Ecology CLub

Induction Task
Group 27
Ankan Roy Anubhav Mehta

Shashant Vijay Dahidule Nikhil Vijaykumar

Mallemala Sai Charan Reddy Arun kumar

 Year No Of Fires
2012 1300

2013 18451

2014 19054

2015 61922

2016 65575

2017 71499

2018 1451

2019 1000

2020 46

According to the Scatter diagram the trend is decreasing. The no of forest

fires per year is decreasing
Dahidule Nikhil Vijaykumar
Prime Reasons For Forest Fires
There are two Prime reasons for forest Fires

Natural causes
Man-Made causes
● Large number of Forest Fires are caused by
● 90% of all Forest fires are man made Lightning
● Agriculture Stubble Burning ● Temperature: High temperature leads to
● Timber Smugglers lighting of debris in forests
● Carelessness with Campfires ● Wind: Fast moving winds help in spread of
fire
● Deliberate Arson
● Climate: It has caused increased surface
● Fireworks temperature and aids in fires.
● Scanty Rainfall leads to less moisture in air
Mitigation measures

● Man made forest fires are reduced by using metal in place of wood at
infrastructures
● Flammable debrises are regularly cleaned
● Fire Fighting equipments are kept handy
● Trees and plants are cut down in circumference to break forest fire path
● Avoid burning materials when weather is windy
● All spark creating wirings are properly insulated with mufflers
● Regular checking of systems and components in infrastructure
Effective solution viable for Uttarakhand
● Correcting a historical wrong, less plantation of pine trees which sucks out all
the groundwater leaving the entire area dry.
● Resolving the conflict between local and forest officers
● Reforestation of trees which increase the water retaining capacity of soil.
● Introduction of Forest Awareness programmes and maybe mass awareness
movements like “Chipko Movement” to increase forest awareness.
● More patrolling from the forest department to check miscreants.
● Controlling the climate change in Northern India in a proper way so that the air
is not conducive for fire spread.
References

● Chipko Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_movement#:~:text=The%20Chipko%20Andolan%20or%20the,Bhatt%2C%20Virushka%20
Devi%20and%20others.
● Forest Fire Management
https://nature4climate.org/science/n4c-pathways/forests/forest-fire-management/

● Nature or Locals: Who is to Blame for Uttarakhand Forest Fires?

https://www.thequint.com/news/environment/who-is-to-blame-for-uttarakhand-forest-fires

● Forest Fire Prevention

http://www.borealforest.org/world/innova/fire_prevention.htm#:~:text=Clear%20the%20area%20around%20the,waves%20appe
ar%20on%20open%20water.

● Wildfire Mitigation Strategies

https://www.nachi.org/wildfire-mitigation-strategies-inspection.htm
Thank YOU