RESEARCH ARTICLE

FOREST MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA - A CASE STUDY IN MINNERIYA NATIONAL PARK

Abstract

Forest cover change can be identified as both combining with natural influence and also the anthropogenic activities. Sustainable forest management addresses forest degradation and deforestation while increasing direct benefits to people and the environment. Minneriya is one of the National park in Sri Lanka where with the forest management. This research mainly depended on secondary data of land use maps. Mainly considered land use map in 2000-2014. By using 2000 land sat data and 2014 Google map it created a map by the georeferencing. By the supervise classification and digitization it could create the land use map 2000 and 2014. By overlaying of these two maps it could be identified the changes of forest cover within the fourteen year period. According to the results in 2000 forest cover was 42.67km2. But there was reduction forest area in 2014, it was the 36.65 km2. Scrub area were changed and it can be identified as it was in 2000 21.2 km2. In 2014 it was 27.83km2. That means the scrub areas are increased during the last fourteen year period of the time. When it compares with the forest areas scrubland has been increased. In Minneriya National park can be identified as the place sustainable forest management area.

Keywords: Forest Management, Minneriya National Park, Geographic Information System, remote sensing

How to Cite: Dilanjani,H.U.K, Sameera,A.K.R,Ranagalage,M, (2017). FOREST MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA - A CASE STUDY IN MINNERIYA NATIONAL PARK.WILDLANKA, 5(1):Pages 027-030

Published On:2017-05-31

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