Wildlife

Forest fires forcing jumbos to flee

By Subhash Chandra NS, DH News Service, Bangalore:

The attempts to trace the roots of man-elephant conflict in the State has come out with an interesting finding.

Publication Date: 
08/12/2008
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Animal Care, Forest Fires, Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Karnataka
Climate Change

Impacts of Europe's changing climate

Global climate change is a reality. In Europe the most vulnerable regions are the Arctic, mountain areas, coastal zones and the Mediterranean. Key economic sectors, which will need to adapt include energy supply, health, water management, agriculture, forestry, tourism and transport.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
European Environment Agency
Tags:
Ecosystems, Alps, Agriculture, Water Quality, Health Effects, Forest Fires, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Climate Adaptation, Europe, Arctic
Forests

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in danger

DIBRUGARH, Nov 27: Despite news reports of forest dwellers cutting and burning down vast tracts of Dibru Saikhowa National Park, no one from the Forest Department has reportedly gone to investigate into the matter.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2008
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Villages, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Dibru-Saikhowa NP, Assam, Dibrugarh (D)
Forests

A community loses 500 homes to Californias fires

Solomon Moore & Rebecca Cathcart

Publication Date: 
18/11/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Fires, California
Forests

Borneo's moment of truth

The majestic forests are vanishing in smoke and sawdust, but there's still hope for the Borneo's fabled biodiversity

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Mel White
National Geographic
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Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Palm Oil, Tropical Forests, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Climate Change, Wildlife And People, Indonesia, Statistics

LA wildfire kills 2, forces evacuation

Los Angeles,

Two huge wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds burned into neighborhoods near Los Angeles, forcing frantic evacuations on smoke and traffic-choked highways, destroying homes and causing at least two deaths.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Fires, California
Forests

Deadly blazes rage in Los angeles

LOS ANGELES, (AFP) - - Firefighters braced for more unfavorable weather conditions as they made inroads in containing two wildfires blazing north of Los Angeles that killed one person and forced thousands to flee.
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Publication Date: 
15/10/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Fires, California
Natural Disasters

Wildfires Force Evacuations in L.A.

Fierce wildfires erupted in Southern California on Monday, leaving two people dead and heralding the start of the most intense period of the fire season here.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2008
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Forest Fires, United States Of America (US)
Wildlife

 Vanishing deer

deer population in Garhwal forest division of Pauri district of Uttarakhand has plummeted to a dangerous low. According to the division

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Shalini Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Fires, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Leopard, Rajaji NP, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Pauri Garhwal
Climate Change

Climate change, human activity and wildfires

Study published in Nature Geoscience in latest September edition says that climate change has been the main driver of global biomass burning for the past two millennia.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2008
University of Oregon
Tags:
Forest Fires, Climate Change, Biomass, Charcoal, United States Of America (US)

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