The document discusses monitoring forest cover in the Chunti Wildlife Sanctuary area of Bangladesh using GIS and remote sensing. It aims to inventory and map the current spatial distribution of forests, prepare a forest cover map showing the present status, and explore forest cover change between 1990-2012. Methodology includes field observation, questionnaire surveys, satellite imagery analysis in GIS software to map forest cover and changes over time. The study area is the Chunti beat within the sanctuary, consisting of 3 mouzas covering a total of 4618.51 acres.

1. FOREST COVER MONITORING AND MAPPING USING GIS-RS: A CASE
STUDY ON CHUNATI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (CHUNATI BEAT)
Supervisor: Professor Dr. A.H.M. Raihan Sharif
PRESENTED BY
ANIK MONDAL
Department of Geography and Environment
Jahanginagar University
Sunday, October 16, 2016

2. Every country needs 25 % of forest cover of the total area.
The total forest cover of Bangladesh is 9.18 %.
( Forest department, Bangladesh)
The forest coverage of the country is nearly about 2.53 million hectares
representing approximately 17.5 % of the country’s total surface area.
Officially, Bangladesh Forest Department (FD) manages 1.53 million
hectares of forest land (Roy, 2005).
Bangladesh has 871000 hectors which is 8 of the total area.
(FAO Report,2005)
In Bangladesh, annual depletion of the growing stock stands at 1.65 %
while a large portion of this forest land has been encroached.
( FCC- Progress Report, Anon 1992)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

3. Aim of the research
Forest cover change and monitoring of Chunti Wildlife Sanctuary
(Chunti beat) in order to detect the present status of land cover.

4. Objectives of research:
To inventory and mapping of spatial distribution of forest.
Prepare a forest cover map showing the present status of forest cover.
To explore forest cover change detection ( 1990-2012)
Research Questions
What types of forest covers are extent in the spatial distribution of
forest ?
What are the present types of forest cover extent ?
What extent of forest cover changes occurred ( 1990-2012) ?

5.  Chunti beat is situated in Chunti range of Chunti Wildlife Sanctuary
in Chittagong south forest division. The total area of Chunti Forest
beat is 4618.51 acres. The location of Chunati beat office is
21 57.753⁰ ′ N and 92 03.702⁰ ′E .
 Chunti beat consists of three mouzas named Chunti, Jungle Chunti
and Jungle Rashider Ghona under Lohaghora upazilla at Chittagong
district.
Chunti beat
 The total area of Jungle Rashider Ghona is 23.03 acres, Jungle
Chunti is 48.18 acres and Chunati is 1310.93 acres.
Chunti mouza
Jungle Chunti
mouza Jungle Rashider
Ghona
STUDY AREA
CHUNTI BEAT

6. Study Area Beat

7. Chunti mouza, Jungle Chunti mouza and Jungle
Rashider Ghona under Chunti Beat

8. Primary Data Secondary Data
Field Observation
Published
Satellite Image
Unpublished
FGD
Journals
Newspapers
Books
Reports
Thesis
TGIS
Text
Table
Diagram
Map
Final Report
Reports
Evaluation
METHODOLOGY AND DATA
COLLECTION
Remote Sensing
Questionnaire survey
Key Informants
Conceptualization

9. Methodology And Data Collection

10. Objective Data type Data source
Data
collection
method
Data
Presentation
Data
Presentation
Results
To inventory
and mapping
of spatial
distribution
of forest
Qualitative
primary
FGD, Field
visit,
Questionnair
e survey
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Statistical
analysis
mapping of
spatial
distribution
of forest
secondary
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Statistical
analysis
mapping of
spatial
distribution
of forest
Quantitative
primary
FGD, Field
visit,
Questionnair
e survey
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Statistical
analysis
mapping of
spatial
distribution
of forest
secondary
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Statistical
analysis
mapping of
spatial
distribution
of forest
Methodology And Data Collection

11. Objective Data type
Data
source
Data collection
method
Data
Presentation
Data
Presentation
Results
Prepare a
forest cover
map
showing the
present
status of
forest cover
Qualitative
primary
Participatory
observation,
Questionnaire
survey
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Google Earth,
Arc GIS,
Repid Eye,
Arial
Photograph,
mapping of
spatial
distribution
of forest
secondary
Library search
Journals,
reports
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Mapping
mapping of
spatial
distribution
of forest
Quantitative
primary
Participatory
observation,
Questionnaire
survey
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Google Earth,
Arc GIS,
Repid Eye,
Arial
Photograph,
mapping of
spatial
distribution
of forest
secondary
Library search
Journals,
reports
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Mapping
mapping of
spatial
distribution
of forest
Methodology And Data Collection

12. Objective Data type
Data
source
Data collection
method
Data
Presentation
Data
Presentation
Results
To explore
forest cover
change
detection
Qualitative
primary
Questionnaire
survey, mouza
map
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Google Earth,
Arc GIS,
Repid Eye,
Arial
Photograph,
Forest cover
change
mapping
secondary
Library search
Journals,
reports
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Mapping
Forest cover
change
mapping
Quantitative
primary
Questionnaire
survey, mouza
map
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Google Earth,
Arc GIS,
Repid Eye,
Arial
Photograph,
Forest cover
change
mapping
secondary
Library search
Journals,
reports
Library
search
Journals,
reports
Mapping
Forest cover
change
mapping
Methodology And Data Collection

13. Digitization of Forest Cover
Extent

14. Monitoring and identifying spatial distribution of forest cover.
Mapping forest cover of my study area.
Identify the changing pattern of forest cover of Chunti beat of
Chunti Wildlife Sanctuary.
Expected OutcomeExpected Outcome