"Nationwide Assessment of Forest Burnt Area in India using Resourcesat-2 AWiFS Data." Current Science 112, no. 7: 1521-1532.Reddy CS, Jha CS, Manaswini G, Alekhya VVLP, Pasha SV, Satish KV, Diwakar PG, Dadhwal VK. Nationwide assess- ment of forest burnt area in India using ...
(1,931 square miles) are at least partially logged each year. In addition, each yearfiresburn an area about half as large as the areas that are cleared. Even when the forest is not entirely cleared, what remains is often a patchwork of forests and fields or, in the event of more ...
After a collision this past April in Odisha state that killed four elephants, Indian Railways lowered speed limits to as low as 18mph in several areas in the country's east (4) Beginning late last year, railways officials in the east have fixed a kind of equipment s that loudly broadcast...
Bamboo, the fastest growing plant, is estimated to cover 8.96 million ha of the total 63.3 million ha forest area of India. The plant is intricately associated with humans from times immemorial. Though popularly known for industrial usage, a lesser known fact of bamboos is the utilization of ...
An area of forest the size of India will be lost by 2050 unless carbon pricing and anti-deforestation policies are put in place. That is the primary finding of a new study carried out by researchers from the Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, and the University of Wisconsin-Madi...
According to the latest assessment of the Forest Survey of India, the net annual loss of forests is estimated to be 99,850 ha during the period 2007-2009, even though the total area under forests has increased. The REDD+ mechanism aims to provide financial incentives for reducing deforestation...
About one fifth of India's total area is classified as wasteland with estimated biomass productivity of less than 20% of their overall potential. Re-vegetation of wasteland can be one way to reclaim the productivity and restore the carbon storage in the soils This thesis combines five separate...
(1,931 square miles) are at least partially logged each year. In addition, each yearfiresburn an area about half as large as the areas that are cleared. Even when the forest is not entirely cleared, what remains is often a patchwork of forests and fields or, in the event of more ...
Sundarbans, vast tract of forest and saltwater swamp forming the lower part of the Padma (Ganges [Ganga])-Brahmaputra River delta in southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, and southern Bangladesh. The tract extends approximately 160 miles (2
In March, the same leopard is suspected to have killed a four-year-old child in the area. Leopards and other big cats have been known to stray into populated areas in India, and conservationists have warned that such confrontations may increase as humans encroach on animal habitats.Editor...