How to calculate the 'planted' area in any given stretch of land?

[samsung]

Do you have an idea to have less then 33% land developed for greenbelt and have trees that grow and spread later to cover about 33% or more up at its broadest spread ... ? and claim to meet the 33% greenbelt << >>
I will take that, but will the regulatory ever ask you to prove this 33% in air at the tree saplings stage ...

Not until yet but now in next 6 months or so, we would be almost on the stage to prove it to the regulatory authorities.

Over the years, we have planted around 60,000 plants (almost 85% of which are forest tree species). Total plant area (excluding the mining area) is 250 Hectares that means we need to have a green cover of around 83 Hectares. As per our own estimates, the existing 60,000 plants constitute 81 hectares considering an average area of 13.5 square meters occupied by each plant on maturity. However, this is not an authentic/ established factor but is used by the horticulturist who inherited it from his previous organization but I'm unsure of it's genuineness.

I'm also not sure how the enforcement authorities will take it; I mean in air or on ground level. Also, I'm not able to prove that the calculation method used to arrive at this reported value is correct. However I suppose that the area should somehow depend on the density of plants as well as the spacings in between.

Thanks.

 

[somashekar]

Not until yet but now in next 6 months or so, we would be almost on the stage to prove it to the regulatory authorities.

Over the years, we have planted around 60,000 plants (almost 85% of which are forest tree species). Total plant area (excluding the mining area) is 250 Hectares that means we need to have a green cover of around 83 Hectares. As per our own estimates, the existing 60,000 plants constitute 81 hectares considering an average area of 13.5 square meters occupied by each plant on maturity. However, this is not an authentic/ established factor but is used by the horticulturist who inherited it from his previous organization but I'm unsure of it's genuineness.

I'm also not sure how the enforcement authorities will take it; I mean in air or on ground level. Also, I'm not able to prove that the calculation method used to arrive at this reported value is correct. However I suppose that the area should somehow depend on the density of plants as well as the spacings in between.

Thanks.

6 months later if you can arrange to take an aerial shot of your land area and mark up the same and the green area within and go ahead to prove to yourself by a scale down that 33% minimum is greenbelt ... your enforcement authority must appreciate this.
or you ask the inspector to take a hop >>>>
Who ever put that 33% meant that 1/3 of your area must be plantation. In all honesty and good faith if you have realized this ...... then 3

 

[samsung]

6 months later if you can arrange to take an aerial shot of your land area and mark up the same and the green area within and go ahead to prove to yourself by a scale down that 33% minimum is greenbelt ... your enforcement authority must appreciate this.
or you ask the inspector to take a hop >>>>
Who ever put that 33% meant that 1/3 of your area must be plantation. In all honesty and good faith if you have realized this ...... then 3

Yes it's quite possible to take an aeriel snap shot from the high rising hilly mining terrain just close to our plant. This is also a good idea or alternatively a Google Earth satellite imagery can also serve the purpose.

Any way I'll try it and would surely share my experience here.

Thanks.

 

[samsung]

As suggested by Steelmaiden, today I had a meeting with the state forest officials and the information they provided was something that I never thought of before. According to their norms, a mature forest tree occupies around 25 square meters of space provided a uniform distance of 5 meters is allowed on either side, i.e., longitudinal as well as horizontal across the row. Similarly, a shrub is reported to cover an area of 9 square meters and the bushes are not counted at all. So, with this information, only 400 trees (while leaving a space 5 x 5 = 25 Sq. M) or 1111 no. of shrubs (3 x 3 = 9 Sq. M) can be theoretically planted in a plot measuring 1 hectare. If the space left between the two trees is less that 5 meters, then the trees would mingle up with one another and would thus provide less green cover above the ground level.

I've now to check with the actual distance allowed between the saplings and the avenues as well and compare with these norms to work out the effective green cover we have developed so far. I'm a bit confident now and am sure it must be more than what we ourselves have estimated.

Thanks to all for your valuable insight and guidance.

 

[SteelMaiden]

Cool! I'm glad that worked out well for you! Thanks for letting us know that info.