The frequency and severity of extreme wildfires are on the rise in the United States, causing unprecedented disruption and increasingly challenging the country’s capacity to contain losses and damages.
This report includes the analysis of forest fires in Andhra Pradesh, which has immense importance in creation of a healthy forest. This, coupled with analysis of forest cover in protected areas and Vana
Forest fires are being controlled in Tamil Nadu with the help of satellite data, forest officials say. Thanks to the availability of data on forest fires, it can be downloaded and overlaid with the administrative map of the forests to point the exact location in which it occurs. Talking about the facility, a senior forest official said active fire spots were detected using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-Radiometer Sensors (MODIS) and the data is available on a daily basis for the entire world on the ‘Fire Information for Resource Management Systems’ website.
The forest department has planted 16.43 lakh trees and raised 17.46 lakh plants in its nurseries under Compensatory Aforestation Management Planning Authority (CAMPA) in six divisions of Chenab Forest
Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has topped a global list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming decades, while Indian metropolis Kolkata is ranked seventh, Mumbai eighth and Delhi at
Dhaka has been ranked the top city in the world to face the highest climate change risks in the coming years. The Bangladesh capital came top in the ranking of 50 cities by Maplecroft, a British firm
The ongoing eco-restoration programme at Sohra, under which eleven lakh saplings were planted, faces a constant threat from forest fires that are common in the hills of the State. The saplings were planted in order to preserve the ecology of the Sohra plateau and the six-year-old project sanctioned by the Centre in 2010-11 under special plan assistance at a total cost of Rs 87.16 crore aims at addressing issues like enhancement of soil moisture, identification of critical areas for immediate restoration of degraded soil and tackling water crisis during drier months.
India is planning to launch 58 space missions, including sending spacecraft to Moon and Mars, an exclusive satellite to keep a round-the-clock watch on the country and deploy hundreds of transponders in
Forests in the American west are under attack from giant fires, climate change and insect outbreaks. Some ecosystems will never be the same.
Biomass burning (BB) contributes large amounts of black carbon (BC) and particulate organic matter (POM) to the atmosphere and contributes significantly to the earth’s radiation balance. BB particles can
Carbon offsetting is a fraught science, but there are schemes that have additional benefits beyond their carbon-mitigation value.
