These provide input for policy, developmental planning, monitoring and evaluation.

There is a pressing demand both at regional as well as national level to develop systematic inventory of the resources ando facilitate optimal balance between utilisation and conservation, through effective need assessment and planning. NST undertakes such activities.

NST with its expertise in the remote sensing technologies is capable of handling varied applications for Natural resources management.

Establishing a natural resources information system, around a GIS core, is key for most activitiees and NST has extensive capabilitiers for this.