Forests

J&K fails to act on MoEF’s directives about preparation of Action Plan on Forest Fire

Inferno causes damage to nearly 60,000 kanals area in 3 yrs
No financial assistance received under Forest Mgmt Scheme

Publication Date: 
25/06/2019
Daily Excelsior (Jammu)
Tags:
Forest Fires, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Forest Management, Forests
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Fires, 21/06/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Fires, 21/06/2019. The details of forest fire incidents that occurred since January 2019 to 16th June,2019, as reported by Forest Survey of India, are as per Annexure–I. The Ministry has provided financial assistance to State/UT Governments affected by forest fire from the Forest Fire Prevention and Management Scheme. The amount disbursed to various states during the last three years (as on 31.03.2019) is given in Annexure-II.

Publication Date: 
Friday, June 21, 2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Forest Fires, India, Statistics, Forests, Parliament, Finance
Biodiversity

Contrasting human influences and macro-environmental factors on fire activity inside and outside protected areas of North America

Human activities threaten the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) in achieving their conservation goals across the globe. In this study, we contrast the influence of human and macro-environmental factors driving fire activity inside and outside PAs. Using area burned between 1984 and 2014 for 11 ecoregions in Canada and the United States, we built and compared statistical models of fire likelihood using the MaxEnt software and a set of 11 key anthropogenic, climatic, and physical variables. Overall, the full model (i.e.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2019
Nicolas Mansuy, Carol Miller, Marc-André Parisien
Environmental Research Letters
14
6
1-12
Tags:
Forest Fires, Protected Area Conservation, Canada, United States Of America (US)
Forests

NGT directs changes in central monitoring committee to tackle forest fire incidents

The National Green Tribunal has directed that the

Publication Date: 
30/05/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Fires, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Forests
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest fire control, 28/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/05/2019 regarding control of forest fires. Report filed by the MoEF&CC states that forest fire hotspots have been identified which are 74 in number based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) data. Satellite-based forest fire alerts are sent through sms/e-mails for effective measures.

Judgement Date: 
28/05/2019
Tags:
Forest Fires, India, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Forest Policy, Forest Conservation
Forests

Over 1,000 fires ravage 1,369 ha forest cover in U’khand

Haridwar: The Uttarakhand forest department has recorded a loss of Rs 23.59 lakh due to ravaging wildfires that have gutted 1369 hectares of forest cover in 1099 fire incidents till date in the sta

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Forest Fires, Wildlife, National Parks, Forests
Forests

NGT directs Environment Ministry to furnish report on forest fires

Following a plea raising concerns over incidents of forest fires in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, the National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the Union Environment Mini

Publication Date: 
07/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Fires, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Forests
Environment

2019 State of the Mountains Report

The 2019 State of the Mountains Report, continues a commitment by the ACC to provide accessible, current, and accurate information about the forces that affect Canadian mountain places, ecosystems, and communities.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2019
Alpine Club of Canada (ACC)
Tags:
Mountains, Ecosystems, Environment, Forest Fires, Canada
Forests

Dept braces up to check Kangra forest fires

With the onset of summer, the Forest Department in the district has geared up its machinery to check forest fires.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Forest Fires, Mobile Phone, Forests
Forests

Identification of fire prone forest areas based on GIS analysis of archived forest fire points detected in the last thirteen years

Forest fires cause large scale destruction of forest resources and biodiversity in the country every year. One forest fire incident may nullify all efforts of conservation and plantations done in the past several years.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2019
Forest Survey of India
Tags:
Forest Fires, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), India, Forests

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