Tamil Nadu Treepedia – an Android app developed by Tamil Nadu Forest Department under the Tamil Nadu Innovative Initiatives Scheme(TANII). This application focuses on making the choice of tree species for plantation more easier. It provides a variety of options to farmers, home gardeners, industries and individuals to choose the right tree species for their requirement. The main objective of this application is to guide them with the plantation technique and post plantation care. Beneficiaries can use the various facilities available in this application to narrow down to the right tree species which will suit their requirement under the options like “Choose by Tree Species”, “Choose by Tree type”, “Choose by Location” and “Tree Finder”.

Trees play an important role in ecosystem and they provide a range of products and services to rural and urban people. The need of increasing the tree cover is realized with the advent of the increasing global environmental issues. India is pioneering in the large scale plantation activities under various national and state level schemes to increase the tree cover outside the forests. We are aware of the concepts of Social Forestry, Agro forestry, Farm Forestry and Urban Forestry which are in lime light these days, though these practices were existing since our ancient days.