The total forest cover of the country as per the 2005 assessment of State of Forest Report is 677,088 km2 which constitutes 20.6 percent of the geographic area of India.

In a tropical regime such as ours, insect boom would be more persistent leading to an unprecedented rise in the use chemical pesticides. To prevent such a fallout, bio alternatives need to be sought.

Survey of India is in the process of developing a geoid model. In practice, geodesy uses the principles of mathematics, astronomy and physics and applies them within the capabilities of moderm engineering and technology.

The Valmiki is the only Tiger Reserve in the State of Bihar covering 840 km2. For management purposes the forest is divided into two broad divisions, which is further divided into six ranges. The core area of the forest and the Valley of Don lies in Division Two, within the Harnatand Range.

In the Indo-Gangetic and Brahmaputra plains, ground water potential is very high and such areas can support large scale development. In peninsular India and hilly states, however, groundwater potential is relatively much lower.

The advancements in digital technologies have now made it possible to use diverse spatial databases in an integrated manner. The responsibility for producing, maintaining and disseminating the topographic map database of the whole country, which is the foundation of all spatial data vests with the Survey of India (SoI).

Bamboo grows wild in at least 30 percent of Mizoram's total geographical area of 21,081 square kilometers. The plant is of two types, ‘mau’ and ‘thing’ -Melocanna bamboo Soidef and Bambusa tulda classified by European botanists. ....

With indiscriminate use of land and unplanned development, the physical environment and heritage sites are facing degradation. Environment today stand directly opposed to the very process of developmental work.