GIS AND REMOTE SENSINGBASED RECONNAISSANCE OF VEGETATION ANDAGROFORESTRY AREAS IN SOUTH 24 PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Accessing the advantages of combining GIS with remote sensing could be better utilised for specifying vegetation cover including agroforestry systems in South 24 Parganas district farm lands and ponds historically shaped out mostly swampy covered jungles Sundarbans crisscrossed creeks rivers south-easternmost part West Bengal state India by image processing based on updating data or information form maps attributes. Such analysis this was performed at intervals five years from 2005 to 2019.Changes expanse areas were classified land coverage under deforestation revegetation. changes are distinguishable through NDVI values subdivisions, created Arc 10.8 ERDAS Imagine 2015 platforms retrieving Landsat 4 - 5 TM Level 1 8 OLI/ TIRS imageries as retrieved USGS website. Healthy sorted demarcation highest indices data. Areal extents less than 10 ha healthy either new plantation horti-agri agroforestry. Individual found help Google Earth Pro. Monitoring well will helpful achieve SDG 15 and, thereby 2 defined UN conservation life zero hunger decent work economic growth.