GREEN SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES
ENVIS HuB, Department of Environment and Department of Geography, Madras University jointly conducted a certificate course on “Wildlife Management using Geospatial techniques” conducted from 07.02.2022 to 19.03.2022.
Role of Geospatial techniques in Wildlife Management:
The human-causes disruptions, such as habitat loss, pollution, invasive species and climate change are all threats to wildlife health and biodiversity. GIS technology is an effective tool for managing, analyzing, and visualizing wildlife data to target areas where interventional management practices are needed and to monitor their effectiveness. GIS helps wildlife management professionals to examine and envision the following Habitat requirements and ranges, Population patches and linkages, Progress of management activities, Historical and present wildlife densities.