The technology would help estimate the spatial extent of the existing rubber plantation in the region and locate cultivable wastelands, degraded lands and other denuded forest lands where fresh cultivation of natural rubber could be extended without causing deforestation and conversion of crop lands, the report said.
The report jointly prepared by Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), Rubber Board and Regional Remote Sensing Centre was yesterday released by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.