How Damaging are the Forest Fires for the Environment?

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The recent fires in australia were caused due to extreme temperature and draught, 11 million hectares (110,000 sq km or 27.2 million acres) of bush, forest and parks across Australia has burned.

The fires in the Amazon region in 2019 were unprecedented in their destruction. Thousands of fires had burned more than 7,600 square kilometres by October that year.Yet the degradation of the Amazon rainforest has profound consequences from climate change to global health.

Forest Fires, are common and rampant during summers. There are many wrong notions and misunderstandings amongst the villagers regarding the fires. Natural forest fires can not occur in India as the temperatures do not go so high. That goes to conclude, all the fires are caused by humans. Many times deliberately and rest of the times due to human negligence.

Forests are the lungs of the world, they provide oxygen to humans, besides the habitat and food to millions of creatures , visible and non visible to the eyes. 

When we set a fire, we take away the habitat from those millions and kill many. 
A forest ecosystem takes 100's of years to establish itself, regenerate its own food and compost its own matter. 5 inch of soil takes close to 500years. A soil is live as long as it has bio activity and the microorganisms. Every time a fire is set the microorganisms fall pray and the cycle gets broken and the "Food web" gets disrupted, throwing the eco system off balance.

Let us be mindful and spread the message across.

Thank you.

Vaishali Gadgil
Founder - Shashwat Organics


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