Journal
CURRENT SCIENCE
Volume 111, Issue 2, Pages 398-403Publisher
INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.18520/cs/v111/i2/398-403
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Biomass collection; forest fire; pre-monsoon season; moisture conditions
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- project entitled 'Ecological implication of forest fires on chir-pine and oakpine mixed forest in Uttarakhand' - G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora
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Man-made forest fires in the traditionally populated zone (about 800-2000 m altitude) are common in much of the Central Himalaya, and are a major topic of environmental debate. This study based on an analysis of data of the State Forest Department at Uttarakhand on incidence of forest fires shows that these are high-frequency, low-severity surface fires of small size, largely determined by the moisture conditions of the pre-monsoon season (from March to mid-June), and the traditional practices of biomass collection by local people.
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