Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
Nearly 1,500 firefighters Monday evening battled a rapidly spreading fire in the steep forests east of Sacramento, one of 11 major wildfires burning in California. The King Fire in El Dorado County swept through an estimated 8,600 acres, a jump from the 3,900 acres reported earlier in the day, and …
Singapore's air pollution rose to unhealthy levels on Monday, the National Environment Agency said, as winds changed direction and brought in light smoke from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia. Singapore is in the middle of its "haze" season, when smoke from forest clearing in Indonesia traditionally chokes the air, but …
This paper presents a quantitative assessment of adaptation options in the context of forest fires in Europe under projected climate change. A standalone fire model (SFM) based on a state-of-the-art large-scale forest fire modelling algorithm is used to explore fuel removal through prescribed burnings and improved fire suppression as adaptation …
This paper presents a quantitative assessment of adaptation options in the context of forest fires in Europe under projected climate change. A standalone fire model (SFM) based on a state-of-the-art large-scale forest fire modelling algorithm is used to explore fuel removal through prescribed burnings and improved fire suppression as adaptation …
Forests store large amounts of carbon in forest biomass, and this carbon can be released to the atmosphere following forest disturbance or management. In the western US, forest fuel reduction treatments designed to reduce the risk of high severity wildfire can change forest carbon balance by removing carbon in the …
The U.S. Forest Service said on Wednesday it would sell thousands of trees burned in last year's devastating wildfire around Yosemite National Park to loggers in an effort to reduce fuel for future blazes and stimulate the regional economy. In a draft decision, the agency said it planned to allow …
Greece is receiving support through the European Union (EU)'s Civil Protection Mechanism to fight the forest fires raging in the central part of the country, a EU statement said Tuesday. "Forest fires are a risk we face every summer and this year is no exception. We will continue to support …
The state government has made a policy on the prevention of forest fires and measures will be taken in this regard. This was stated by the state government before the National Green Tribunal (NGT). It further said nearly half an hour was needed before satellite messages could be converted into …
Summer heatwaves and downpours have become more frequent in the northern hemisphere this century, apparently because extreme weather can get trapped for weeks in the same place in a warming world, a study showed on Monday. Disruptions to the jet stream, which forms huge meandering waves as it blows at …
When the smoke cleared from a new wildfire threatening the small Columbia River Gorge community of Rowena, area residents glimpsed an even less-welcome sight – a line of flames visible from the city of the Dalles, about six miles away. After the fire made a run along the river Wednesday …
Sweden estimates that wood valued at as much as 600 million kronor ($87 million) was destroyed in the country’s largest forest fire in modern times as fire-fighters managed to contain the spread of the blaze. The Swedish Forest Agency estimates that the affected area contains some 2.37 million cubic meters …
Indonesia's complex rules on land use and the difficulty in prosecuting foreign businesses mean Singapore has its work cut out bringing companies to book under its new cross-border air pollution law. The bill, approved by parliament on Tuesday, has won praise from politicians and environmentalists as a bold move to …
Sydney experienced the first sooty taste summer on Wednesday as the NSW Rural Fire Service conducted a spate of hazard reduction burns to prepare for the early onset fire season it says it is not prepared for. A grey haze seeped across the city's skies as suburbs around Lindfield bore …
Europe's forests have experienced increased disturbances throughout the 20th Century from wind, bark beetles and wildfires, a study has shown. A team of European-based scientists identified climatic changes as a "key driver behind this increase". However, they added, how the expected continuation of climate change would affect Europe's forests in …
One person has died and hundreds have been evacuated, authorities said on Tuesday, in Sweden's biggest forest fire in modern times as the six-day-old blaze spread across east-central areas of the Nordic country. Several villages in the Vastmanland region were evacuated on Monday and the County Administrative Board warned the …
The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Rockefeller Foundation are starting a $100 million project to prepare vulnerable communities for climate-caused humanitarian disasters before they happen. The initiative, which will start in Africa’s Sahel region and be announced today at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, is aimed at …
When it comes to wildfires, carbon dioxide is not the sole problem. The black and brown carbon, which are also released in biomass burning, cause much more global warming per unit weight. A new study by Stanford University Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mark Z Jacobson indicates that burning biomass …
Nearly 1,000 acres of forest were destroyed by fire during the last month in various parts of the country. The Forest Department and Wildlife Department of officials complain that they are badly handicapped by a severe shortage of staff and vehicles to carry out their duties and functions. More than …
The wind-swept fire burned more than 3,000 acres (1,200 ha), destroying five residences and two outbuildings and causing one minor injury, said Lynne Tolmachoff, spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). The fire is centered about 5 miles (8 km) north of the town of …
The total forest area of the Tarai region has declined by 32,000 hectares, at an annual rate of 0.44 percent in the last two decades, according to the findings of the latest national -level forest inventory. The Tarai Forest Resource Assessment prepared by the Department of Forest Research and Survey …
