Domain

Forest & Governance

AI-driven tools and research for forest ecosystem management and community forest governance, spanning species mapping, biomass estimation, and local-language AI agents that support forest-dependent communities.

6applications

30technologies

Applications

BarkVisionAI

CNN bark-image species ID and large-scale benchmark dataset, published in Nature Scientific Data.

156,001Images

Nature Sci. DataVenue

CNNResNet50Transfer learningImage classification

MonoDBH

Monocular DBH estimation from a single RGB image via GroundingDINO, SAM 2, and pinhole projection.

0.953Mask mAP50

1 RGB frameInput

GroundingDINOSAM 2Pinhole projectionObject detection

Van Saathi

draft

Local-language voice AI for Gram Sabha governance — meetings, inventories, spoken insights.

548Villages

RCTDesign

LangGraphSarvam AIWhisperRAGSpeech

AGB Estimation

draft

Above-ground biomass from DBH, species, and height via species-specific allometric equations.

DBH · spp · HInputs

AllometricMethod

Allometric modellingMonoDBHBarkVisionAI

Collaborative Forest Governance Tools

draft

Van Gyan knowledge RAG and Van Samvad interview chatbot for community forest research.

2Components

JFM · FRA · PESAFocus

LangGraphRAGVector DBSemantic search

Forest Resource Inventory Mapping

Multi-sensor species distribution modelling across landscape-scale forest regions.

S1 + S2Sensors

Random ForestModel

SDMRandom ForestSentinelGeospatial rasters

Van Gyan

draft

Vector search over forest-governance literature, field reports, and policy documents.

RAGMode

Collab toolsParent

RAGSemantic searchVector DBTTS

Van Samvad

draft

Multilingual interview chatbot for stakeholders in JFM, FRA, PESA, and related institutions.

Speech + textInterface

Collab toolsParent

LangGraphSarvam AIWhisperRAG

Forest & Governance

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