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4.1 Habitat Management 
Preservation and protection of habitats is the best 
way of bio-diversity conservation. The essential 
parameters for habitat analysis are forest cover, food, 
water and topography. Important national parks have 
been analysed for various habitat zones based on their 
attributes. Remote sensing provides valuable infor 
mation on vegetation landscape structure. Geographic 
Information System (GIS) is employed to analyse for 
habitat interspersion and juxtaposition which indicate 
the degree of suitability of an area for wildlife 
habitation. Interspersion and juxtaposition maps are used 
with restrictive factors, availability of water, slope of the 
terrain, remoteness from anthropogenic structures to 
stratify existing landscape structures. Habitat suitability 
is modelled using spatial (derived from remote sensing) 
and non-spatial (field data) information. Successful 
habitat analysis leads to the management of habitat 
holistically (Roy et al., 1995).