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Palamau Tiger Reserve is located in the Palamu, Latehar and Garhwa district in the state of Jharkhand. The Reserve has a total area of 1,129.93 km 2 (436.27 sq mi) with a core area of 414.08 km 2 (159.88 sq mi) and a buffer area of 715.85 km 2 (276.39 sq mi).
Koderma Forest Division has 150.62 square kilometres (58.15 sq mi) as a reserved forest. The reserved forest area of Koderma district is declared as wild life sanctuary and is under administrative control of wild life division Hazaribagh. Koderma wildlife sanctuary consists of hilly ranges of dry deciduous forests and has plenty of rivulets.
Betla was one of the first national parks in India to become a tiger reserve under Project Tiger in 1974. [4] It was declared a national park in 1986. It is spread over 226.32 km 2 (87.38 sq mi) area in Palamu and Latehar district and is a part of Palamu Tiger Reserve, which comprises a total area of 1,129.93 km 2 (436.27 sq mi). [1]
Around 6,000 personnel from the Forest Department were deployed. As of 30 April 2016, 922 instances of fire were reported affecting around 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of forest area. [7] The Mi-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force with Helicopter bucket also known as bambi buckets, were used to douse the fires with water.
On 4 June 2022, a forest fire broke out in Ali Jan Capri area of Chakesar, a remote area of Shangla District, Pakistan, as a result of which a girl, two children and a woman were burnt to death while collecting firewood. [8] [9] [10] Some people have also been injured and they have been shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Chakesar. Rescue ...
Saranda forest is a dense forest in the hilly region of West Singhbhum, East Singhbhum, Saraikela district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. This area used to be the private hunting reserve of the Singh Deo family (the erstwhile rulers of Saraikela). The forest covers an area of 820 km². [1]
A forest ranger died battling a brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border Saturday night - as dangerous wildfires continue to wreak havoc across the tri-state region amid a historic drought.
[15] [18] Local residents stated to The Wire that forest fires are an annual phenomenon in the region but that in 2021, the scale of fire and extent of the spread were unprecedented. [ 20 ] Since early February, officials reported more than 3400 small-scale fires in the biosphere reserve, with 350 of these occurring inside the tiger reserve. [ 21 ]