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Why India s forest fires are worrying scientists

BBC News By Navin Singh Khadka Published image copyrightGetty Images image captionForest fires in some parts of northern India have been the strongest in one and a half decades The lush-green mountains in the background usually make the famous Nainital lake in Uttarakhand state of northern India more picturesque. But for several weeks now haze from forest fires has hidden the mountains, and the lake s beauty has visibly shrunk. You can smell the haze from this side of the lake where I live, said Shekhar Pathak, an expert on the history of forests in the region. Not just the pine trees that are highly prone to fires, even the oak forests are burning and that means the situation is quite serious.

World: COVID-19 exposes deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure

World: COVID-19 exposes deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure 18 December, 2020 - 16:10 Country: World Source: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure and supply chains. That was the conclusion of the Secretary-General s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori at the online event hosted by the Delhi-based Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) yesterday. There is a serious job of work ahead to identify all the issues which have led to the overburdening of the health infrastructure and supply chain not only of developing countries but also of highly developed ones, she said.

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