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Fiery Forests: 800 hectares turn to ash [1]

Ranchi: The forests of Jharkhand are on fire.

Abetted by the relentless summer heat, more than 800 hectares of forest has been reduced to ashes since March in the state where the total forest cover at present stands at 23,605sq km.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Forest Fires [4], Palamau NP [5], Tiger Reserves [6], Geographical Information Systems (GIS) [7], Jharkhand [8]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/fiery-forests-800-hectares-turn-ash
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-ranchi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/palamau-np
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-reserves
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geographical-information-systems-gis
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand