Forest Fires

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

Source: Lok Sabha

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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

Source: 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

Source: Lok Sabha

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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

Source: Reuters

Tags:

United States Of America (US), California, Forest Fires

Climate Change

Climate report Trump tried to bury: key findings No 1 – air pollution kills

Donald Trump doesn’t believe his own government’s major report on climate change – which the administration tried to bury over the Thanksgiving break.

Publication Date:

27/11/2018

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Forest Fires, Drought, WHO, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma

Forests

Fire and tree death: understanding and improving modeling of fire-induced tree mortality

Each year wildland fires kill and injure trees on millions of forested hectares globally, affecting plant and animal biodiversity, carbon storage, hydrologic processes, and ecosystem services. The underlying mechanisms of fire-caused tree mortality remain poorly understood, however, limiting the ability to accurately predict