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Climate Change is real: Unusual early summer causes wildfires in Kerala -KA Shaji

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Wildfires have been reported from the buffer zone of Silent Valley National Park apart from Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Attappadi Reserve Forest and Walayar Reserve Forest

Kerala has witnessed raging wildfires in the last four days as an unusually early summer has raised temperatures by two to three degrees Celsius above average. The state’s flora and fauna have suffered as a result of the climate change-induced extreme weather events.

Wildfires have been reported from the buffer zone of the Silent Valley National Park apart from Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Attappadi Reserve Forest and Walayar Reserve Forest.

Over 800 hectares of forest area and grasslands have been lost in the fires despite preventive measures like creation of fire lines and removal of dead wood, according to a rough initial estimate of the forest department.

The threat of wildfires is highly prevalent in other forest regions of Kerala such as Athirapally, Parambikulam, Marayoor, Thenmala and Agasthyarkoodam. The state fears more such incidents as the summer progresses.

Forest officials have accused local miscreants of setting fire to the dried undergrowth in the buffer zone of Silent Valley, resulting in massive destruction.

Kerala forest minister AK Saseendran has ordered a high profile investigation into the recurring incidents of wildfires. Forest experts, though, believe that the early summer and scorching heat have aggravated the threat of human-made wildfires.

It took three days of intensive efforts to douse the flames at Thathengalam, Mekkalapara, Kottopadam and Puthupadam, which constitute the buffer zone of Silent Valley.

The fires destroyed both, forest areas and adjoining human settlements in these places. Wildlife casualties are yet to be ascertained.

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