The forestry sector in India is being re-defined with a growing emphasis on poverty alleviation and livelihood opportunities, while at the same time ensuring sustainable management and use of forest resources. The current trend in forest management is towards greater people's participation and involvement of the multi-stakeholders dependent on the forests. This report analyses the various factors related to sustainable forest management.

Massive forest fires

Drought, floods cause massive damage; scientists debate climate change link

The haze in south east Asia, annually triggered by Indonesia's forest fires, acquired an alarming intensity recently

There is little question that global warming would increase the risk of wildfires by drying out vegetation and stirring the winds that spread fire. Until recently, however, land managers were unable to formulate appropriate responses because the spatial scales of predictions were far too coarse.

nagaland is dealing with the problem of jungle burning in a novel manner. The state government is penalising villagers for any such incident, even if they are not directly involved in setting the fires. This is forcing the latter to be more vigilant and the government claims the crime has reduced considerably.

Forest fires, tribal discontent in Melghat Tiger reserve

High-temporal resolution meteorological output from the Parallel Climate Model (PCM)is used to assess changes in wildland fire danger across the western United States due to climatic changes projected in the 21st century. A business-as-usual scenario incorporating changing greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations until the year 2089 is compared to a 1975

Forest fires a recurring problem across the country

Here are some of the different uses of the forest fires that raged in southern California, USA, this month: The Washington Post reported that the fire whipped the us Senate into granting preliminary bipartisan approval to a bill that aims to expand fore

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