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‘Reach out to local communities to prevent forest fires’ [1]

Advocacy group submits memorandum to the Forest Department

The Forest Department has been urged to hire people from the local communities as fire watchers in view of a prolonged dry season and the threat of forest fire in national parks. It has also been suggested that funding could be sought from State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority.

Publication Date: 
21/01/2013
R. Krishna Kumar [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Karnataka [4], Nagarahole NP [5], Forest Fires [6], Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA) [7], Wildlife [8], Forests [9]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/%E2%80%98reach-out-local-communities-prevent-forest-fires%E2%80%99
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/r-krishna-kumar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagarahole-np
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensatory-afforestation-fund-management-and-planning-authority-campa-0
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests