Ajay Malik

Wildfires in Northern States: a Case Study of Uttranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana Ajay Malik

Forest are not only trees and wildlife, Forests play an important and most vital role for the survival of humanity from its birth to till death, but we are giving step motherly treatment to our Forests. So before it is too late or situation reaches beyond our control, we must be serious to save mother earth via protecting Forests. Wildfires is an uncontrolled fire that occurs in the wilderness, other names such as brush fire, bush fire, grass fire, hills fire, Forest fires, peat fire, vegetation fire and wild land fire may be used to describe the same phenomenon. Also, there is widespread concern about the loss of biodiversity, effects on atmospheric chemistry, and increase in surface Alberto and water runoff due to biomass burning. In addition to the environmental impacts of fire, the annual economic losses resulting from fire in India are estimated to be about Rs 440 crores. Most forest fires in India are anthropological and are caused, for example, the shifting cultivating practices, controlled burning, deforestation and firewood burning. The conventional method of the fire prevention and detection include an elaborate network of fire lines , fires watch towers, block lines etc.