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Fire & Soil (Paperback)
Richi Yadav, Mridula Negi, H. B. Vasistha
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Fire is a natural component of many ecosystems, which include
plants and animals that interact with one another and with their
physical environment. There is much yet to be learned about how
fire affects ecosystems. Each fire and each ecosystem has unique
properties. Fire alters the physical and chemical properties and
the microbial population of the soil. Though there are number of
studies available concerning to fire in natural forests and
grasslands, but studies related to fire in restored ecosystems
particularly in mined restored areas are very few. Sequential
development in vegetation communities, amelioration of site quality
with reference to soil fertility and microbial activities are
integral processes followed in restored ecosystem and how these
processes are deviated from its natural way in an event of fire is
a matter of great interest to the ecologists. Moreover, there have
been very few studies on soil microbial biomass so far in context
to mined areas especially in India so far. Present work is an
attempt made by the authors in this perspective.
Landslides are one of the catastrophic hazards that affect at least
15% land area of India exceeding 0.49 million km2. The Himalayan
Mountains has been witnessing the furry of nature for a long time.
Landslides are among one of the major and widely spread natural
disasters that strike life and property almost perennially year
after year. Large scale deforestation in recent decades has also
disturbed the sensitive areas in the Himalayas. Concentration of
human settlements and consequent logging, felling, grazing and
occasional fires have reduced the forest area to a great extent The
replacement of climax oak by pioneer pine has become a common and
ever increasing phenomenon in Himalaya. The role of native
vegetation is quite significant in prevention of landslides as well
as for stabilizing the landslide. The present book embodies the
bioengeinneing application and its role in mitigating and managing
the landslide hazardous. The book has mainly emphasized on the
bioengineering measures taken for recovery of catastrophic
Varunavat Landslide, which took place on September 24th, 2003 in
the Northern part of India and caused a massive socio-economic and
ecological devastation.
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