Shimla, July 28 -- Himachal Pradesh has become one of the first states in the country to develop an integrated artificial intelligence (AI) enabled ecological decision-support system for forest restoration, launching two digital platforms, 'WhereToPlant' and 'WhatToPlant' to improve plantation success, strengthen disaster resilience and promote evidence-based environmental governance.

The AI-powered systems have been developed by the Himachal Pradesh government to assist forest officials, local communities and farmers in scientifically identifying suitable plantation sites and selecting native tree species most likely to survive under local ecological conditions.

The initiative comes at a time when the Himalayan state has been witnessin...