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ISRO, ATREE join hands for mapping India’s grasslands and open natural ecosystems

New Delhi, Apr 16 (UNI) The Space Applications Centre (SAC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) inked an agreement to map India’s open natural ecosystems (ONE), including shrublands, woodland savannas, deserts, saline areas and ravines, according to an official document released on Thursday.
The partnership will focus on identifying and mapping these diverse landscapes, which comprise approximately 10 per cent of India’s total geographical area, totalling 319,675 sq. km.
Climate experts noted that historically, these areas have been unrecognised and undervalued despite sustaining biodiversity, people and their livelihoods, and sequestering carbon. Despite this, less than 5 per cent of ONEs fall under India’s Protected Areas Network, and about 70 per cent of these landscapes fall under the government’s wasteland classification.
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