Remote Sensing in tune with Geographic Information System (GIS) has been successfully used for the protection and conservation of critically endangered plants and animals inhabiting the wild using habitat suitability models. Geographic data (terrain, forest cover, grassland, rivers, and soil types) along with ground collected field data (natural and anthropogenic data) yields potential wildlife habitat zones to be prioritized for conservation and protection.

Application of GIS Modeling has been successfully used to generate species specific Habitat Suitability map. Different natural and anthropogenic variables are considered into the modeling aspect. Raster based Arc-View program was chosen as the GIS software to implement the Habitat Suitability Map. Apart from this in-lab scenarios were created by altering the variables to generate model maps for different scenarios. This technique has been successful in identifying the potential and fragile habitats for a specific species.

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