One of the major threats in the twenty-first century is the Earth’s climate change, which bestows conspicuous effects on natural resources and human health. Remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) create a profuse opportunity to monitor and manage the natural resources at multi-spectral, multi-spatial and multi-temporal resolution. Agricultural production systems are highly unfortified to alteration in environmental factors at different ecological regions in India. Under the changing climatic conditions, quick spatiotemporal assessment of extreme weather events and crop growth only possible with geospatial technology i.e. Remote sensing and GIS along with digital maps and simulation models. Water scarcity is one of the major problem that has been experienced at global and national level. Therefore, state of the art technologies like geospatial technologies and modelling will be necessary for judicious management of water resources under changing climate scenarios. Based on the area statistics, the total area under degraded and wastelands in the country stands at 114.01 m ha. Therefore, timely monitoring and maintaining of the land resources in larger scale would be possible with remote sensing satellite with high temporal resolution. Forests occupy about 19.4% of the total geographical area of the country against the ideal requirement of 33% therefore remote sensing and GIS technology provide a crucial part in monitoring and protecting the Forest resources under changing climate scenario. Therefore, the integrated use of remotely sensed data, GPS, and GIS will enable consultants, natural resource managers, researchers in government agencies, conservation organizations, and industry to develop management and protection plans for different natural resources to cope with the changing climate condition.
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