Around 1,090 incidents were caused due to slash-and- burn ''jhum'' cultivation and only 210 were due to natural causes, they said
Indian Army assisted forest authorities in controlling forest fire near Chillipam Monastery, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
The fire on the Dzukou range is under total control but all operations will continue, a Nagaland forest officer said on Friday
Forest fires have been increasing across the globe and over 2.56 lakh hectare land in India has been affected by it in 2019 as reported by states, the environment ministry informed Lok Sabha.
More than 12,000 firefighters aided by helicopters and air tankers are battling wildfires throughout California
Since December, evidence has strongly suggested that something wild infected humans with the virus at one such market in central Wuhan
New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney's northwestern outskirts
Ambiguity in the definition of forests should be removed
Changing weather patterns and urgent need to cut down emissions drastically will dominate discussions
Over 20 people have lost their lives so far
Authorities redoubled their efforts to provide supplies and repatriate thousands of people who have been trapped by fire lines in coastal towns for several days
Twenty-four people have been killed since the start of this year's wildfire season.
By late evening, Victoria had 14 fires rated at emergency or evacuate warning levels, and New South Wales had 11 rated emergency, with more than 150 others burning across the states
Morrison called off his four-day visit to India from January 13 due to the devastating bush fires in several parts of his country
About 5 million hectares of land have burned nationwide over the past few months, with nine people killed and more than 950 homes destroyed
As this year draws to a close, we take a look at the extreme weather events that hit India in 2019 and their impacts.
In 2018 and 2017, the highest number of forest fires were reported in Odisha at 31,680 and 36,827, respectively
Pope Francis added his voice to the chorus of concern, warning that the lung of forest is vital for our planet
President Jair Bolsonaro's senior foreign policy adviser tweeted a long English language thread defending Brazil's record on Amazon deforestation and attacking media coverage
The annual mean temperature in India has increased by 1.2 degree Celsius since the beginning of the 20th century, according to an analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)