Research Article | Published: 01 March 2008

Determining people’s participation in forest fire control: a study of Himachal Pradesh

Om Parkash and Ravinder Sharma

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 31 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 1-6 | 2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2008-87BLQB | Cite this article

Abstract

Among the different causes of forest fires, accidental causes result into more than 90 per cent fires followed by natural causes. Socio-economic factors, viz., land holding and social participation play an important role in the management of forest fires. This finding was further conformed by the regression analysis. However, education was found inversely related. The lack of interaction with forest department was reported as an important factor for the non-participation of the respondent in the forest fire control.

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Parkash, O. and Sharma, R., 2008. Determining people’s participation in forest fire control: a study of Himachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Forestry, 31(1), pp.1-6. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2008-87BLQB

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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2008

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