"Forest Fire in Uttarakhand Curse for Economy, Ecosystem & Human Being"

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Dr. Neelam Kanwal Jalal

Assistant Professor, Economics Lal Bahadur Shastri Govt. P.G. College, Halduchour (India)

Article Information

DOI: 10.51584/IJRIAS.2026.11030024

Subject Category: Economics

Volume/Issue: 11/3 | Page No: 255-262

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Submitted: 2025-11-12

Accepted: 2025-11-17

Published: 2026-03-31

Abstract

Hill state Uttarakhand is famous for his rivers, Mountains, National Park and rich green forest. Forest resources are back boon of rivers and agricultures, all medical plant and precious trees is finding in whole area. It is a home of animals and several types of creatures.
Forest of Uttarakhand for his natural beauty and valley of flowers known in whole world. It is spread in 24,295 sq kilometer. The total geographycil area of forest is 45.43 percent. These forest is divided in hill and plan’s area. All Uttarakhand forest is reach economicaly. It is a resources of river’s small water pond’s base of economy of Uttarakhand. But forest fire is damaged state’s economy biodiversity of forest and destroy water resources. Every year 1750 hectares of forest fire occurs automatically in the season.

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Forest fires caused by humans in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand have been a regular event

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