Forest fire mitigation by social economic development of local communities using pine needle as potential fuel
by Pankaj Verma; Kushal Sharma; Abhay Mahajan; Rishi Sharma
International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Vol. 34, No. 1, 2024

Abstract: Presently around the globe, bushfire is becoming a severe problem for the forest and its ecology. Countries like Australia have faced major bushfire accidents in the beginning of 2020, in which an estimated 18.6 million hectares area have been affected causing damage to 5,600 homes beside the tree lines and destroying forest cover that requires decades to heal. One of the major causes of these bushfire accidents is biomass present on the floor of the forest. To prevent forests from fire caused by dry pine needles, dry leaves and all the waste products of trees need to be removed from the forest floor. The study has been taken to investigate a possibility to develop an environment in which local communities utilise produced biomass as an instrument of livelihood by converting it into a suitable product through waste to energy route.

Online publication date: Mon, 03-Jun-2024

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