Increasing forest fires: An emergency for India to look into
Forest fire in simple term means burning (acres of land) of forest, bushland, vegetation and agricultural land killing thousands of animals and birds along with their living habitat. It is also known as wildfires. It could be human-made as well as natural (due to scorching heat and temperature). In India, According to Global Forest Watch , there have been t he peak fire season typically begins in early March and lasts around 9 weeks. There were 24,058 VIIRS fire alerts reported between 4th of May 2020 and 26th of April 2021 considering high confidence alerts only VIIRS - (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) , it has the latest fire monitoring product called FIRMS (Fire Information For Resource Management System), which further provides near real time images. In other words, it is specialized in detecting fire worldwide. It includes the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging...