Forests

Three hundred and twenty-fourth report on status of forests in India

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests has urged the environment ministry to take stringent steps to curb the illegal felling of trees. No action plans was prepared by the ministry to control illegal cutting of trees.

Publication Date: 
12/02/2019
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Forest Fires, Forest Policy, Afforestation, India, Parliament, Trees
Climate Change

Americans’ climate change concerns surge to record levels, poll shows

Americans’ concerns about climate change have surged to record levels, new polling shows, following a year marked by devastating storms, wildfires and increasingly dire warnings from scientists.

Publication Date: 
23/01/2019
Guardian
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, United States Of America (US), Forest Fires, California, Hurricanes
Forests

Forest Fire Alert System 3.0 launched

Dehradun: A two-day pre-fire season workshop on forest fires conducted by Forest Survey of India (FSI) started here on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
17/01/2019
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Forest Fires, Forests
Forests

Telangana: Higher fire-risk zones worry forest officials

About 18,000 hectares of forest area was burnt last year.

Publication Date: 
10/01/2019
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Forests, NASA, Forest Fires
Forests

95 per cent forest fires are man-made

Hyderabad: A shocking 95 per cent of forest fires in Telangana state are said to be man-made.

Publication Date: 
10/01/2019
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Forest Fires, Tiger Reserves, Timber Industry, Forests
Forests

Habiganj forest fire burns down 38,000 trees

Some 38,000 trees have been burned down in a devastating fire that broke at a reserve forest at Jagdishpur in Madhabpur upazila on Saturday.

Publication Date: 
07/01/2019
Daily Sun (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, South Asia, Forest Fires, Trees
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Fire, 04/01/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Fire, 04/01/2019. Forest Fires occur every year during summer due to various natural and anthropogenic reasons including accumulation of inflammable materials such as dry leaves, twigs, pine needles etc. Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun, disseminates the satellite based forest fire alerts to the State Forest Departments and other registered users whenever forest fires are detected. The details of forest fire alerts issued to all State/ Union Territory Forest Departments during the last three years is given in Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Friday, January 4, 2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Forest Fires, Forest Management, India, Statistics, Parliament
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: 
01/01/2019
Forest Survey of India
Tags:
Forest Fires, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Forest Resources, India
Forests

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Fire, 28/12/2018

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Fire, 28/12/2018. The Ministry supports the efforts of State/Union Territory Governments in prevention and control of forest fire by providing financial assistance under the Centrally Sponsored Forest Fire Prevention and Management (FPM) Scheme.

Publication Date: 
Friday, December 28, 2018
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Forest Fires, India, Statistics, Parliament
Forests

California wildfire that killed at least 85 people fully contained

The deadliest wildfire in California history that destroyed the mountain town of Paradise and killed at least 85 people was 100 percent contained on Sunday, according to state fire officials.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2018
Reuters
Tags:
United States Of America (US), California, Forest Fires

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