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Forestry Glossary

Plain-language definitions of common forestry, inventory and GIS terms.

Who it's for: Readers new to inventory, forestry and GIS vocabulary.

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Open data

Released, with attribution.

Where a dataset can safely be public, we release it. Credit GeoSutra and the partners named.

GeoJSON

Manakamana tree crowns

6,543 detected crown polygons from the UAV survey. Credit: GeoSutra with Shree Manakamana CFUG and the Division Forest Office, Nawalpur.

Download → Aerial frames

Nuwakot flood imagery

16 georeferenced frames over Gairathok, Bidur-10 and Tupche, 27 August 2026.

Field report → JSON

Climate normals & warming trends

For all 753 local governments, derived from cited open climate datasets. Also warming-trends.json.

Download → Live map

Observatory

Nepal-clipped biodiversity, active-fire and climate layers, summarised by management unit.

Open → Live map

Climate Analytics

Normals, trends and CMIP6 projections, local government by local government.

Open → JSON

Reference tables

The species, glossary and NTFP datasets behind the tools. Also glossary · ntfp.

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