Forest clearance consultancyAccurate mappingExpert support
End-to-end survey, mapping, documentation and application support for forest-clearance projects.
Revenue maps, survey numbers and forest records are brought onto one georeferenced base, so the forest boundary and your project area come from the same source.
We overlay land use, forest cover and terrain, calculate forest and non-forest areas, and prepare the KML, SHP and GeoJSON files your application needs.
A digital terrain model shows slope, drainage and elevation across the site, so alignments and site plans account for the ground they sit on.
Our surveyors take DGPS readings on the ground while drone imagery captures the boundary from above, so every line on the map is checked in the field.
The demarcated project area feeds the Detailed Project Report (DPR), maps and annexures. We support your PARIVESH filing and help you respond to queries during review.
Survey, maps and documentation that agree with each other, so your application reaches the final approval stage with a complete, consistent file.
Check any site against Karnataka’s forest boundaries: 23,111 forest blocks across every division and range. Attach your project KML to see forest and non-forest land instantly.
Attach a KML or KMZ of your project area, alignment or survey points. We calculate forest and non-forest land and list every forest block affected.
Files are read in your browser and never uploaded.
Indicative, from forest department boundary data. Confirm with a DGPS survey and official records before filing.
Satellite, DGPS, revenue and forest layers
Area calculation, overlay and validation
Forest and non-forest split from your KML
GIS maps and analysis for documentation
A structured and transparent process from survey to project handover.
We visit the site, identify the area on the ground, collect DGPS coordinates and photograph boundary points so every later map starts from verified positions.
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We georeference survey data against satellite imagery and forest records, map the forest boundary and analyse the proposed project area.
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We prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR), survey and layout maps, forest and non-forest area statements, and the annexures the application requires.
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We help you assemble and upload the application on PARIVESH: document organisation, KML and map layers in the required format, and replies to early clarifications.
During the site inspection we provide technical support: boundary checks, DGPS verification, geo-tagged photographs and field observations.
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We prepare replies to queries, revise maps and area statements, provide technical clarifications and track the application until final submission.
We hand over the complete record: final DPR, GIS dataset, maps, area statements, survey data and correspondence, in digital and hard copy.
DGPS survey, georeferencing and forest boundary mapping.
Preparation of DPR, forest area statement and maps.
Application support and document management.
Thematic mapping, spatial analysis and custom GIS layers.
Guidance on forest-clearance requirements and compliance.
Support during inspection, clarifications and follow-up.
Share your project details and our team will get in touch with you.
Plain explanations of the process, the portal and the paperwork — written for user agencies, not for lawyers.
The questions user agencies ask us first.
Forest clearance is the prior approval of the Central Government needed before land recorded as forest can be used for a non-forest purpose, under the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 — the renamed Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. It is granted in two stages: Stage-I in principle with conditions, and Stage-II final approval once those conditions are met.
If any part of the project area is recorded as forest in government records, it does. Ownership does not decide it. The quickest way to find out is to overlay your project boundary on the forest boundary — you can do that yourself with the free tool on this page by uploading a KML or KMZ file.
It depends on the area, the category of project and how complete the first submission is. Most of the delay comes from queries and from compensatory afforestation land, not from the decision itself. We cannot promise a date; what we can do is make sure the file does not go back and forth.
PARIVESH is the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's single-window portal where forest, environment, wildlife and CRZ proposals are filed, scrutinised and tracked. Every forest clearance proposal goes through it, and anyone can check a proposal's status there using its proposal number.
Yes. Our office is at Balmatta Circle, Mangaluru 575001 and our main branch is on B H Road, Shivamogga 577201, and we work across Karnataka and in neighbouring States where the project warrants it.
The Central Government. A State Government cannot permit forest land to be used for a non-forest purpose without it. Who signs depends on the area: up to 5 hectares, the head of the MoEFCC Regional Office; above 5 and up to 40 hectares, the Regional Empowered Committee; above 40 hectares, the Central Government on the advice of the Forest Advisory Committee.
The Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976 exempts 27 species from needing Tree Officer permission, including coconut, areca nut, mango, cashew, coffee, rubber, eucalyptus, casuarina, silver oak and several acacia and bamboo varieties. Every other species needs prior permission, including on your own land.
Forest boundary verification, DGPS and drone survey, GIS mapping and KML preparation, tree enumeration, ground demarcation, DPR and documentation, PARIVESH filing and follow-up for the user agency, and support for wildlife, environmental and CRZ clearances where a project needs them.
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