{"id":145006,"date":"2022-04-12T10:29:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T04:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=145006"},"modified":"2022-04-12T10:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T04:59:57","slug":"forest-fires-increased-in-past-20-years-council-on-energy-environment-and-water-raises-serious-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=145006","title":{"rendered":"Forest Fires Increased In Past 20 Years: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Raises Serious Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"2a6a8c3593e6620bd92d71f585bdd19b\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NEW RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2960496911\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>A study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has found that within the past 20 years the intensity and frequency of forest fires, moreover as a rise within the number of months during which forest fires occur, have increased.<\/p>\n<p>The study titled \u2018Managing Forest Fires in an exceedingly Changing Climate\u2019\u00a0found that within the past 20 years there has been a ten-fold increase in forest fires.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com\/indiatoday\/images\/story\/201605\/fire_647_050216042217.jpg?size=1200:675\" alt=\"Uttarakhand forest fire: Worst fires that wiped out almost entire cities - Education Today News\" \/><br \/>\nThe study has also found that over 62% of the states in India are at risk of high-intensity forest fires. Significant and potential forest fires, within the last month, are reported in Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan.<\/p>\n<p>The recent Sariska Tiger Reserve fire in Rajasthan was also reported to be unseasonal, with high temperatures causing the fireplace to spread. The CEEW study has found that the states of Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and therefore the north-eastern states barring Sikkim are most susceptible to high-intensity forest fires because of rapid temperature change.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, a Forest Survey of India in it&#8217;s report stated that in India 36 percent of the forest cover falls in forest fire-prone zones which is itself a powerful statement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/caldor-fire-california.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Warmer Nights Are Adding Fuel to Nighttime Fires - Eos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As far the study is concerned according to this study of the CEEW, over 75% of the districts in India are hotspots for extreme climate events, and over 30 percent of districts are hotspots for extreme forest fires. In the last 20 years, Mizoram has had the very best number of fire incidences. Over 95% of the districts of the state are fire hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>This study also reported that the sooner flood-prone districts of India have now become drought-prone. this is often because of a climate change-related swapping trend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/09111756\/gettyimages-1167455728.jpg?crop=16:9,smart&amp;width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;upscale=true\" alt=\"Area of Amazon affected by wildfires predicted to grow by 2050 | New Scientist\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The report has recommended as well as suggested that forest fires should be treated as \u201cnatural disasters\u201d and must be included under the National Disaster Management Authority so they will be properly managed. However, a collective approach is required at this point in time.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has found that within the past 20 years the intensity and frequency of forest fires, moreover as a rise within the number of months during which forest fires occur, have increased. The study titled \u2018Managing Forest Fires in an exceedingly Changing Climate\u2019\u00a0found that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":145019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[{"category_id":36,"category_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?cat=36","category_name":"Article"},{"category_id":4344,"category_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?cat=4344","category_name":"Environment"},{"category_id":511,"category_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?cat=511","category_name":"Latest News"}],"tags":[{"tag_id":2217,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=andhra-pradesh","tag_name":"Andhra Pradesh"},{"tag_id":2901,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=assam","tag_name":"Assam"},{"tag_id":3544,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=chhattisgarh","tag_name":"Chhattisgarh"},{"tag_id":4339,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=council-on-energy","tag_name":"Council on Energy"},{"tag_id":4340,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=environment-and-water-ceew","tag_name":"Environment and Water (CEEW)"},{"tag_id":1845,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=madhya-pradesh","tag_name":"madhya pradesh"},{"tag_id":2071,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=maharashtra","tag_name":"Maharashtra"},{"tag_id":1911,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=odisha","tag_name":"ODISHA"},{"tag_id":1107,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=telangana","tag_name":"telangana"},{"tag_id":1543,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=uttarakhand","tag_name":"Uttarakhand"}],"class_list":["post-145006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-environment","category-latest-news","tag-andhra-pradesh","tag-assam","tag-chhattisgarh","tag-council-on-energy","tag-environment-and-water-ceew","tag-madhya-pradesh","tag-maharashtra","tag-odisha","tag-telangana","tag-uttarakhand"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Forest Fires Increased In Past 20 Years: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Raises Serious Concerns - Alive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=145006\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forest Fires Increased In Past 20 Years: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Raises Serious Concerns - Alive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has found that within the past 20 years the intensity and frequency of forest fires, moreover as a rise within the number of months during which forest fires occur, have increased. 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