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Forests are critical habitats for a variety of living organisms and provide multiple ecosystem services. Despite their crucial role in the ecosystem, many countries are experiencing forest degradation, deforestation, and impacts at different levels due to various geographically distributed factors. Geospatial technology can be utilized to generate information for forest cover, forest types, the extent of human encroachment into forested areas, and monitoring the progression of desert‐like conditions. This information is vital for developing forest management plans and to develop a decision support system that can be used effectively for the sustainable use of natural resources. A multicriteria analysis approach using remote sensing data can also be used for site suitability analysis of important plant and animal species. Some recent studies utilizing geospatial technologies for natural resource management include the studies by Bogdanov et al. (2018), Kumar et al. (2019a,b,c), Olokeogun and Kumar (2020), Pokhriyal et al. (2020), Polevshchikova (2019), Rasooli et al. (2018), San Juan and Domingo‐Santos (2018), Shrestha (2020), Singh et al. (2020), and Singh et al. (2020a,b). A flow diagram of geospatial techniques for forest management and forest health mapping is shown in Figure 2.2.

Figure 2.2 Applications of geospatial techniques for forest resource assessment and mapping.