UAV Applications in Natural Resources

Author Biography

Dr Srishti Gwal is a Researcher at IESD IESD, Banaras Hindu University. She holds PhD in Forestry from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Her expertise spans environmental studies, GIS, remote sensing, ecosystem services mapping, forest productivity, and soil and water conservation, with published research on hydrological ecosystem services and multi-scale conservation planning of natural resources in the Indian Himalayan region. Dr. Prashant K. Srivastava is a professor at IESD, Banaras Hindu University, and a former NASA Goddard collaborator on SMAP soil moisture retrieval algorithms, with a PhD from the University of Bristol, UK. A recipient of the NASA, Commonwealth, and ECRA-DST fellowships, he has authored 250+ peer-reviewed publications and 16 books with Springer, Taylor & Francis, AGU-Wiley, and Elsevier, and serves as Associate/Regional Editor for journals including the Journal of Hydrology, Geocarto International, etc. He is currently featured among the world's top 2% scientists (Stanford/Scopus). Dr. George P. Petropoulos is an Associate Professor of Geoinformation at the Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece, holding a PhD in Earth Observation from King's College London.His research spans Earth Observation, GIS, digital cartography, and geoinformation tools for environmental monitoring, hazard assessment, and land-cover mapping. He has extensive expertise in developing and validating operational geoinformation algorithms and products for real-world environmental applications. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava is Lead for Environmental Science and Management and Associate Professor in Geospatial Analysis at the School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He holds PhD in Geographical Sciences from the Australian National University. He brings extensive experience in applying GIS and remote sensing techniques to natural resource and urban resource management, including spatial modelling of fish species distribution, fire ecology, and forest inventory using drone and satellite data. He has received multiple awards for excellence in spatial science education, including the Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Award and Queensland Spatial Excellence Award.