{"id":357859,"date":"2026-03-11T14:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=357859"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:09:35","slug":"anavaran-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/anavaran-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Anavaran Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The Forest Survey of India recently stopped issuing deforestation alerts through the Anavaran-Deforestation Alert System, and the portal\u2019s data have not been updated since November 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>About Anavaran Portal<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_357860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357860\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-357860\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-IE.jpg?resize=300%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anavaran Portal\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-IE.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-IE.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-IE.jpg?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-IE.jpg?resize=1536%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-IE.jpg?w=1539&amp;ssl=1 1539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-357860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; IE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Anavaran Portal is a <strong>deforestation alert system<\/strong> that uses <strong>satellite data<\/strong> and <strong>machine learning<\/strong> to <strong>monitor forest cover loss and send alerts to states.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by: <\/strong>The portal has been developed and operated by the <strong>Forest Survey of India (FSI)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: The system aims to <strong>support near-real-time monitoring<\/strong> of forest cover loss using satellite-based information and digital tools.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> The main objective of the portal is to <strong>help the Forest Survey of India monitor deforestation<\/strong> and send <strong>alerts<\/strong> to states <strong>every 15 days<\/strong> so that targeted field inspections can be carried out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Operational cycle<\/strong>: Since its <strong>inception in January 2024<\/strong>, the portal sent alerts to state forest departments every <strong>15 days<\/strong> to facilitate targeted field inspections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technology used:<\/strong> The alert system is based on the <strong>Google Earth Engine (GEE)<\/strong> platform and uses <strong>Sentinel-2 satellite images<\/strong> as input data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High precision:<\/strong> The Forest Survey of India uses satellite imagery at <strong>10\u2013<\/strong><strong>20 metre spatial resolution<\/strong>, including Sentinel-2B (optical), Sentinel-1 (SAR 5m), Sentinel-2 (visible and NIR 10m), RedEdge and SWIR 20m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Similar Initiative<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peru<\/strong> started using the <strong>Terra-I remote sensing deforestation monitoring system in 2014<\/strong>, which is funded by <strong>Global Forest Watch<\/strong> and uses satellite data to generate quarterly alerts later improved to monthly alerts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Forest Survey of India recently stopped issuing deforestation alerts through the Anavaran-Deforestation Alert System, and the portal\u2019s data have not been updated since November 2025. About Anavaran Portal Anavaran Portal is a deforestation alert system that uses satellite data and machine learning to monitor forest cover loss and send alerts to states. Developed&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/anavaran-portal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anavaran Portal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-357859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}