Department in protection and planning. 24-06-2013 HYDERABAD (Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju) ( )iv Government of Andhra Pradesh ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Government of Andhra Pradesh, D -Block, 2nd Floor, Room No. 327 -A, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad - 500 022. Off : +91- 40- 2345 3111, 2345 1440 Sri M. Samuel, I.A.S., Special Chief Secretary to Government MESSAGE Forests are God given gift of nature to the mankind. They provide Soil, cause rains, give Oxygen and food to animals and human beings. They also preserve Carbondioxide in solid form, there by reducing global warming and ameliorate our environment. Hence, the forests are considered sacred since times immemorial. The Mauryas, the Guptas and English rulers had taken action to preserve forests and conserve Wild Life because, they realized that the very existence of human beings depended on the forests. It is thus crucial that forests and Wild life are conserved for eternity. The State of Forest Report 2013 is an attempt to depict the forest cover changes between 2010 and 2011 using satellite technology, with an objective to asses ourselves whether we are able to increase the cover or not, and to take corrective steps. This 4th annual exercise certainly helps the department to protect the forest wealth and plan for future to increase it. I congratulate the Prl. Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF) and his team for attempting this excellent report. 01-07-2013 HYDERABAD (M. Samuel, I.A.S.,) Special Chief Secretary to Government E.F.S & T Department. (v) FOREWORD Andhra Pradesh has 63,814 Sq.Km of recorded forests which are mostly Deciduous forests and Thorny forests apart from few patches of mangroves. They constitute 23% of the geographic area of the State. It is very crucial to preserve the existing cover and make the scrub as well as blank areas green by afforestation. The GIS Wing of Andhra Pradesh Forest Department is entrusted with the work of monitoring the forest cover of State inside notified areas every year using satellite technology. The job involves collection of satellite data (LISS III Sensor) from NRSC; Georeferencing them, classifying them, determining change areas, ground truthing them and preparing the report. The change polygons are flashed to field officers in MIS package developed and feed back is taken online. The disputed polygons are ground checked by the scientists before the report is generated. The Present report is the fourth consecutive annual report and highly exhaustive. It gives details of encroachments, diverted areas, areas where fellings have been taken place for planting and areas where greenery has developed by comparing 2010 (Oct- Dec) image with 2011 (Oct- Dec) image. The work is technical and the report is highly reliable. I congratulate the entire team led by APCCF (IT) who have laboured hard to bring out this annual report in a professional manner. 05-07-2013 B.S.S. REDDY HYDERABAD Prl. Chief Conservator of Forests & HoFF Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad ( )vi PREFACE The Andhra Pradesh State of Forest Report is the 4th publication in a row by the IT Wing of Andhra Pradesh Forest Department. The reports lead us to reevaluate ourselves and our working. Andhra Pradesh Forest Department is at the cross roads. Pursuant to National Forest Policy 1988, people's participation was invoked to protect and improve our forests. Lot of money is spent in last decade including funds from World Bank, NABARD, FDA and Finance Commission grants to protect and improve our forests. But satellite pictures give us disturbing results. Let us do some soul searching how to improve our green cover. The report shall assist one and all in that endeavor. Chapter -I deals with the introduction wherein a brief about Andhra Pradesh Forests and activities of Geomatics wing are presented. Chapter - II deals with the satellite data used and the procedure adopted, limitations of technology, the accuracy aspects and summary of the cost of generation of the APSFR 2013. Chapter - III deals with State wide results and the extent of various forest canopy cover classes in various divisions, VSS areas, protected areas (PAs) and a brief analysis of changes between 2010 end & 2011 end. Chapter -IV lists the Forest Division wise changes in forest canopy cover between various classes up to Beat level; where changes have occurred. Chapter - V deals with forest canopy cover change statistics in protected areas. Chapter - VI deals with forest canopy cover statistics in joint Forest Management or VSS areas. Chapter - VII deals with details of Forest Fires occurring in Andhra Pradesh. The report is scientifically brought out. Enough care has been taken for its accuracy, which is about 98%. Hope the practicing foresters, wild life and environment lovers and planners shall benefit from the report. 21-06-2013 DR. H.C. MISHRA, IFS HYDERABAD Addl. Prl. Chief Conservator of Forests (IT) (vii) Acknowledgements P. Sreenivasa Rao Dr. A. Rama Murthy Deputy Conservator of Forests (GIS) Assistant Conservator of Forests (RS) Bringing out the 4th State of Forest Report includes identification and mapping of location specific Forest Cover Changes, both negative and positive, between 2010 and 2011 using the LISS III Imagery which is a herculean task. This is possible only with the great cooperation and support from all the Officers and Staff of APFD. We gratefully acknowledge the guidance and encouragement given by Sri B.S.S.Reddy, IFS, PCCF (HoFF) in bringing out the State of Forest Report-2013. We sincerely acknowledge the guidance and encouragement given by Sri P.K. Sharma, IFS, the then APCCF (IT) presently APCCF (FCA) in refinement of the feedback mechanism and improvement of the analysis. We express our profound gratitude and deep regards to Dr H.C. Mishra, IFS, APCCF (IT) for his exemplary leadership, guidance, monitoring and constant encouragement in all activities starting from procurement of Satellite data till finalizing the report. He is the driving force and led the team from the front. He had gone through the entire manuscript himself and finalized. Sincere thanks are due to Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) constituted by Government of AP for advising in Geomatics Technology. Critical review by Dr. Devendra Pandey, IFS, (Retd) former DG FSI, Dr. H.C. Mishra, IFS, APCCF (IT), Dr. C.S Jha, Head Forestry & Ecology Division NRSC, Dr. Krishna Bhagawan and Dr D.V.J Shastry, APSRAC are thankfully acknowledged. Contributions of Smt. Ch. Deepa, FRO (GIS-III), Sri S. Sreenivas, FRO (RS), Smt. J.P.Sowjanya, FRO (GIS), Smt. S.A. Nagini Banu, FRO (MIS) in guiding Project Scientists in image processing and analysis, change polygonisation and also in ground truthing, correcting & compilation of SFR-2013 are sincerely acknowledged.
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