Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is an information technology that has been used in public policy-mating for environmental and forest planning and decision-making over the past two decades. GIS integrates hardware, software. and data for capturing managing. analyzing. and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.

Forest management has become more complex as there are now multiple objectives to attain. as well as multiple criteria and constraints to address. This makes GIS an important tool in decision-making during policy formulation, planning and management. It can be established to provide crucial information about resources and can make planning and management of resources easier. e.g.. recording and updating resource inventories, harvest estimation and planning. ecosystem management and landscape and habitat planning .

The composition and viability of a forest may be determined using a combination of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). GIS uses different levels of geographical information, such as elevation, hydrology, or the location of roads and infrastructure, to create a multi-layered representation of a site. This data is available for large areas, and it can be interpreted to provide information.