Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India

Fire has been a part of India’s landscape since time immemorial and can play a vital role in healthy forests, recycling nutrients, helping tree species regenerate, removing invasive weeds and pathogens, and maintaining habitat for some wildlife. Oc...

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Main Authors:	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	FORESTRY FOREST FIRES FIRE PREVENTION FIRE SUPPRESSION FIRE DETECTION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333281529301442991/Forests-and-fire-strengthening-prevention-and-management-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30013

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spelling	okr-10986-300132021-06-14T10:07:03Z Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India World Bank FORESTRY FOREST FIRES FIRE PREVENTION FIRE SUPPRESSION FIRE DETECTION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION Fire has been a part of India’s landscape since time immemorial and can play a vital role in healthy forests, recycling nutrients, helping tree species regenerate, removing invasive weeds and pathogens, and maintaining habitat for some wildlife. Occasional fires can also keep down fuel loads that feed larger, more destructive conflagrations, but as populations and demands on forest resources have grown, the cycle of fire has spun out of balance. Large areas of degraded forest are now subject to burning on an annual or semi-annual basis. As these fires are no longer beneficial to forest health, India is increasingly wrestling with how to improve the prevention and management of unwanted forest fires. India is not alone in facing this challenge. Forest fires have become an issue of global concern. In many other countries, wildfires are burning larger areas, and fire seasons are growing longer due to a warming climate (Jolly et al 2015). With growing populations in and around the edges of forests, more lives and property is now at risk from fire. About 670,000 k 2018-07-17T14:53:03Z 2018-07-17T14:53:03Z 2018-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333281529301442991/Forests-and-fire-strengthening-prevention-and-management-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30013 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia India
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description	Fire has been a part of India’s landscape since time immemorial and can play a vital role in healthy forests, recycling nutrients, helping tree species regenerate, removing invasive weeds and pathogens, and maintaining habitat for some wildlife. Occasional fires can also keep down fuel loads that feed larger, more destructive conflagrations, but as populations and demands on forest resources have grown, the cycle of fire has spun out of balance. Large areas of degraded forest are now subject to burning on an annual or semi-annual basis. As these fires are no longer beneficial to forest health, India is increasingly wrestling with how to improve the prevention and management of unwanted forest fires. India is not alone in facing this challenge. Forest fires have become an issue of global concern. In many other countries, wildfires are burning larger areas, and fire seasons are growing longer due to a warming climate (Jolly et al 2015). With growing populations in and around the edges of forests, more lives and property is now at risk from fire. About 670,000 k
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author	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India World Bank
author_facet	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India World Bank
author_sort	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
title	Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India
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title_full	Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India
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title_full_unstemmed	Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333281529301442991/Forests-and-fire-strengthening-prevention-and-management-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30013
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Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India

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