01574pab a2200205 454500008004000000100001900040245005200059260000900111300001500120362000800135520095200143650000901095650004301104650002501147650001701172773004401189909001101233999001901244952010501263180718b2018   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVasudeva, S.P.  aDisastrous forest fires: management and control  c2018  ap.237-253.  aJun  aForest fires are the most common hazard in forests causing havoc with biodiversity. Forest fires may occur naturally; however, about 80 per cent of forest fires in the world are caused by human beings. Forest Survey of India estimates that about half of the country?s forests are affected by fire. The negative effects of forest fires override the beneficial effects requiring their strategic management. Management of forest fires through the disaster management continuum would lead to systematic tackling with better results. Involvement of communities with their viewpoint in devising strategy for forest fire prevention and control is required. Integrated approach incorporating ecological, economic, social, cultural and religious considerations, and rational knowledge of local people through consultative process to be considered by a fully accountable nodal department would go a long way in managing this disastrous menace. - Reproduced.  aSDGS  aNational disaster management authority  aForest fires - India  aForest fires  aIndian Journal of Public Administration  a117329  c117323d117323  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 64, Issue no: 2pAR117789r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR