Abstract

Mapping Forest Functions Using GIS in Selenge Province, Mongolia
Track: Forestry and Wildlife Management
Authors: Ochirsukh Badarch, Woo Kyun Lee

This study presents the process for classifying forest functions with the use of criteria stipulated in the forest laws in 1995 and 2007. Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to classify and produce forest function maps. Forest functions were classified into 3 classes as strictly protected forest, protected forest, and production forest, according to the forest law of 1995. The new forest law which enacted in 2007 has zoned forest into two main forest functions; as protected forest and production forest. The area of the final two forest functions increased by the same ratio (21%) due to the change in the law criteria. These functions will be linked with forest management planning, which will improve the forestry of Selenge province in Mongolia.