Active forest fire monitoring using satellite data has been carried out from 2006 as part of the Disaster Management Support Programme of ISRO. The activity provides timely information on fires to State Forest Departments across India for forest fire control and management activities.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/monitoring-forest-fires-space-%E2%80%93-isro%E2%80%99s-initiative-near-real-time-monitoring-recent
[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/110/11/2057.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/chandra-shekhar-jha
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rajashekar-gopalakrishnan
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kiran-chand-thumaty-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/isro
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics
