Are Climate Extremities Changing Forest Fire Regimes in India? An Analysis Using MODIS Fire Locations During 2003–2013 and Gridded Climate Data of India Meteorological Department

Kale, Manish; Ramachandran, Reshma M.; Pardeshi, Satish N.; Chavan, Manoj; Joshi, P. K.; Pai, D. S.; Bhavani, P.; Ashok, Karumuri; Roy, P. S.

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“…Moreover, simultaneous multiple atmospheric extremes events for example, El Niño, drought and heat waves often result in severe compounding impacts and greatly increase the risk of forest fires (Jain, 2021 ). In India, since the ISM succeeds the forest fire season, a combination of factors such as a weak monsoon, severe heatwaves occurring in JJAS, and prolonged meteorological droughts are likely to impact not only the coming non‐fire season but the succeeding forest fire season as well (FSI, 2019 ; Ghatak et al., 2017 ; Kale et al., 2017 ). A good example is the 2009 drought, one of the three major droughts faced by India, in the last 100 years (Acharya et al., 2011 ).…”

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“…Satellite observation based thermal anomalies and active fire data sets are a convenient, easily accessible, and a reliable tool to provide long‐term continental to local scale fire information and to continuously monitor forest fires over various parts of the world (Giglio et al., 2009 , 2016 ; Jain, 2021 ; Kale et al., 2017 ; Littell et al., 2016 ; Yang et al., 2021 ). Even though attention towards the impact of forest fires in the tropics has greatly increased over the past few decades (Goldammer & Price, 1998 ; Saxena et al., 2021 ; Vadrevu et al., 2006 ), research on causes of forest fires in India along with their ecological, climatic and human health impacts is still limited.…”

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“…Even though attention towards the impact of forest fires in the tropics has greatly increased over the past few decades (Goldammer & Price, 1998 ; Saxena et al., 2021 ; Vadrevu et al., 2006 ), research on causes of forest fires in India along with their ecological, climatic and human health impacts is still limited. The fire season in the Indian subcontinent is spread over the dry months from February till June (FMAMJ), whereas remaining months of the year (JASONDJ) show little to no fire activity and are considered as the non‐fire season (FSI, 2020 ; Kale et al., 2017 ). Forests in India are of diverse types, but much focus remains on either Himalayan forest fires (Babu et al., 2016 ; Banerjee, 2021 ; Chandra, 2005 ; Kumar, Rajeevan, et al., 2013 ; Kumar, Sheikh, et al., 2013 ) or on forest fires caused by the practice of Jhum‐cultivation in north‐east India (Ahmad et al., 2018 ; Lamat et al., 2021 ; Puri et al., 2011 ).…”

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Investigation of Forest Fire Activity Changes Over the Central India Domain Using Satellite Observations During 2001–2020

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Forest fire is an increasingly common phenomenon that affects almost all forest types and biomes on earth, largely causing global to regional changes in the air quality, radiation budget, land-atmosphere interactions, nutrient cycles, and ecological balance (Bowman et al., 2011;Cochrane, 2009;Giglio et al., 2016). Recurrent fires also pose considerable threat to nearby residents who often suffer from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. In cases of massive forest fires, people are forced to evacuate or permanently relocate their homes. High fatalities of residents, firefighters, and fauna, severe air pollution ranging from few to thousands of kilometers, and huge economy losses from property damages, national park closures,

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“…Currently, there is a lack of species distribution models for species in the Eastern Ghats, and this is an important topic for future research. Further, climate could also extend the fire season, and/or change the frequency, extent, or intensity of fires (Kale et al, 2017). Currently, the long dry season makes it difficult for many tree species to recover from fire.…”

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Fire alters diversity, composition, and structure of dry tropical forests in the Eastern Ghats

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Fire is known to have dramatic consequences on forest ecosystems around the world and on the livelihoods of forest‐dependent people. While the Eastern Ghats of India have high abundances of fire‐prone dry tropical forests, little is known about how fire influences the diversity, composition, and structure of these communities. Our study aimed to fill this knowledge gap by examining the effects of the presence and the absence of recent fire on tropical dry forest communities within the Kadiri watershed, Eastern Ghats. We sampled plots with and without evidence of recent fire in the Eswaramala Reserve Forest in 2008 and 2018. Our results indicate that even though stem density increases in the recently burned areas, species richness is lower because communities become dominated by a few species with fire resistance and tolerance traits, such as thick bark and clonal sprouting. Further, in the presence of fire, the size structure of these fire‐tolerant species shifts toward smaller‐sized, resprouting individuals. Our results demonstrate that conservation actions are needed to prevent further degradation of forests in this region and the ecosystem services they provide.

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“…While the decadal number of droughts has not revealed any substantial changes, the number of districts affected by droughts has increased from 10 to 250. Prolonged droughts have occurred in different regions of India, for example in the early 2000s, the Western Ghats entered a period of drought, possibly as a result of global climatic change [16]. Also, the Indian sub-continent and the Western Ghats receive a significant proportion of their annual rainfall from the south-west monsoon.…”

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Adapting to Climatic Extremes through Climate Resilient Industrial Landscapes: Building Capacities in the Southern Indian States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

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2022

Climate Change in Asia and Africa - Examining the Biophysical and Social Consequences, and Society's Responses

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There is now greater confidence and understanding of the consequences of anthropogenic caused climate change. One of the many impacts of climate change, has been the occurrence of extreme climatic events, recent studies indicate that the magnitude, frequency, and intensity of hydro-meteorological events such as heat waves, cyclones, droughts, wildfires, and floods are expected to increase several fold in the coming decades. These climatic extremes are likely to have social, economic, and environmental costs to nations across the globe. There is an urgent need to prepare various stakeholders to these disasters through capacity building and training measures. Here, we present an analysis of the capacity needs assessment of various stakeholders to climate change adaptation in industrial parks in two southern states of India. Adaptation to climate change in industrial areas is an understudied yet highly urgent requirement to build resilience among stakeholders in the Indian subcontinent. The capacity needs assessment was conducted in two stages, participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and focus group discussion (FGD) were conducted among various stakeholders to determine the current capacities for climate change adaptation (CCA) for both, stakeholders and functional groups. Our analysis indicates that in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, all stakeholder groups require low to high levels of retraining in infrastructure and engineering, planning, and financial aspects related to CCA. Our study broadly supports the need for capacity building and retraining of functionaries at local and state levels in various climate change adaptation measures; likewise industry managers need support to alleviate the impacts of climate change. Specific knowledge, skills, and abilities, with regard to land zoning, storm water management, developing building codes, green financing for CCA, early warning systems for climatic extremes, to name a few are required to enhance and build resilience to climate change in the industrial landscapes of the two states.

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Are Climate Extremities Changing Forest Fire Regimes in India? An Analysis Using MODIS Fire Locations During 2003–2013 and Gridded Climate Data of India Meteorological Department

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Investigation of Forest Fire Activity Changes Over the Central India Domain Using Satellite Observations During 2001–2020

Investigation of Forest Fire Activity Changes Over the Central India Domain Using Satellite Observations During 2001–2020

Fire alters diversity, composition, and structure of dry tropical forests in the Eastern Ghats

Adapting to Climatic Extremes through Climate Resilient Industrial Landscapes: Building Capacities in the Southern Indian States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

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