Abstract

Forest is a complex ecological system in which trees are dominant life forms. Today, a forest is any land managed for the diverse purposes of forestry, whether or not covered with trees, shrubs, climbers or such other vegetation. Technically, forest has come to be defined as an area set aside or maintained under vegetation for any indirect benefits, namely climate, protective or environmental or for production of wood and non-wood products. In legal sense, a forest can be defined as an area of land notified to be a forest under a forest law. Forest fire is sometimes desirable or detrimental in specific season to the ecosystem, but forest fire is used for different means and purposes by the human beings from time to time. It has been used for clearing the agricultural land, driving away the wild beast, for cooking, for heat, for light, pasture land or regeneration of floral and faunal habitation. The history of wild fire in different parts of highland Arunachal is long and varied. The present paper is a product of the study on

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