Abstract:National parks by far could be considered as the heart of a countries bio network. This study attempts to identify and analyze the forest cover and its changes in the Wilpattu national park of Sri Lanka, which has grown into a level of a national crisis. The rapid utilization of remote sensing satellites and techniques has provided a reliable and near real time possibilities to characterize terrestrial ecosystem properties. In this study a series of Landsat imagery ranging from the year 1975 to 2015 have been … Show more
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