Technological Interventions in Sustainable Management of Trees Outside Forests (TOF) and Forest Areas

Thematic Areas

• Inaugural address and USAID programs’ Introduction
• Special Addresses: Potential of Technology for Effective Forest, TOF, Agroforestry, and Wildlife Management
• Leveraging data for Forest, TOF, and Wildlife Conservation

• ICT Initiatives on Forest, TOF, Agroforestry, NTFP, and Wildlife Management
• Decision Support Tools for Forest and TOF Monitoring and Management
• Predictive Modelling in Wildfire risk assessment, Pest and disease outbreak, Carbon stock assessment & Soil erosion prediction
• Role of Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning in Forest, TOF, and wildlife management

Significant Outcomes

Bringing together technological innovations for effective management of forests, Trees Outside Forests (TOF), agroforestry, and wildlife on a single platform to

• Foster collaboration and information exchange among institutions
• Find ICT tool gaps to effectively fulfill stakeholder needs
• Develop a compendium for future reference