Satellite aid to contain bush fires
Satellite aid to contain bush fires
03 December 2012
published by http://in.news.yahoo.com
Canada — Silchar — The Centre has decided that the forest cover in Mizoram will be monitored through satellite imagery to deal with bush fires, which break out during winter and summer months.
According to forest department sources in Aizawl, the bush fires wreak havoc for miles and also take a toll on human lives.
Rosiama Vanchhong, the principal chief conservator of forests in the state, said last night that the forest department authorities had no other alternative.
Satellite imaging will be used to spot the wildfires and then adopt measures to prevent their spread.
Senior officials of the fire and emergency department said 288 outbreaks have been reported between January and November this year and seven persons, including two farmers, have been killed in the fires.
The damage to property is estimated to be Rs 17.13 crore.
Vanchhong said jungle fires generally occur because at least 70 per cent among them use the slash and burn type of cultivation, and often use fire to clear the lands for farming.
He said in order to persuade the farmers to give up jhum cultivation, the government launched a scheme, New Land Use Police, to provide incentives and promote alternative forms of horticulture.
The Young Mizo Association is spearheading the campaign.
Sources said each year, forest fires damage between 400 and 600 square km of forest areas.
The failure was in the forest areas.Advertisement
Following a 10-year strategy, ACT fire managers have created a mosaic across the landscape of different fuel levels, burning at every opportunity.
But forests have been too wet to burn this spring and the past two summers.
Read more:http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/red-alert-for-high-risk-of-fires-20121118-29koa.html#ixzz2CmafUgo3
The failure was in the forest areas.Advertisement
Following a 10-year strategy, ACT fire managers have created a mosaic across the landscape of different fuel levels, burning at every opportunity.
But forests have been too wet to burn this spring and the past two summers.
Read more:http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/red-alert-for-high-risk-of-fires-20121118-29koa.html#ixzz2CmafUgo3
The failure was in the forest areas.Advertisement
Following a 10-year strategy, ACT fire managers have created a mosaic across the landscape of different fuel levels, burning at every opportunity.
But forests have been too wet to burn this spring and the past two summers.
Read more:http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/red-alert-for-high-risk-of-fires-20121118-29koa.html#ixzz2CmafUgo3
Two summers of unprecedented rain and unusually cool temperatures have left a large fuel load of grass and unburnt forest areas in and around Canberra.
A network of 500 fire trails and strategic burns along the north-west urban edge, heavy grazing and extra grass slashing will create a fortress for the territory which forecasters say faces a higher than average risk this summer.
After a fire-fuelled tornado in January 2003 killed four Canberrans and frightened thousands more, CSIRO fire expert Phil Cheney told the subsequent inquiry the fire’s penetration into urban areas under extreme conditions did not reflect a failure of fuel management on the urban interface.
Read more:http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/red-alert-for-high-risk-of-fires-20121118-29koa.html#ixzz2CmaXNjum
The failure was in the forest areas.Advertisement
Following a 10-year strategy, ACT fire managers have created a mosaic across the landscape of different fuel levels, burning at every opportunity.
But forests have been too wet to burn this spring and the past two summers.
