{"id":91918,"date":"2026-03-10T15:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=91918"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:03:25","slug":"anavaran-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/anavaran-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Anavaran Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Anavaran Portal Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Forest Survey of India stopped its Anavaran-Deforestation Alert System on deforestation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Anavaran Portal<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been operational since January 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been using <\/span><b>satellite data and machine learning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to enable Forest Survey of India to issue location alerts on the <\/span><b>loss of forest cover to states every 15 days<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so that targeted field inspections can be carried out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Technology Used<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Anavaran alert system is <\/span><b>based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uses <\/span><b>Sentinel-2 satellite images<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as input data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For continuous monitoring during cloudy and monsoon seasons, this is further integrated with <\/span><b>Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Forest Survey of India (FSI)<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a premier national organization under the <\/span><b>union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established on June 1,1981 by succeeding the <\/span><b>&#8220;Preinvestment Survey of Forest Resources&#8221; (PISFR)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Preinvestment Survey of Forest Resources&#8221; (PISFR)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was a project initiated in 1965 by Government of India with the sponsorship of FAO and UNDP.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mandate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is responsible for <\/span><b>assessment and monitoring of the forest resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the country regularly. In addition, it is also engaged in providing the services of training, research and extension.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been publishing the <\/span><b>State of Forest Report<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on a <\/span><b>biennial basis since 1987.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>State of Forest Report<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> carries out an in-depth assessment of the forest and tree resources of the country based on interpretation of Remote Sensing satellite data and field based National Forest Inventory (NFI).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/forest-survey-of-india-stops-its-ai-based-fortnightly-alerts-to-states-on-deforestation-10573705\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anavaran Portal has been using satellite data and machine learning to enable Forest Survey of India to issue location alerts on the loss of forest cover to states. 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