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when winter rainfall becomes insufficient, moisture levels in plants and soil plummet, creating what some call a “tinderbox effect”, a landscape so dry that the energy needed to start a fire becomes very low and the fire can spread rapidly

Climate change does not directly cause each forest fire, but it creates conditions that make fires much more likely and far more severe

https://mahabahu.com/why-are-forest-fires-increasing-in-northeast-india/

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Friday 13 March Chapchar Kut in Mizoram

In this part of India, farming involves Jhumming, which is a system of rotating which fields are used for planting each year. This means that each new growing season brings some heavy-duty jungle clearing, chopping down and burning bamboo and trees to make the ground ready for a new crop.
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Friday 7 March Chapchar Kut in Mizoram
In this part of India, farming involves Jhumming, which is a system of rotating which fields are used for planting each year. This means that each new growing season brings some heavy-duty jungle clearing, chopping down and burning bamboo and trees to make the ground ready for a new crop.
#ChapcharKutinMizoram #Mizoram

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