Rajasthan is the largest state of India experiencing recurrent forest fires. The present study determines forest burnt areas through remote sensing-based time series analysis. IRS P6 AWiFS satellite data covering March, April and May of six years (2005–2010) were used to cover all forest-fire events. The total forest burnt area was assessed as 53,023.5 ha in 2005; 44,681.5 ha in 2006; 57,689 ha in 2007; 89,655.2 ha in 2008; 199,837 ha in 2009 and 144,816 ha in 2010. Forest fires were observed only in the southern Aravallis.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/assessment-increasing-threat-forest-fires-rajasthan-india-using-multi-temporal
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-hari-krishna
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/c-sudhakar-reddy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/udaipur-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sirohi-d
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chittaurgarh-d
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajsamand-d
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/banswara-d
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dungarpur-d
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhilwara-d
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pali-d
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aravalli-range
