Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India

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dc.creatorMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2018-07-17T14:53:03Z
dc.date2018-07-17T14:53:03Z
dc.date2018-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:41:46Z
dc.descriptionFire 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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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333281529301442991/Forests-and-fire-strengthening-prevention-and-management-in-India
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30013
dc.identifier10.1596/30013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409335
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectFOREST FIRES
dc.subjectFIRE PREVENTION
dc.subjectFIRE SUPPRESSION
dc.subjectFIRE DETECTION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION
dc.titleStrengthening Forest Fire Management in India
dc.typeReport
dc.typeRapport
dc.typeInforme

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