Dr Ram Avtar is working as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Japan. He developed methods for forest mapping using multi-sensor remote sensing techniques and scenario analysis for sustainable forest management. His research interest is in applications of Geospatial techniques to monitor terrestrial ecosystems including forest, agriculture, urban and disasters and disseminating the results to policy-makers. Currently, he is working on the synergistic use of remote sensing and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) techniques to monitor the environment more precisely to solve environmental issues from global to local scale.
Projects
Knowledge sharing and capacity Building workshops for Precision Agriculture using UAVs techniques in the South and Southeast Asian Region
Integrated climate action planning (ICLAP) 2050 tool in Asia-Pacific cities
Socio-hydrological perspective of climate change adaptation in large riverine islands: Comparative study from India, Bangladesh and Vietnam
Developing a training module to monitor forest cover and deforestation using advanced remote sensing techniques under UN-CECAR framework in support of REDD+ MRV system
Recent work
A review of remote sensing image spatiotemporal fusion: Challenges, applications and recent trends
Enhancing assessment of corn growth performance using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and deep learning
