Forests are the most widely distributed ecosystem on the earth, affecting the lives of most humans daily, either as an economic good or an environmental regulator. To study Forest areas effectively and to monitor changes over time, accurate, rapid, and cost-effective monitoring techniques are required. Satellite data potentially provide a useful tool for estimating forest cover and monitoring changes very rapidly over large areas and with a minimum of ground data collection. Remote sensing has been a valuable source of information over the course of the past few decades in monitoring forest activities. This book is designed to meet the needs of a professional audience composed of both practitioners and researchers and has been written covering various aspects of Remote Sensing techniques for Sustainable Forest Management. This book is also suitable as a reference text for post-graduate/ graduate-level teachers and students in Forestry, Environmental Science, Geography and Remote Sensing. Since this book contains detailed methodologies to study varies aspects of Forest, it creates a vivid and essential reference text for all those interested in Forestry and Environmental Science.

Mangroves forests are invaluable natural assets. Mangroves are used throughout the tropics as fishing areas, wildlife reserves, human habitation and aquaculture. In recent times, increasing anthropogenic activities have put severe pressure on land particularly in the Asian and Pacific regions. Mangrove forest areas have been the hardest hit in this regard. To study mangrove areas effectively and to monitor changes over time, accurate, rapid, and cost-effective monitoring techniques are required. The use of Remotely Sensed data offers many advantages in this respect and has been used to monitor deforestation and aquaculture activity, in environmental sensitivity analyses. This book has been written covering various aspects of Remote Sensing techniques for Mangrove Forest monitoring in order to cater to the needs of students, research scholars and teaching faculty in colleges and universities. A book of this kind will be of immense use to all those who study or teach Marine Biology, Botany and Remote Sensing. Since this book, contains detailed methodologies to study varies aspects of mangroves, it creates a vivid and essential reference text for all those interested in Mangroves.